Torre-Loesche2016
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Torre-Loesche2016 |
| Author(s) | Ilaria Torre, Frank Loesche |
| Title | Overcoming Impasses in Conversations: A Creative Business |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Impasse |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Journal | Creativity: Theories-Research-Applications |
| Volume | 3 |
| Number | 2 |
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| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1515/ctra-2016-0016 |
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Abstract
The ability to communicate complex meanings is a specific human ability which plays a crucial role in social interactions. A habitual example of these interactions is conversation. However, we observe that spontaneous conversation often hits an impasse when none of the interlocutors immediately produces a follow-up utterance. The existence of impasses in conversations, and the way that interlocutors overcome them provide evidence for our argument that conversation is a sequence of creative problem solving. In this work we use techniques from Conversation Analysis (CA) on publicly available databases of naturally-occurring speech and we suggest a framework to understand how impasses are reached and overcome. As a result, we hope to reveal yet another instance of the bond between language and creativity.
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