Definition of Terms INTRODUCTION
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When the speaker finish talking the next speaker begins to talk, the moment of changing between the speakers is called a transition relevance place or
TRP. In the conversation, the next speaker do not know exactly when the first speaker
‟s turn is complete, but they will end their turn by saying a word or sentence that indicates that their turn already complete. When the next speaker
begins to talk while the first one is still taking, this called an interruption. The following is the example of the interruption. The interruption is indicated with a
, this sign is adapted from Gumperz Cutting, 2003:29. B: well, I guess the meeting is over for today.
A: umm. Um, can I speak first.
The next speaker can predict when the turn is complete. The moment when they predict the turn of the current speaker almost finishes but they begin to
talk is called overlap. The following the example of the overlap. The overlap begins indicated with a =. This sign is adapted from Schriffin Cutting, 2003:29
A: No, she is in the hospital. Well = B:
= What happened to her? It seems there is an unwritten agreement in each culture about the
acceptable length of a pause between two turns. The pause is called an attributable silence Cutting, 2003: 29. The following is the example of the attributable
silence.
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A: Do you love me? B: 5 Uh-uh.
A: So, would you marry me? B: Yes.
From the above example, B pauses for five second, before her “uh-uh”. It indicated with number five which is in the brackets. The “uh-uh” is an attributable
silence because it comes after the pause.