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a. If the current speaker selects a next one to speak at the end of current TCU (by name, gaze or contextual aspects of what is said), the selected speaker has the right and obligation to speak next. b. If the current speaker does not select a next speaker, other potential speakers have the right to self-select (the first starter gets the turn) c.
In other words, the overlap arises because the current speaker tries to finish the sentence, when simultaneously the other speaker "thinks aloud" to reflect their understanding of the ongoing speech. Progressional overlap occurs as a result of the speech dysfluency of the previous speaker when another speaker self-selects to continue with the ...
A speaker's triangle is a delivery device commonly employed in competitive and academic public speaking activities. It involves a speaker engaging in a series of transition walks, physically moving to different positions on the stage while simultaneously delivering transition statements that inform the audience about the shift to the next main ...
In linguistics, an adjacency pair is an example of conversational turn-taking.An adjacency pair is composed of two utterances by two speakers, one after the other. The speaking of the first utterance (the first-pair part, or the first turn) provokes a responding utterance (the second-pair part, or the second turn). [1]
a. If the current speaker selects a next one to speak at the end of current TCU (by name, gaze or contextual aspects of what is said), the selected speaker has the right and obligation to speak next. b. If the current speaker does not select a next speaker, other potential speakers have the right to self-select (the first starter gets the turn) c.
A conversation typically involves two or more speakers. In order to avoid disruptive interruptions, speakers need to be able to predict when an utterance by another speaker is possibly complete. These points in conversations are referred to as Transition Relevance Place (TRP). Participants in a conversation can predict where a possible TRP ...
[16] [17] [18] Speakers form and establish a pidgin language when two or more speakers who do not speak a common language form an intermediate, third language. Speakers also practice code-switching when they are each fluent in both languages. Code-mixing is a thematically related term, but the usage of the terms code-switching and code-mixing ...
In phonetics, contour describes speech sounds that behave as single segments but make an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another. Such sounds may be tones, vowels, or consonants. Many tone languages have contour tones, which move from one level to another.