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Title: Conversational Opening Structure in English and Vietnamese
Authors: Hoang, Tra My
Keywords: Conversational opening
Conversational opening Section
Conversational Opening Structure
Opening Sequences
Content Analysis
Issue Date: 2019
Series/Report no.: Journal of SociaI Sciences and Humanities;Tập 5, Số 02 .- Tr.242-261
Abstract: This study aims to describe and compare the opening structures of English and Vietnamese conversations. The study is based on 214 English and 197 Vietnamese staff- manager conversations occurring in office settings gathered in movies. From Schegloff’s (1968) framework, the method of qualitative content analysis is applied to code the data manually and to find out opening sequences and the ways of combining these sequences to construct an opening section used by American and Vietnamese staff and managers. The findings indicate that, unlike Schegloffs framework, the American and Vietnamese parties construct an opening section from four sequences namely Summons-answer, greeting, phatic communication and topic initiation. One-sequence and two-sequence opening structures are by far more frequently deployed than three-sequence and four-sequence opening structures by both the American and Vietnamese subjects. However, the ways of employing and combining particular sequences by both parties are dissimilar.
URI: http://dspace.ctu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/15490
ISSN: 2354-1172
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