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【Abstract】As a masterful example of Hemingway’s iceberg theory of writing， Hills Like White Elephants is a widely-anthologized and much-discussed story.This essay attempts to explore the story by analyzing the turn-taking system so as to help understand the story.
【Key words】Hills Like White Elephants， turn-taking， personalities of the characters
Introduction
Hills Like White Elephants is a much-discussed story.It is mainly about conversations between an American man and a girl “Jig”.During their conversation， the man persuades Jig to do an operation， which can be inferred as an abortion later.The story abruptly ends with Jig telling the man there’s nothing wrong with her and she feels fine， what will happen to the two protagonists remains unknown to readers.
Though lots of studies on the dialogues in Hills Like White Elephants are presented to readers， a turn-taking analysis is scarcely touched upon.This essay attempts to explore how the turn-taking system helps to better understand the story.
Turn-taking Model
Turn-taking was firstly used to analyze daily conversations （H.Sacks， E.A.Schegloff
【Key words】Hills Like White Elephants， turn-taking， personalities of the characters
Introduction
Hills Like White Elephants is a much-discussed story.It is mainly about conversations between an American man and a girl “Jig”.During their conversation， the man persuades Jig to do an operation， which can be inferred as an abortion later.The story abruptly ends with Jig telling the man there’s nothing wrong with her and she feels fine， what will happen to the two protagonists remains unknown to readers.
Though lots of studies on the dialogues in Hills Like White Elephants are presented to readers， a turn-taking analysis is scarcely touched upon.This essay attempts to explore how the turn-taking system helps to better understand the story.
Turn-taking Model
Turn-taking was firstly used to analyze daily conversations （H.Sacks， E.A.Schegloff