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Task D - Turns 22 - 25
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In turn-taking terms, in turns 1-8 we have seen Louise trying to avoid
answering Win's questions in spite of the fact that Win needs the answers
if she is to help Louise. This kind of pattern is repeated through the
extract, foregrounding Louise's discomfort in an activity she must herself
have initiated by coming to the agency, and Win's increasing directness
in trying to find out why Louise wants to move. Louise is clearly very
unhappy in her job, but is refusing to say why.
Now let's look at the end of the extract. Win has
managed to get Louise to say that part of the reason she wants to move
is for more money, but it is clear that there are other reasons too. So
at the end of turn 21, Win asks 'Have you any dependents?' What happens
in Gricean terms from then on?
| 22. LOUISE: |
No, no dependants. My mother died. |
| 23. WIN: |
So why are you making a change? |
| 24. LOUISE: |
Other people make changes. |
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25. WIN: |
But why are you, now, after spending most of your life in one
place? |
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