Sacks1974a

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Sacks1974a
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Author(s) Harvey Sacks, Emanuel A. Schegloff, Gail Jefferson
Title A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-taking for conversation
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Tag(s) EMCA, Conversation Analysis, Turn-taking
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Year 1974
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Volume 50
Number 4
Pages 696–735
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Abstract

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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A variant version was published as: Sacks, Harvey, Emanuel A. Schegloff, Gail Jefferson (1978) ‘A simplest systematics for the organization of turn taking for conversation’. In: J.N. Schenkein, ed., Studies in the organization of conversational interaction. New York: Academic Press: 7-55