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A Simplest Systematics for the Organization of Turn-Taking for ConversationAuthor(s): Harvey Sacks, Emanuel A. Schegloff, Gail JeffersonSource: Language, Vol. 50, No. 4, Part 1 (Dec., 1974), pp. 696-735Published by: Linguistic Society of AmericaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/412243
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702 LANGUAGE, VOLUME 50, NUMBER 4 (1974)all sorts of scientificand appliedresearchuse conversation ow, theyall employan instrumentwhose effectsare not known.This is perhapsunnecessary.
2. THETRANSCRIPTS. eforeproceeding o the systematics or turn-taking nconversation, the reader is urged to examine the Appendix, in which the specialsymbols used in the transcriptare explained.
3. A SIMPLESTYSTEMATICS.he turn-taking system for conversation can bedescribed in terms of two components and a set of rules, as follows.3.1. THE TURN-CONSTRUCTIONALOMPONENT.here are various unit-types withwhich a speaker may set out to construct a turn. Unit-types for English includesentential, clausal, phrasal, and lexical constructions (cf. ?4.13below). Instancesofthe unit-types so usable allow a projection of the unit-type under way, and what,roughly, it will take for an instance of that unit-type to be completed. Unit-typeslacking the feature of projectabilitymay not be usable in the same way.1212 We may note that it is empiricallyevident, from sequentialmaterials,that projectabilityis the case; i.e., we find sequentiallyappropriatestartsby next speakersafterturnscomposedof single-word, single-phrase,or single-clauseconstructions,withno gap-i.e. with no waitingfor possiblesentence completion.Here are examplesof single-wordturns.
(a) Desk: What is your last name [Loraine.- Caller: 1Dinnis.- Desk: What?Caller: Dinnis. [FD:IV:191](b) Jeanette: Oh you know, Mittie- Gordon, eh- Gordon, Mittie'shusbanddied.(0.3)Estelle: Oh whe::n.Jeanette: Well it was in the paperthis morning.Estelle: It wa::s,- Jeanette: Yeah.
[Trio:18](c) Fern: Well they'renot comin',-> Lana: Who.Fern: Uh Pam, unless they c'n find somebody. [Ladies:3:2:5](d) Guy: Is Rol down by any chance djuknow?-> Eddy: Huh?Guy: Is uh Smith down?Eddy: Yeah he's down, [NB:I:5:4]
Examplesof single-phraseurns:(e) A: Oh I have the- I have one class in the e:vening.-> B: On Mondays?A: Y- uh::: Wednesdays.=B: = Uh- Wednesday, =
A: = En it's like a Mickey Mouse course. tTG:6](f) Anna: Was last night the firsttime you met Missiz Kelly?(1.0)Bea: Met whom?Anna: Missiz Kelly.Bea: Yes. [Ladies: 2: 8:5]
702 LANGUAGE, VOLUME 50, NUMBER 4 (1974)all sorts of scientificand appliedresearchuse conversation ow, theyall employan instrumentwhose effectsare not known.This is perhapsunnecessary.
2. THETRANSCRIPTS. eforeproceeding o the systematics or turn-taking nconversation, the reader is urged to examine the Appendix, in which the specialsymbols used in the transcriptare explained.
3. A SIMPLESTYSTEMATICS.he turn-taking system for conversation can bedescribed in terms of two components and a set of rules, as follows.3.1. THE TURN-CONSTRUCTIONALOMPONENT.here are various unit-types withwhich a speaker may set out to construct a turn. Unit-types for English includesentential, clausal, phrasal, and lexical constructions (cf. ?4.13below). Instancesofthe unit-types so usable allow a projection of the unit-type under way, and what,roughly, it will take for an instance of that unit-type to be completed. Unit-typeslacking the feature of projectabilitymay not be usable in the same way.1212 We may note that it is empiricallyevident, from sequentialmaterials,that projectabilityis the case; i.e., we find sequentiallyappropriatestartsby next speakersafterturnscomposedof single-word, single-phrase,or single-clauseconstructions,withno gap-i.e. with no waitingfor possiblesentence completion.Here are examplesof single-wordturns.
