The analysis of speech acts

This study aims to: Supply readers with basic understanding of speech acts, conversation analysis, adjacency pairs, and preference structure; explore the general patterns of preferred and dispreferred second turns structure used in the first episode of the film Downton Abbey; investigate the linguistic features signaling preferred and dispreferred replies in the episode; provide film critics with practical knowledge of conversations comprising preferred and dispreferred second-turn questions.

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