Conversational Opening Structure in English and Vietnamese

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 staffmanager conversations occurring in office settings gathered in movies. From Schegloff’s (1968) framework, the method of qualitative conten...

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Main Author: Hoang, Tra My
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Language:English
Published: H. : ĐHQGHN 2019
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Online Access:http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/68171
https://doi.org/10.33100/jossh5.2.HoangTraMy
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spelling oai:112.137.131.14:VNU_123-681712019-12-16T07:22:04Z Conversational Opening Structure in English and Vietnamese Hoang, Tra My Conversational Opening Conversational Opening Section Conversational Opening Structure Opening Sequences Content Analysis 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 staffmanager 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 Schegloff’s 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 2019-12-16T07:22:04Z 2019-12-16T07:22:04Z 2019 Article Hoang, T. M. (2019). Conversational Opening Structure in English and Vietnamese. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol 5, No 2 (2019) 242-261 http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/68171 https://doi.org/10.33100/jossh5.2.HoangTraMy en application/pdf H. : ĐHQGHN
institution Vietnam National University, Hanoi
building VNU Library & Information Center
country Vietnam
collection VNU Digital Repository
language English
topic Conversational Opening
Conversational Opening Section
Conversational Opening Structure
Opening Sequences
Content Analysis
spellingShingle Conversational Opening
Conversational Opening Section
Conversational Opening Structure
Opening Sequences
Content Analysis
Hoang, Tra My
Conversational Opening Structure in English and Vietnamese
description 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 staffmanager 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 Schegloff’s 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
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title Conversational Opening Structure in English and Vietnamese
title_short Conversational Opening Structure in English and Vietnamese
title_full Conversational Opening Structure in English and Vietnamese
title_fullStr Conversational Opening Structure in English and Vietnamese
title_full_unstemmed Conversational Opening Structure in English and Vietnamese
title_sort conversational opening structure in english and vietnamese
publisher H. : ĐHQGHN
publishDate 2019
url http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/68171
https://doi.org/10.33100/jossh5.2.HoangTraMy
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