| Summary: | 碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 語言學系 === 81 === Based on the sociolinguistic premises that linguisticariation
and social factors are correlated, the present studyvestigates
the relationship between the use of turn-takingnals and sex and
age differences of conversationalists inarin face-to-face
interactions. It is assumed that theyhave different
preferences for using turn-taking signalsverse with various
subject partners. Accordingly, thes of this thesis are two-
fold: 1) to examine if sex anderences influence
conversationalists' use of turn-takings well as their choice of
the signals to converse withbject partners; 2) to discuss the
impacts of socialon turn-taking in conversations in Chinese
milieu. A turn unit is defined as a spate of talk followed by
ahange of speaker. Based on the observations of real-
lifeteractions, conversationalists may use the following fourn
types to terminate their turns: turn soliciting, turnonding,
turn yielding and turn losing. Twelve turn-takingls are
identified as conversationalists' repertoire tose with others.
In this study, participants aged from 25 to 49 weressigned into
10 groups of interactions. The preference for theojection of
turn types and the use of turn-taking signals arend to be
related to sex and age differences even though theerences are
not very systematic, which may be due to theconflict between
Western influence and traditionaltions in the current modern
Chinese society.
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