Local, J. and Walker, G. (2012) How phonetic features project more talk. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 42 (3). 255-280 . ISSN 0025-1003
Abstract
Investigations into the management of turn-taking have typically focussed on pitch and other prosodic phenomena, particularly pitch-accents. Here, non-pitch phonetic features and their role in turn-taking are described. Through sustained phonetic and interactional analysis of a naturally occurring, 12-minute long telephone call between two adult speakers of British English, sets of talk-projecting and turn-projecting features are identified. Talk-projecting features include the avoidance of durational lengthening, articulatory anticipation, continuation of voicing, the production of talk in maximally close proximity to a preceding point of possible turn-completion, and the reduction of consonants and vowels. Turn-projecting features include the converse of each of the talk-projecting features, and two other distinct features: release of plosives at the point of possible turn-completion, and the production of audible outbreaths. We show that features of articulatory and phonatory quality and duration are relevant factors in the design and treatment of talk as talk- or turn-projective.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © International Phonetic Association 2012. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of the International Phonetic Association. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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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) > Department of English Language and Linguistics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2015 13:47 |
Last Modified: | 26 Mar 2018 05:25 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025100312000187 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0025100312000187 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80637 |