1. 1 LS 2 - 2007-8 TURN-TAKING 3B

2. 2 Conversation analysis (1) Turn taking Repair Adjacency pairs Insertion sequences Preferred and dispreferred responses

3. 3 Turn taking Conversation is analysed in turns. One speaker and then the next A turn consists of one or more turn constructional units The end of a turn constructional unit is a point during a turn when another speaker can intervene This point is called a turn transitional relevant point

4. 4 An example R. so um phoebe tells me you you er play piano M. yeah R. you know I used to play keyboards in college M. why do you have one here? R. no M. OK Each of these speeches is a turn. There are 6 TCU’s and 6 turns The other speaker intervenes regularly at each TTRP

5. 5 How turn-taking works 3 possibilities The current speaker selects the next speaker OR if this does not operate The next speaker self-selects OR if this does not operate The current speaker may continue

6. 6 Turn taking analysis R. so um phoebe tells me you you er play piano M. yeah R. you know I used to play keyboards in college M. why do you have one here? R. no M. OK R self-selects R selects M R self-selects R selects M M selects R M self-selects

7. 7 What does this analysis tell you? about R ? about M?