Notes on Overlap Management in Conversation: The Case of Delayed Completion.

Lerner, Gene H.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Notes on Overlap Management in Conversation: The Case of Delayed Completion.

Lerner, Gene H.

Western Journal of Speech Communication, v53 n2 p167-77 Spr 1989

Examines "delayed completion," a procedure speakers use to finish an incomplete turn after an intervening utterance by another speaker. Describes delayed completion as a device for resolving overlap. Examines relationship to interruption and to sequences of actions in conversation. (MS)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Speech Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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