Topic 13 - Shared knowledge and absurdist drama (Session B) > Turn-taking in Applicant

Turn-taking in Applicant

On this page we are first going to look at the turn-taking patterns in Applicant, and what they tell us about the two characters and their relationship. We will also use politeness analysis and Gricean implicature, where appropriate, to explain particular effects. However, to keep your tasks on Applicant to a reasonable size we will not undertake fully-fledged analyses of politeness or implicature.

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