Abstract：A deontic relation is ubiquitously present in conversation interaction, and the research of de‐ ontics in conversation analysis is on the ascent. However, few scholars in China have probed into this subject. In view of this, the researcher, using dyadic interactions in Chinese radio emotional phone-ins as research data and adopting conversational analysis as the research method, investi‐ gated the categories of and the pragmatic strategies for deontic stances taken by hosts when re‐ sponding to callers’ requests for advice. The study revealed that the typical deontic stances that hosts took on callers’ claims for deontic rights were supportive, shelving, and challenging and these stances were taken by means of one or more of eight different pragmatic strategies. This re‐ search offers an in-depth exploration of deontic stances from the perspective of response to request for advice. It contributes to the interactive research on Chinese speakers’ responses to requests and helps promote the development of the theory of deontic order.
Key words: deontic stance; pragmatic strategies; role relationship; phone-ins; request for advice
