Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Adjacency Pair

Adjacency Pair

An adjacency pair is a unit of conversation that contains an exchange of one turn each by two speakers. The turns are functionally related to each other in such a fashion that the first turn requires a certain type or range of types of second turn.

(English)

  • A greeting–greeting pair
  • A question–answer pair
Page/s: 303–304
Source: Levinson 1983

Levinson, Stephen C. 1983.Pragmatics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.

Page/s: 415
Source: Crystal 1987

Crystal, David. 1987.The Cambridge encyclopedia of language. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.

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