(a) Desk: What is your last name [Loraine.- Caller: 1Dinnis.- Desk: What?Caller: Dinnis. [FD:IV:191](b) Jeanette: Oh you know, Mittie- Gordon, eh- Gordon, Mittie'shusbanddied.(0.3)Estelle: Oh whe::n.Jeanette: Well it was in the paperthis morning.Estelle: It wa::s,- Jeanette: Yeah.
[Trio:18](c) Fern: Well they'renot comin',-> Lana: Who.Fern: Uh Pam, unless they c'n find somebody. [Ladies:3:2:5](d) Guy: Is Rol down by any chance djuknow?-> Eddy: Huh?Guy: Is uh Smith down?Eddy: Yeah he's down, [NB:I:5:4]
Examplesof single-phraseurns:(e) A: Oh I have the- I have one class in the e:vening.-> B: On Mondays?A: Y- uh::: Wednesdays.=B: = Uh- Wednesday, =
A: = En it's like a Mickey Mouse course. tTG:6](f) Anna: Was last night the firsttime you met Missiz Kelly?(1.0)Bea: Met whom?Anna: Missiz Kelly.Bea: Yes. [Ladies: 2: 8:5]
702 LANGUAGE, VOLUME 50, NUMBER 4 (1974)all sorts of scientificand appliedresearchuse conversation ow, theyall employan instrumentwhose effectsare not known.This is perhapsunnecessary.
2. THETRANSCRIPTS. eforeproceeding o the systematics or turn-taking nconversation, the reader is urged to examine the Appendix, in which the specialsymbols used in the transcriptare explained.
3. A SIMPLESTYSTEMATICS.he turn-taking system for conversation can bedescribed in terms of two components and a set of rules, as follows.3.1. THE TURN-CONSTRUCTIONALOMPONENT.here are various unit-types withwhich a speaker may set out to construct a turn. Unit-types for English includesentential, clausal, phrasal, and lexical constructions (cf. ?4.13below). Instancesofthe unit-types so usable allow a projection of the unit-type under way, and what,roughly, it will take for an instance of that unit-type to be completed. Unit-typeslacking the feature of projectabilitymay not be usable in the same way.1212 We may note that it is empiricallyevident, from sequentialmaterials,that projectabilityis the case; i.e., we find sequentiallyappropriatestartsby next speakersafterturnscomposedof single-word, single-phrase,or single-clauseconstructions,withno gap-i.e. with no waitingfor possiblesentence completion.Here are examplesof single-wordturns.
(a) Desk: What is your last name [Loraine.- Caller: 1Dinnis.- Desk: What?Caller: Dinnis. [FD:IV:191](b) Jeanette: Oh you know, Mittie- Gordon, eh- Gordon, Mittie'shusbanddied.(0.3)Estelle: Oh whe::n.Jeanette: Well it was in the paperthis morning.Estelle: It wa::s,- Jeanette: Yeah.
[Trio:18](c) Fern: Well they'renot comin',-> Lana: Who.Fern: Uh Pam, unless they c'n find somebody. [Ladies:3:2:5](d) Guy: Is Rol down by any chance djuknow?-> Eddy: Huh?Guy: Is uh Smith down?Eddy: Yeah he's down, [NB:I:5:4]
Examplesof single-phraseurns:(e) A: Oh I have the- I have one class in the e:vening.-> B: On Mondays?A: Y- uh::: Wednesdays.=B: = Uh- Wednesday, =
A: = En it's like a Mickey Mouse course. tTG:6](f) Anna: Was last night the firsttime you met Missiz Kelly?(1.0)Bea: Met whom?Anna: Missiz Kelly.Bea: Yes. [Ladies: 2: 8:5]
702 LANGUAGE, VOLUME 50, NUMBER 4 (1974)all sorts of scientificand appliedresearchuse conversation ow, theyall employan instrumentwhose effectsare not known.This is perhapsunnecessary.
2. THETRANSCRIPTS. eforeproceeding o the systematics or turn-taking nconversation, the reader is urged to examine the Appendix, in which the specialsymbols used in the transcriptare explained.
