Telephone Conversation Openings and Closings in Macedonian: Conversation Analysis of Wiretapped Phone ConversationsTunteva, Nina (Avtor) Zorman, Marina (Mentor) Dučevska, Aneta (Komentor) telephone conversationsMacedonian languageconversation openingconversation closingconversation analysisdiscourse analysisThe thesis is an empirical study of telephone conversation openings and closings in Macedonian, using the methodology of conversation analysis and focusing on naturally occurring discourse and colloquial speech, topics which are otherwise largely under-researched in Macedonian. The data at the centre of the research is a corpus of 117 anonymised recordings transcribed in great detail, which originally come from a large collection of wiretapped phone calls released in 2015 and commonly referred to as the bombi ‘bombs’ in contemporary Macedonian society. The research examines how speakers organise conversation openings (summons–answer sequences, identification/recognition sequences, greetings, how-are-you inquiries, and reason-for-the-call initiation and introduction) and conversation closings (preclosings, recapitulation sequences, and final closing sequences), drawing on existent theoretical models of the organisation of openings and closings. The data-driven analysis identifies the linguistic strategies and devices used by native speakers engaging in spontaneous interaction and highlights both adherence to and deviations from established patterns. The findings provide an empirically grounded description of contemporary colloquial Macedonian and lay the foundation for further discourse-analytic research on telephone conversations as well as everyday use of the language.N. Tunteva20262026-02-19 07:15:16Magistrsko delo/naloga179656sl