Turn-taking

The speaker change (also turn-taking, Eng. Turn taking ) is a common phenomenon in conversations that shall ensure that as more and conversation Posts ( turns ) are distributed to the subscriber.

The conversation analysis assumes that a local mechanism (local management system) regulates the award of the right to speak. At a handover relevant point of a discussion contribution ( transition relevant place, TRP), which is indicated inter alia by intonational and semantic agents, a speaker change can be done according to certain rules:

This system is so efficient that it only comes in about 5 % of cases, an overlap of contributions ( overlaps ). These overlaps caused by exploitation, or failure of the control system or by a ' miscalculation ' of a contribution - for example when contributions are interpreted as ' finished '. In the case of 2a, it can also lead to competition fighting for the right to speak. Typically, a solution system corrects such overlap by a break. The overlapped post office is then usually repeated. It was incidentally observed that in conversations especially with a lower socioeconomic status participants cancel their contribution at a lap first. There are also language communities in which this speaker change is governed solely by the social status system.