Social Science
&
Conversation Analysis

by David Silverman

What are we looking for?

Some observed properties

“Grossly Apparent” features:

One-at-a-time

Speaker Change: Coordination

Pairing

Appropriate placement

Chaining

Telephone Conversations

Who speaks first?

When Answerer != Called?

Who provides first topic?

How is call closed?

Storytelling

Storytelling: Not just uni-talk

Retaining the floor

Tying Mechanisms

Response Tokens

Heckling

Finding commonalities

Implications of studies

3-Part Turn

What Turn-Taking requires

Other features

What to take of this

The Drive for Analysis…

The End

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