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A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-taking for conversation
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The organization of taking turns to talk is fundamental to conversation, as well as to other speech-exchange systems. A model for the turn-taking organization for conversation is proposed, and is examined for its compatibility with a list of grossly observable facts about conversation. The results of the examination suggest that, at least, a model for turn-taking in conversation will be characterized as locally managed, party-administered, interactionally controlled, and sensitive to recipient design. Several general consequences of the model are explicated, and contrasts are sketched with turn-taking organizations for other speech-exchange systems.
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- Sacks, H., Schegloff, E. A., & Jefferson, G.
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- University of California, Irvine (US)
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- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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