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Simplest Systematics for the Organization of Turn-taking in Conversation
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Harvey Sacks,
Emanuel A. Schegloff, and Gail Jefferson
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| Abstract |
| The organization of
taking turns to talk is fundamental to conversation, as well as to other speech-exchange
systems. A model for the turn-taking organization for conversation is proposed, and
is examined for its compatibility with a list of grossly observable facts about
conversation. the results of the examination suggest that, at least, a model for
turn-taking in conversation will be characterized as locally managed, party-administered,
interactionally controlled, and sensitive to recipient design. Several general
consequences of the model are explicated, and contrasts are sketched with turn-taking
organizations for other speech-exchange systems. |
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| Sacks, H., E.
Schegloff, & G. Jefferson 1974 A Simplest Systematics for the Organization of
Turn-taking in Conversation. In Language 50/??: 696-735. |
