Turn Taking Strategies in Harold Pinter's Slight ache In Terms of Stenstrom's perspective

Abstract

Conversation is a social activity in which  people express their thoughts, feelings and opinions .It allows people to share information with each other about different views. Turn taking forms a pivotal issue of conversation ,on which participants change and manage their roles in social interaction. Based on   Stenstrom's theory of turn taking ,this research aims to explore the kinds of turn taking strategies which includes Taking the turn, Holding the turn and Yielding the turn that are mostly occurred in Pinter's Slight ache (henceforth SA). Then , a thourough analysis and interpretation of SA's characters will be revealed.  Furthermore, the study aims to find out what dominant kind of turn –taking strategy used by characters of  this absurd play and how they use these rules to express their motives and emotions.