Lapse
Lapse
A lapse is a relatively long silence between turns that is due to none of the participants taking a turn.
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Source: Sacks, Schegloff, and Jefferson 1978
Sacks, Harvey, Emanuel A. Schegloff, and Gail Jefferson. 1978. "A simplest systematics for the organization of turn taking for conversation." In Schenkein 1978
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Source: Levinson 1983
Levinson, Stephen C. 1983.Pragmatics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Switching Pause
Related terms
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/lapse
