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opening: a standalone construct

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opening1 CONSTRUCTConversational openingSCHEGLOFF · 1968

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Conversation analysis

The structured way a conversation begins

In conversation analysis an opening is the orderly sequence through which a conversation gets started: the summons and answer, identification, and greeting exchanges that establish who is talking before the first topic. Schegloff's 1968 study Sequencing in conversational openings showed, from telephone calls, that these beginnings follow a describable rule structure rather than happening at random. The referent is the sequential organisation of how talk begins, unrelated to a chess opening or a labour-market vacancy beyond the shared meaning of a start.[1]

Unit
The ordered sequence of moves through which participants begin a conversation
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Analysed from recorded talk by the recurring adjacency pairs and sequencing rules at the start of interaction

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References

  1. Schegloff, E. A. (1968). Sequencing in conversational openings. American Anthropologist, 70(6), 1075–1095. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1968.70.6.02a00030

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