Adjacency Pairs
To make sure I understand adjacency pairs, I've decided to give a few examples.
From class:
How are you?
Fine, thanks. How are you?
Hey, there.
Hey!
You're cute.
Thank you.
(would "your're cute too" be expected as an adjacency pair?)
Let's grab a drink tonight.
Okay, when and where?
What time will you be here on Sunday?
11:00.
I missed you so much!
I missed you too!
So preference organization would be the possibility of having a few
different answers to the questions, correct? So for What time
will you be here on Sunday? The Preferred answer would be a
time. The non-preferred would be something like "oh I"m not
coming anymore." Or for You're cute. The preferred answer would
be, "Thanks, you're cute too" or "You're not so bad yourself."
The non-preferred answer would be "No I'm not" or "Wish I could say the
same." Haha.
Comments
Preferred answers differ from person to person. But these all seem to be correct to me. I think you are cute too could be an adjacency pair depending on who you are talking to and what the context is.
So for: "Will you help me move?"
The preferred answer to a request is an acceptance. If you refuse, you will be expected to give a longer explanation of why you aren't accepting.