3. A SIMPLESTYSTEMATICS.he turn-taking system for conversation can bedescribed in terms of two components and a set of rules, as follows.3.1. THE TURN-CONSTRUCTIONALOMPONENT.here are various unit-types withwhich a speaker may set out to construct a turn. Unit-types for English includesentential, clausal, phrasal, and lexical constructions (cf. ?4.13below). Instancesofthe unit-types so usable allow a projection of the unit-type under way, and what,roughly, it will take for an instance of that unit-type to be completed. Unit-typeslacking the feature of projectabilitymay not be usable in the same way.1212 We may note that it is empiricallyevident, from sequentialmaterials,that projectabilityis the case; i.e., we find sequentiallyappropriatestartsby next speakersafterturnscomposedof single-word, single-phrase,or single-clauseconstructions,withno gap-i.e. with no waitingfor possiblesentence completion.Here are examplesof single-wordturns.
(a) Desk: What is your last name [Loraine.- Caller: 1Dinnis.- Desk: What?Caller: Dinnis. [FD:IV:191](b) Jeanette: Oh you know, Mittie- Gordon, eh- Gordon, Mittie'shusbanddied.(0.3)Estelle: Oh whe::n.Jeanette: Well it was in the paperthis morning.Estelle: It wa::s,- Jeanette: Yeah.
[Trio:18](c) Fern: Well they'renot comin',-> Lana: Who.Fern: Uh Pam, unless they c'n find somebody. [Ladies:3:2:5](d) Guy: Is Rol down by any chance djuknow?-> Eddy: Huh?Guy: Is uh Smith down?Eddy: Yeah he's down, [NB:I:5:4]
Examplesof single-phraseurns:(e) A: Oh I have the- I have one class in the e:vening.-> B: On Mondays?A: Y- uh::: Wednesdays.=B: = Uh- Wednesday, =
A: = En it's like a Mickey Mouse course. tTG:6](f) Anna: Was last night the firsttime you met Missiz Kelly?(1.0)Bea: Met whom?Anna: Missiz Kelly.Bea: Yes. [Ladies: 2: 8:5]
702 LANGUAGE, VOLUME 50, NUMBER 4 (1974)all sorts of scientificand appliedresearchuse conversation ow, theyall employan instrumentwhose effectsare not known.This is perhapsunnecessary.
2. THETRANSCRIPTS. eforeproceeding o the systematics or turn-taking nconversation, the reader is urged to examine the Appendix, in which the specialsymbols used in the transcriptare explained.
3. A SIMPLESTYSTEMATICS.he turn-taking system for conversation can bedescribed in terms of two components and a set of rules, as follows.3.1. THE TURN-CONSTRUCTIONALOMPONENT.here are various unit-types withwhich a speaker may set out to construct a turn. Unit-types for English includesentential, clausal, phrasal, and lexical constructions (cf. ?4.13below). Instancesofthe unit-types so usable allow a projection of the unit-type under way, and what,roughly, it will take for an instance of that unit-type to be completed. Unit-typeslacking the feature of projectabilitymay not be usable in the same way.1212 We may note that it is empiricallyevident, from sequentialmaterials,that projectabilityis the case; i.e., we find sequentiallyappropriatestartsby next speakersafterturnscomposedof single-word, single-phrase,or single-clauseconstructions,withno gap-i.e. with no waitingfor possiblesentence completion.Here are examplesof single-wordturns.
(a) Desk: What is your last name [Loraine.- Caller: 1Dinnis.- Desk: What?Caller: Dinnis. [FD:IV:191](b) Jeanette: Oh you know, Mittie- Gordon, eh- Gordon, Mittie'shusbanddied.(0.3)Estelle: Oh whe::n.Jeanette: Well it was in the paperthis morning.Estelle: It wa::s,- Jeanette: Yeah.
