Some Methodological Issues for the Analysis of Everyday Conversations among the |Gui

Abstract

Several samples of |Gui conversations were analyzed to examine basic methodological issues. The analysis on the logic of irony and implication reveals that a principle-centered understanding of the conversation such as Grician theory is not sufficient. The organization of interaction in social context is especially important. The formalization of conversational interaction is defined as a systematic differentiation into complimentary roles of speaker and hearer and their alternation in relatively a long cycle, which realizes a particular patterning of the turn-taking. In contrast, frank argument is well-characterized by an immediate-reflexive responsiveness. By applying these concepts to actual social relationships, the model of joking-avoidance relationship is reconsidered.