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    A Study of Turn Taking in the Chest of a Woman by Efo Kodjo Mawugbe and The Dilemma of a Ghost by Ama Ata Aidoo
    (KNUST, 2023-02) Nyantakyiwaa Boakye, Mary
    ABSTRACT This study employs the qualitative data analysis method to explore how characters in the drama texts In the Chest of a Woman by Efo Kojo Mawugbe and The Dilemma of a Ghost by Ama Ata Aidoo take turns. It again investigates how the characters in the drama texts give up the turns they take and lastly look for what the characters do with the turns they take in the drama texts. The findings show that on how characters take turns in the two drama texts, the methods used are speaker selection, self-selection and self-continuation. It is found that certain adjacency pairs are employed to invite others to take the next turns in the plays. It is seen also that amongst the Nine (9) adjacency pairs found, question and answer dominant. Issues such as power, age, authority and social class are portrayed in how questions are asked in the drama texts, In the Chest of a Woman and The Dilemma of a Ghost. On how turns are yielded in the two drama texts, the findings revealed that characters gave up their turns via three (3) ways. Some characters left their turns after asking questions or making requests. Other characters in the two drama texts yielded their turns after being interrupted by others. Lastly, some characters yielded their turns after making statements which were marked by periods or exclamation marks. On what characters in both plays do with the turns they take; it was revealed that characters took their turns to achieve four (4) functions of language. They include referential, expressive, directive and social. It is seen from these functions that issues such as power and control are exhibited in how certain turns are taken.