Auer2021

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Auer2021
BibType ARTICLE
Key Auer2021
Author(s) Peter Auer
Title Turn-allocation and gaze: A multimodal revision of the “current-speaker-selects-next” rule of the turn-taking system of conversation analysis
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Tag(s) EMCA, Turn-taking, Gaze, Next-speaker selection, Simultaneous starts, Multi-party interaction, Eye-tracking, German
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Year 2021
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Journal Discourse Studies
Volume 23
Number 2
Pages 117-140
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DOI 10.1177/1461445620966922
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Abstract

It is argued in this paper that a multimodal analysis of turn-taking, one of the core areas of conversation analytic research, is needed and has to integrate gaze as one of the most central resources for allocating turns, and that new technologies are available that can provide a solid and reliable empirical foundation for this analysis. On the basis of eye-tracking data of spontaneous conversations, it is shown that gaze is the most ubiquitous next-speaker-selection technique. It can function alone or enhance other techniques. I also discuss the interrelationship between the strength for sequential projection and the choice of next-speaker-selection techniques by a current speaker. The appropriate consideration of gaze leads to a revision of the turn-taking model in that it reduces the domain of self-selection and expands that of the current-speaker-selects-next sub-rule. It also has consequences for the analysis of “simultaneous starts”.

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