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- Conversation in World Englishes
- Conversation in World Englishes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Transcription Conventions
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Investigating Talk-in-Interaction in Culture
- Chapter 3 Codifying Patterns of Interaction
- Chapter 4 Turn Allocation in Southeast Asian and Caribbean English Conversations: Forms, Contexts, and Frequencies
- Chapter 5 Turn-Claiming and Turn-Holding Resources in Southeast Asian and Caribbean English Conversations
- Chapter 6 Turn-Claiming and Turn-Holding: Strategy Clusters
- Chapter 7 Cooperation or Fights for the Floor?
- Chapter 8 Conclusion and Outlook
- References
- Index
Chapter 6 - Turn-Claiming and Turn-Holding: Strategy Clusters
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 March 2023
- Conversation in World Englishes
- Conversation in World Englishes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Transcription Conventions
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Investigating Talk-in-Interaction in Culture
- Chapter 3 Codifying Patterns of Interaction
- Chapter 4 Turn Allocation in Southeast Asian and Caribbean English Conversations: Forms, Contexts, and Frequencies
- Chapter 5 Turn-Claiming and Turn-Holding Resources in Southeast Asian and Caribbean English Conversations
- Chapter 6 Turn-Claiming and Turn-Holding: Strategy Clusters
- Chapter 7 Cooperation or Fights for the Floor?
- Chapter 8 Conclusion and Outlook
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter provides a quantitative analysis the strategy clusters Southeast Asian and Caribbean interactants use for claiming or holding a turn at talk. It can be shown that speaker groups essentially use the same strategy combinations, although some differences also become apparent. The second part of the chapter zooms in on the frequency of selected phonetic and syntactic resources and compares their usage across the two speaker groups. Again, both similarities and differences between the speaker groups become apparent; for example, with respect to the usage of tempo downsteps or direct requests. These findings support the notion of a locally inflected conversational infrastructure, which is influenced by both cultural context and variety-specific preferences.
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- Conversation in World EnglishesTurn-Taking and Cultural Variation in Southeast Asian and Caribbean English, pp. 222 - 233Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023