The roles of uh/um in conversational management and implications for teaching English conversation
by Berendt, Erich A.
Title: | The roles of uh/um in conversational management and implications for teaching English conversation |
Author(s): | Berendt, Erich A. |
Contributor(s): | Assumption University. Graduate School of English |
Issued date: | 2010 |
Publisher: | Assumption University Press |
Citation: | The New English Teacher 4, 1 (January 2010), 104-124 |
Abstract: |
The ubiquitous uh/um (with alternate spellings of er, ah) in English conversation have had limited analysis in spoken discourse, generally being included under the undifferentiated label "hesitation expressions''. This paper first reviews how these utterances are represented in a variety of dictionaries, mostly for English as a Second Language users. Research in theirfunction in spoken discourse is examined in terms of the interactive functions they have in spontaneous dyadic interaction as well as casual story telling and informal tutorials. The analysis isframed by the dominant exchange structure processes (Berendt 1988, 2006). Three strategic discourse functions have beenfound in the data samples: preparatory expressions, tur'n keeping and emphasis of key expressions, providing important oral signals for managing the flow of a conversation. These function as vital signals to give coherence in the negotiation of interactive meaning. The data includes spontaneous conversation/ chatting, casual narratives, group discussion, informal tutorial lecture and argumentative complaints. Implications of these strategic signals for managing and developing spontaneous speech are discussed for second language learners with suggestions for robust conversational management. |
Description: |
In English ; abstract in English and Thai. |
Subject(s): | Assumption University -- Periodicals
The New English Teacher The New English Teacher -- 2010 Discourse analysis Discourse analysis -- Study and teaching Conversation analysis Oral communication -- Study and teaching |
Keyword(s): | Spoken discourse
Discourse strategy Exchange structure Pragmatics Conversational management Corpus linguistics Interactive functions ปริจเฉทในการพูด กลยุทธของปริจเฉท โครงสร้างของการผลัดเปลี่ยน ทฤษฎีปฏิบัตินิยม การควบคุมการสนทนา ภาษาศาสตร์คลังข้อมูล บทบาทของปฏิสัมพันธ์ |
Resource type: | Journal Article |
Type: | Text |
File type: | application/pdf |
Language: | eng |
Rights: | This work is protected by copyright. Reproduction or distribution of the work in any format is prohibited without written permission of the copyright owner. |
URI: | http://repository.au.edu/handle/6623004553/13699 |
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