ABSTRACT

Based on interaction recorded in EFL classrooms, this study uses Conversation Analysis to document the post-first deployment of an absurd candidate formulation (ACF) to pursue recipient response at points of interactional delay. ACFs are a form of correction-invitation device in which the question initiator proffers a candidate response that is hearably inappropriate/inaccurate and therefore designed to be rejected by its recipient and replaced with a more plausible response. The design of the ACF turn is extreme, hyperbolic, absurd or otherwise implausible in nature, and the participants treat it as such via laughter and next-turn negation. ACFs thus help recipients arrive at an acceptable answer by eliminating obviously inappropriate alternatives and indexing a particular class of response. When used in conjunction with more plausible alternatives, ACFs can guide the recipient to select one of those candidates. Even so, recipients can resist the question by providing only minimal responses. Our data are taken from video-recordings of naturally occurring classroom interaction between L1-speaking EFL teachers and L2 learners of English.

摘要

基于在 EFL 课堂​​中记录的互动，本研究使用对话分析来记录荒谬的候选公式 (ACF) 的首次部署，以在互动延迟点追求接受者的反应。ACF 是一种更正邀请装置，其中问题发起者提供的候选回答听起来不恰当/不准确，因此被设计为被其接受者拒绝，取而代之的是更合理的回答。ACF 转弯的设计本质上是极端的、双曲线的、荒谬的或其他不可信的，参与者通过笑声和下一个转弯的否定来对待它。因此，ACF 通过消除明显不适当的替代方案和索引特定类别的响应来帮助接收者获得可接受的答案。当与更合理的替代方案结合使用时，ACF 可以指导接收者选择其中一个候选人。即便如此，接收者也可以通过只提供最少的回答来拒绝这个问题。我们的数据来自讲 L1 的 EFL 教师和 L2 英语学习者之间自然发生的课堂互动的视频记录。