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Chapter 7 - Cooperation or Fights for the Floor?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2023

Theresa Neumaier
Theresa Neumaier
Affiliation:
Technische Universität Dortmund
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Summary

This chapter is concerned with the question why conversational interaction has been described as orderly and supportive in some contexts but is perceived as chaotic or interruptive in others. After scrutinising the data for signs of ‘interruptiveness’ it can be shown that this concept is often confused with a preference for more direct turn-taking strategies. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the apparent dichotomy of cooperation and competition and suggests regarding turn-taking as an instance of coopetition instead.

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cooperationcompetitioncoopetitioninterruptioncollaborative completionco-tellingYinYangmonitoring
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Conversation in World Englishes
Turn-Taking and Cultural Variation in Southeast Asian and Caribbean English
 , pp. 234 - 266
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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