When Conversation Lapses: The Public Accountability of Silent Copresence

235 Pages·2020·17.667 MB·English

by  Elliott M. Hoey

WHEN CONVERSATION LAPSES
FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN INTERACTION
General Editor: N.J. Enfield, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Radboud
University, Nijmegen, and the University of Sydney
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WHEN
CONVERSATION
LAPSES
The Public Accountability
of Silent Copresence
Elliott M. Hoey
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CONTENTS
List of figures ix
List of tables xi
Series Editor’s preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Transcription conventions xvii
1. Silence and social interaction 1
2. Lapsing out of talk 39
3. Sequence recompletion: Deflecting speakership in a lapse 66
4. Drinking for speaking: Integrating bodily activity and talk 95
5. Lapse resolution: Ending a lapse and continuing with talk 131
6. Lapses as social objects 159
References 181
Index 211

FIGURES
2.1. Harold and Fred project relevance of stopping talk
to make a phone call. 43
2.2. Counselor and student attend to the application form. 45
2.3. Linda pursues a response through gaze. 50
2.4. Lena drops ice, then picks it up after no reaction
from Rosa. 52
2.5. Pat enters the room in reaction to the lapse. 55
2.6. Harold uses the dog to disengage from talk during
a lapse. 57
3.1. Timing of sequence recompletion vs. non- sequence
recompletion. 74
3.2. Lex withdraws her gaze at end of telling (L- R: Lex,
Marie, Rachel). 80
3.3. Deviant gaze behavior by Marie (L- R: Lex,
Marie, Rachel). 91
4.1. Auto- involvements in a lapse (L- R: Maureen,
Abby, Terry). 96
4.2. Drinking initiation after period of overlap. 105
4.3. Drinking initiation at turn- beginning of sequence-
initial turn. 110
4.4. Drinking initiation at TRP of sequence- closing turn. 112
4.5. Eyebrow flash during drink- in- progress (L- R: Will,
Max, Jamie). 119
4.6. Michelle retracts drinking action to respond. 121
4.7. Drinking accelerated to support removing glasses. 123
4.8. Max suspends, then abandons drinking action. 125
5.1. Fabrice gazes to onlookers, then to the researcher. 135
5.2. Molly turns away from Hannah during the lapse. 139