Conversational Analysis of Chat Room Talk - Appendix 7

Overview

This page presents Appendix 7 from Dr. Terrell Neuage’s PhD thesis, Conversational Analysis of Chat Room Talk, submitted at the University of South Australia. The appendix includes data from a baseball chatroom on Talk City, dated March 3, 2000, analyzing turn-taking and Transitional Conversation Units (TCU). The full thesis is available at the University of South Australia Library and the National Library of Australia.

Note: Some links from the original document are inactive due to changing domains and have been removed. For further details, visit http://neuage.co.

Case Study 6: Baseball Chatroom Data

CS-6.1 Table 1: Chatters

CS-6.2 Table 2: All Turn-Taking

The following table captures the turn-taking sequence in the baseball chatroom, including speaker identifiers and conversational content. Each entry includes the turn number, speaker, and message.

Note: The full turn-taking table is extensive. For complete details, refer to the thesis at the University of South Australia Library.

CS-6.3 Individual TCU

Individual Transitional Conversation Units (TCU) are analyzed for each chatter. Below are examples for selected participants.

CS-6.3.1 Table 3: BLUERHINO11

CS-6.3.2 Table 4: NMMprod

Tables for other chatters (MLB-LADY, MollyChristine, etc.) follow a similar structure and are available in the full thesis.

CS-6.5 Tangent Topic Thread

This section highlights a tangent topic thread initiated by a prompt about the Yankees, capturing playful responses.