PREFERABLE FORMS OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN CONVERSATIONS OF NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH
He article deals with preferable forms of questions and answers in English conversations of native and non-native speakers. The turns containing either questions or suggestions in affirmative form and possible answers to them have been analyzed. The socio-cultural framework of the preferable turns has been studied. The speakers of the conversations have more or less common interests and it resulted in lots of overlapping, repetition of words in previous turns, using back channeling, body language. Both pairs of speakers were “in a hurry” to convey their own ideas, to overlap or continue the idea of the interlocutor. There are evident differences in male and female conversations. Mostly, it is reflected in usage of body language by women more. They tend to wave their hands, widen their eyes. However, these differences are strengthened by being non-native speakers of English, male speakers being natives and fluent in English. Males show they care about the content of the speech, not the form. There are lots of repetitions of words, overlapping, hurrying ups to express their thought. Moreover, males tend to persist in continuing the interrupted thought from the previous turn.