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In these segments not only verbal and paraverbal elements, but also gestures and
facial expressions, are turn-taking-constituting elements, indicating a “multimodal
overlap” in the sense of “simultan realisierter kinesischer Beiträge” (“simultaneous
realization of kinesic turns,” see Schmitt
2005
: 45f.)
14.3.2
Vocal Display
The voice has an important function in the dynamics of the conflict. In the
onset phase of the conflict up to the stroke (to 19.851) the interlocutors fight for
their interactional power first of all at the level of the turn-taking dynamics. We
notice some cases of latching, that is to say the speakers do not open a TRP
(transition relevant place). To affirm their interactional rights, the interactants have
a progressively more excited tone of voice and a higher pitch.
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Their emotional
involvement is also shown through contractions, anacoluthons, and the stretched
(marked) pronunciation of key words. Higher intensity (loudness) and intonation
are used to mark the thematic development and information structure (for example
for asserting or changing the topic: the child's room, food, etc.).
Pauses (here annotated as short (.) and middle (
) estimated pauses) also play
a crucial role. They are not just interruptions in the verbal flow (“turn vacancies,”
Schmitt
2005
: 24), but are often a signal of a switch in modality (i.e., what is not
said is expressed through facial movements and gestures).
Annotation
Occ.
Av. Dur.
Time ratio
Latency
Intonation suddenly
falls down in the second
part of the question
1
1.7
0.04882812499999999
0.29
An introduction of a
sentence and a sudden
pause
1
1.7
0.048828 12499999999
1.99
Falling intonation
1
1.42
0.04078584558823529
3.96
The woman's voice
expresses hopelessness
by falling, intonation
and interrupted
sentence being applied
1
2.0
0.05744485294117647
5.68
Emotional, agitated
tone of voice
1
4.56
0.13097426470588233
7.68
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The poor quality of the recording did not allow an exact determination of the pitch contour.
However, it was possible to notice perceptively an elevated pitch in the stroke phase of the conflict.
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