Robinson2023
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Robinson2023 |
| Author(s) | Jeffrey D. Robinson |
| Title | Audible Inhalation as a Practice for Mitigating Systemic Turn-Taking Troubles: A Conjecture |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Research on Language and Social Interaction |
| Volume | 56 |
| Number | 2 |
| Pages | 165-190 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1080/08351813.2023.2205306 |
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Abstract
Extending Jefferson’s analysis of the limited utility of turn-constructional-unit (TCU)-initial particles in managing overlapping talk, this article limits itself to a similar turn-taking context/position in which current speakers bring TCUs to places of possible completion when it is relevant for next speakers to take a turn of talk. This article examines situations in which current speakers continue to audibly inhale in the transition space, arguing that inhalations (a) are pre-beginning actions; (b) bestow a weaker right to speak next than does talk; (c) are not accountable for obscuring next speakers’ talk (if it eventuates); (d) allow for beginning TCUs while monitoring for next speakers’ talk, thereby allowing inhalers to proceed contingently based on next speakers’ unfolding conduct; and (e) are used to mitigate the systemic turn-taking troubles of “no person speaking at a time” and “more than one person speaking at a time.” Data are videotapes of mundane, dyadic, American English conversation.
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