Most language usage is interactive, involving rapid turn-taking. The turn-taking system has a
number of striking properties: turns are short and responses are remarkably rapid, but turns …

We live our lives in conversation, building families, societies and civilisations. In over seven
thousand languages across the world, the basic infrastructure by which we communicate …

Language is more than words: it includes the prosodic features and patterns that we use,
subconsciously, to frame meanings and achieve our goals in our interaction with others …

This paper reports on the prosody of rhetorical questions (RQs) and information-seeking
questions (ISQs) in German for two question types—polar questions and constituent …

When taking a turn at talk, a speaker normally accomplishes a sequential action such as a
question, answer, complaint, or request. Sometimes, however, a turn at talk may accomplish …

In everyday interactions with one another, speakers not only say things but also do things
like offer, complain, reject, and compliment. Through observation, it is possible to see that …

This article contributes to our knowledge about the prosodic realisation of rhetorical
questions (RQs) as compared to information-seeking questions (ISQs). It reports on a …

This study investigates the distribution of linguistic and specifically structural diversity in
Northeast Asia (NEA), defined as the region north of the Yellow River and east of the …

Description: London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.| Series: Bloomsbury studies
in linguistic anthropology| Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN …

In dialogue, speakers produce and perceive acoustic/prosodic turn-taking cues, which are
fundamental for negotiating turn exchanges with their interlocutors. However, little of the …