Park2016a
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Park2016a |
| Author(s) | Jae-Eun Park |
| Title | Turn-taking in Korean conversation |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Conversation analysis, Turn-taking, Turn constructional unit, Transition-relevance place, Korean |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Journal | Journal of Pragmatics |
| Volume | 99 |
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| Pages | 62-77 |
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| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2016.04.011 |
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Abstract
On the basis of Sacks et al.’s (1974) turn-taking model, I explore the flexibility of the Korean turn-taking system. Noting first that speakers bring a turn to a stopwithout projected final turn elements, I propose that the turn stop is a legitimate completion specifiable as a transition-relevance place (TRP). I view turn construction as a process of improvisation in which lexical chunks are accumulated one after another to deliver a recognizable action; a TRP is thus constituted at the completion of a lexical chunk loosely tied to a prior lexical chunk. In parallel, a turn stop occurs at a lexical boundary in which the lexical chunks thus far accumulated have conveyed a complete action. I argue that any lexical boundary can serve as a TRP on the condition of action completion, as negotiated and determined by the participants’ shared knowledge and experiences. This flexibility of TRP constitution is proposed as a specification of Sacks et al.’s (1974) generic model applied to Korean conversation.
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