[Trio:18](c) Fern: Well they'renot comin',-> Lana: Who.Fern: Uh Pam, unless they c'n find somebody. [Ladies:3:2:5](d) Guy: Is Rol down by any chance djuknow?-> Eddy: Huh?Guy: Is uh Smith down?Eddy: Yeah he's down, [NB:I:5:4]
Examplesof single-phraseurns:(e) A: Oh I have the- I have one class in the e:vening.-> B: On Mondays?A: Y- uh::: Wednesdays.=B: = Uh- Wednesday, =
A: = En it's like a Mickey Mouse course. tTG:6](f) Anna: Was last night the firsttime you met Missiz Kelly?(1.0)Bea: Met whom?Anna: Missiz Kelly.Bea: Yes. [Ladies: 2: 8:5]
702 LANGUAGE, VOLUME 50, NUMBER 4 (1974)all sorts of scientificand appliedresearchuse conversation ow, theyall employan instrumentwhose effectsare not known.This is perhapsunnecessary.
2. THETRANSCRIPTS. eforeproceeding o the systematics or turn-taking nconversation, the reader is urged to examine the Appendix, in which the specialsymbols used in the transcriptare explained.
3. A SIMPLESTYSTEMATICS.he turn-taking system for conversation can bedescribed in terms of two components and a set of rules, as follows.3.1. THE TURN-CONSTRUCTIONALOMPONENT.here are various unit-types withwhich a speaker may set out to construct a turn. Unit-types for English includesentential, clausal, phrasal, and lexical constructions (cf. ?4.13below). Instancesofthe unit-types so usable allow a projection of the unit-type under way, and what,roughly, it will take for an instance of that unit-type to be completed. Unit-typeslacking the feature of projectabilitymay not be usable in the same way.1212 We may note that it is empiricallyevident, from sequentialmaterials,that projectabilityis the case; i.e., we find sequentiallyappropriatestartsby next speakersafterturnscomposedof single-word, single-phrase,or single-clauseconstructions,withno gap-i.e. with no waitingfor possiblesentence completion.Here are examplesof single-wordturns.
(a) Desk: What is your last name [Loraine.- Caller: 1Dinnis.- Desk: What?Caller: Dinnis. [FD:IV:191](b) Jeanette: Oh you know, Mittie- Gordon, eh- Gordon, Mittie'shusbanddied.(0.3)Estelle: Oh whe::n.Jeanette: Well it was in the paperthis morning.Estelle: It wa::s,- Jeanette: Yeah.
[Trio:18](c) Fern: Well they'renot comin',-> Lana: Who.Fern: Uh Pam, unless they c'n find somebody. [Ladies:3:2:5](d) Guy: Is Rol down by any chance djuknow?-> Eddy: Huh?Guy: Is uh Smith down?Eddy: Yeah he's down, [NB:I:5:4]
Examplesof single-phraseurns:(e) A: Oh I have the- I have one class in the e:vening.-> B: On Mondays?A: Y- uh::: Wednesdays.=B: = Uh- Wednesday, =
A: = En it's like a Mickey Mouse course. tTG:6](f) Anna: Was last night the firsttime you met Missiz Kelly?(1.0)Bea: Met whom?Anna: Missiz Kelly.Bea: Yes. [Ladies: 2: 8:5]
702 LANGUAGE, VOLUME 50, NUMBER 4 (1974)all sorts of scientificand appliedresearchuse conversation ow, theyall employan instrumentwhose effectsare not known.This is perhapsunnecessary.
2. THETRANSCRIPTS. eforeproceeding o the systematics or turn-taking nconversation, the reader is urged to examine the Appendix, in which the specialsymbols used in the transcriptare explained.
3. A SIMPLESTYSTEMATICS.he turn-taking system for conversation can bedescribed in terms of two components and a set of rules, as follows.3.1. THE TURN-CONSTRUCTIONALOMPONENT.here are various unit-types withwhich a speaker may set out to construct a turn. Unit-types for English includesentential, clausal, phrasal, and lexical constructions (cf. ?4.13below). Instancesofthe unit-types so usable allow a projection of the unit-type under way, and what,roughly, it will take for an instance of that unit-type to be completed. Unit-typeslacking the feature of projectabilitymay not be usable in the same way.1212 We may note that it is empiricallyevident, from sequentialmaterials,that projectabilityis the case; i.e., we find sequentiallyappropriatestartsby next speakersafterturnscomposedof single-word, single-phrase,or single-clauseconstructions,withno gap-i.e. with no waitingfor possiblesentence completion.Here are examplesof single-wordturns.
