Walker, G. orcid.org/0000-0001-5022-4756 (2018) Close proximity of turn-continuation to possible turn-completion in conversation. Speech Communication, 99. pp. 231-241. ISSN 0167-6393
Abstract
Speakers in conversation are in the first instance allocated the space in which to produce a single unit of talk which could figure as a complete turn. One way speakers can continue talk beyond a point of possible turn-completion is by producing a continuation in maximally close proximity to the point of possible turn-completion. This article extends our understanding of how speakers do this, and to what interactional effect. Several phonetic features characterising close-proximity continuations are described. These include continuation of voicing, articulatory anticipation and other phonetic features. It is argued that close-proximity continuation helps ensure speakers get to continue their turn past a point of possible turn-completion. This argument is supported by close inspection of the talk leading up to the point of possible turn-completion, the start of the continuation, and the responses of co-participants – especially with regard to whether the point of possible turn-completion engenders incoming talk or not. The method combines analysis of phonetic and sequential details of 240 points of possible turn-completion in audio recordings of unscripted American English telephone calls.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2018 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Speech Communication. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | conversation; phonetics; pragmatics; prosody; turn-continuation; turn-taking |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of English (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2018 12:55 |
Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2019 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2018.02.006 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.specom.2018.02.006 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:127279 |