CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

摘要

Chapter One   INTRODUCTION-1

Chapter Two   LITERATURE  REVIEW-2

2.1 Previous Studies on Turn-taking System-3

2.1.1 Turn-taking in daily conversation-3

2.1.2 Turn-taking in institutional talk-4

2.2 Previous Studies on News Interviews-4

2.3 Previous Studies on Turn-taking in News Interviews-5

2.4 Summary-5

Chapter Three  RESEARCH DESIGN-6

3.1  Research Questions-7

3.2  Research Data-7

3.3  Research Method-8

3.4  Research Procedure-8

3.5  Summary-9

Chapter Four   DATA  ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS-10

4.1 The Conceptual Framework-10

4.2 Turn-construction Unit-11

4.3 Turn-allocation Component-12

4.4 Turn-taking Strategies-13

4.4.1 Turn-yielding strategies-13

4.4.2 Turn-holding strategies-17

4.4.2.1 Utterance incompletors-17

4.4.2.2 Space-making-18

4.4.2.3 Hesitation fillers-19

4.4.3 Turn-claiming strategies-19

4.4.3.1 Insertion-19

4.4.3.2 Overlap-20

4.4.3.3 Interruption-21

4.5 Summary of the Major Findings-22

Chapter Five   CONCLUSION-25

REFERENCES-27