(a) Desk: What is your last name [Loraine.- Caller: 1Dinnis.- Desk: What?Caller: Dinnis. [FD:IV:191](b) Jeanette: Oh you know, Mittie- Gordon, eh- Gordon, Mittie'shusbanddied.(0.3)Estelle: Oh whe::n.Jeanette: Well it was in the paperthis morning.Estelle: It wa::s,- Jeanette: Yeah.
[Trio:18](c) Fern: Well they'renot comin',-> Lana: Who.Fern: Uh Pam, unless they c'n find somebody. [Ladies:3:2:5](d) Guy: Is Rol down by any chance djuknow?-> Eddy: Huh?Guy: Is uh Smith down?Eddy: Yeah he's down, [NB:I:5:4]
Examplesof single-phraseurns:(e) A: Oh I have the- I have one class in the e:vening.-> B: On Mondays?A: Y- uh::: Wednesdays.=B: = Uh- Wednesday, =
A: = En it's like a Mickey Mouse course. tTG:6](f) Anna: Was last night the firsttime you met Missiz Kelly?(1.0)Bea: Met whom?Anna: Missiz Kelly.Bea: Yes. [Ladies: 2: 8:5]
702 LANGUAGE, VOLUME 50, NUMBER 4 (1974)all sorts of scientificand appliedresearchuse conversation ow, theyall employan instrumentwhose effectsare not known.This is perhapsunnecessary.
2. THETRANSCRIPTS. eforeproceeding o the systematics or turn-taking nconversation, the reader is urged to examine the Appendix, in which the specialsymbols used in the transcriptare explained.
3. A SIMPLESTYSTEMATICS.he turn-taking system for conversation can bedescribed in terms of two components and a set of rules, as follows.3.1. THE TURN-CONSTRUCTIONALOMPONENT.here are various unit-types withwhich a speaker may set out to construct a turn. Unit-types for English includesentential, clausal, phrasal, and lexical constructions (cf. ?4.13below). Instancesofthe unit-types so usable allow a projection of the unit-type under way, and what,roughly, it will take for an instance of that unit-type to be completed. Unit-typeslacking the feature of projectabilitymay not be usable in the same way.1212 We may note that it is empiricallyevident, from sequentialmaterials,that projectabilityis the case; i.e., we find sequentiallyappropriatestartsby next speakersafterturnscomposedof single-word, single-phrase,or single-clauseconstructions,withno gap-i.e. with no waitingfor possiblesentence completion.Here are examplesof single-wordturns.
(a) Desk: What is your last name [Loraine.- Caller: 1Dinnis.- Desk: What?Caller: Dinnis. [FD:IV:191](b) Jeanette: Oh you know, Mittie- Gordon, eh- Gordon, Mittie'shusbanddied.(0.3)Estelle: Oh whe::n.Jeanette: Well it was in the paperthis morning.Estelle: It wa::s,- Jeanette: Yeah.
[Trio:18](c) Fern: Well they'renot comin',-> Lana: Who.Fern: Uh Pam, unless they c'n find somebody. [Ladies:3:2:5](d) Guy: Is Rol down by any chance djuknow?-> Eddy: Huh?Guy: Is uh Smith down?Eddy: Yeah he's down, [NB:I:5:4]
Examplesof single-phraseurns:(e) A: Oh I have the- I have one class in the e:vening.-> B: On Mondays?A: Y- uh::: Wednesdays.=B: = Uh- Wednesday, =
A: = En it's like a Mickey Mouse course. tTG:6](f) Anna: Was last night the firsttime you met Missiz Kelly?(1.0)Bea: Met whom?Anna: Missiz Kelly.Bea: Yes. [Ladies: 2: 8:5]
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