Oloff2018a
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BibType | INCOLLECTION |
Key | Oloff2018a |
Author(s) | Florence Oloff |
Title | Revisiting delayed completions: The retrospective management of co-participant action |
Editor(s) | Arnulf Deppermann, Jürgen Streeck |
Tag(s) | EMCA, Video data, Multiactivity, Multiparty, Unit completion, Turn-taking, German |
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Year | 2018 |
Language | English |
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Pages | 123-160 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.293.04olo |
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Book title | Time in Embodied Interaction: Synchronicity and sequentiality of multimodal resources |
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Abstract
Since Lerner coined the notion of delayed completion in 1989, this recurrent social practice of continuing one’s speaking turn while disregarding an intermediate co-participant’s utterance has not been investigated with regard to embodied displays and actions. A sequential approach to videotaped mundane conversations in German will explain the occurrence and use of delayed completions. First, especially in multi-party and multi-activity settings, delayed completions can result from reduced monitoring and coordinating activities. Second, recipients can use intra-turn response slots for more extended responsive actions than the current speaker initially projected, leading to delayed completion sequences. Finally, delayed completions are used for blocking possibly misaligned co-participant actions. The investigation of visible action illustrates that delayed completions are a basic practice for retrospectively managing co-participant response slots.
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