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LISTENERS' BODY MOVEMENTS AND SPEAKING TURNS

University of Cincinnati School of Medicine

In conversation, speaking turns are exchanged rapidly and without explicit decisions about turn allocation. This suggests that participants cue each other in the process of switching speaker-listener roles. The verbal and nonverbal behaviors of five interactants engaged in conversation were analyzed in detail in relation to turn-taking. A significant number of speaking turns, compared to feedback responses, were prefaced by nonverbal behavior. The distinction between speaking turns and feedback responses was also reflected in the types of body movement preceding them; hand gestures occurred more often before speaking turns, and emblematic acts were associated with feedback. Differences in head/gaze direction were noted between successful interruptions and unsuccessful interruptions. Results were discussed with respect to functions of body movements in speech.

Communication Research, Vol. 12, No. 2, 233-250 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/009365085012002004


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