Tanaka2000a

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Tanaka2000a
BibType ARTICLE
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Author(s) Hiroko Tanaka
Title Turn-Projection in Japanese Talk-in-Interaction
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Tag(s) EMCA, Turn-projection, Japanese grammar, Turn-taking
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Year 2000
Language English
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Journal Research on Language & Social Interaction
Volume 33
Number 1
Pages 1–38
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Abstract

In this article I explore the interactional significance of grammar on turn-taking in Japanese in view of reported conversation analytic findings on turn-taking for Anglo- American English. In particular, I examine ways in which grammar may be implicated in the construction of turns at speaking and the projection of turn endings in Japanese talk-in-interaction. In a crude sense, the grammatical structures of Japanese and Eng- lish can be regarded as polar opposites. This is reflected in dramatic differences in par- ticipant orientations to turn construction and projection in the respective languages. Specifically, in contrast to English grammar, which massively enables early pro- jectability of the social action that might occupy a turn, the grammatical structure of Japanese permits incremental transformability of a turn in progress and overwhelm - ingly results in a later arrival of the point at which the emerging shape of a turn can be known. This delayed projectability in Japanese, however, is to a large extent compen- sated by a potentially greater degree of certitude with which participants can localize turn endings through devices that mark possible transition-relevance places.

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