Sujaritlak DeepadungUmaporn Sungkaman2023-08-252023-08-25200620062023Thesis (Ph.D. (Linguistics))--Mahidol University, 20069740472354https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/88756The objective of this thesis is to analyse conversation in the Mon language, focusing on conversational structure and the forms and functions used. Levinson's framework is used in the study. The conversations used were from Mon people aged over 35 years old in the Phrapradaeng district Samutprakarn province. The findings revealed that the conversation structure and turn-taking system of Mon conversations are similar to those of other languages. There are three components contained in a conversation, which may be different in detail because of their types of conversation and culture. The turn-taking system, which is the core of a conversation, usually followed the first rule, when the current speaker next speaker. Such a situation shows that Mon people don't like to compete. Thus, Mon people usually wait for the current speaker to signal to change the turn. Moreover, asking is the most frequently used technique for selecting the next speaker. There are other aspects which did not follow the A-B-A-B-A-B distribution of talk when one a speaker can speak at a time. The first aspect is repair which is employed when the current speaker's uttera nces are wrong or not clear. In Mon conversation, repair rarely occurs. It is possible that Mon people are usually careful to speak what they believe. The second aspect is overlap which is the situation where there are two or more speakers sp eaking at the same time. It may be a problem in common conversation. However, th ere is hardly any overlap in the Mon conversation and, if there is, a resolution device would follow the overlapping talk. The last aspect is backchannel. The most frequently used backchannel is short verbalization and the most significant ba ckchannel is repeti tion of previous utterances. In addition, support and ag reement function most frequently in backchannel responses.xi, 216 leavesapplication/pdfengConversation analysisLinguisticsMon languageMahidol University