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Conversational structure and power

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Task B - Our answers

Conversational Behaviour	Powerful Participants	Powerless Participants
Who has most turns?
Who has the longest turns?
Who interrupts?
Who is interrupted?
Who allocates turns to who?
Who initiates?
Who responds?
Who uses speech acts like questioning, commanding, demanding, threatening, and complaining?
Who uses speech acts like answering, agreeing, acceding, giving in, and apologising?
Who controls/changes the topic of talk?
Who uses 'title + surname' terms of address?
Who uses 'first name' terms of address?


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