Characteristics of turn-takings in conversational structure: universal features and dynamic changes
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https://doi.org/10.18349/MagyarNyelv.2023.1.1Keywords:
conversation, corpus, turn-taking, timing patterns, dynamic changesAbstract
The timing of turn-taking and its factors are a key question in conversation analysis. “Prediction theory” highlights the role of early prediction, by which the next speaker anticipates the end of the partner’s turn; this is based on the processing of various (phonetic, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic) cues, but the overall structure of the conversation can also be relevant. The paper examines the phonetic characteristics of turn-takings in 100 three-party conversations (about 20 hours in total) from the BEA database. The frequency, types and the FTO value (duration) of turn takings were examined, as well as the changes of all these along the speaker roles and the time dimension. According to the results, the frequency of turn-taking shows a dynamic change over time; turn-taking with overlapping speech occurs more frequently towards the end of conversations, and also the duration of turn-takings is influenced by their position in the conversation and by the speaker roles.
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