16 A : ai borumuna do parumaien sada. boru Marpaung. 17 B : ido? ba.
18 A : rappak Pardede doi. 19 B : ido.Sonakmalela do hami attong.
20 C : [ ido. 21 B : jadi songon amang, marga aha amang?
In the data segment, A line 16 informed B that one of his daughters in law has the same surname as B. Then B line 17 asks confirmation by which it is answered by
A line 18 that his daughter in laws’ surname, Marpaung, is the same with Pardede, as Pardede is the younger brother of Marpaung. B line 19 agrees with A, and clarifies
that those two sub-clans are under one same clan called Sonak Malela. During B’s turn, when he is not yet finishing it, C line 20 starts his turn by using a continuer ido ‘yes’.
This is an overlap talk realized in continuer. There is no a hesitate for B’s turn in line 19 by this overlap. It goes smooth, and B line 21 continues his turn. So, the overlap
here can function as a reconfirmation of a prior turn.
4.1.2.4.2 Collaborative Utterances
Collaborative utterance occurs as a result of participant initiates an utterance and provides for another to complete it. In this case the collaborativeness is motivated
by the speaker, not the recipient. In Toba Batak conversation collaborative utterances occur as a result of the recipient supportive behaviour and he is the source of
supportive action. The overlap of collaborative utterance does not occur at or near TRP. This can be seen in the extract of excerpt 43 below.
1 A : jadi dapot do ibana ?
2 B : ise ?
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3 A : bayon.
4 B : ah, dangadong. sisia do dibaen
5 C : [ sisia do di au.
In the conversation, A line 1 asks B a question whether C won an illegal gambling. B line 4 answers that C did not win it because he took number 9 and
missed the winning number. C line 5 take turn before B finishes. Although the overlap does not occur at TRP it is not considered an interruption as it is supportive to
the speaker. By this overlap A’s turn is smoothly done without precluded by C’s turn in case of its quick start.
4.1.2.4.3 Terminal Overlap
This kind of overlap is called ‘terminal overlap’, that is, an overlap in which one speaker appears to be starting up by virtue of a prior speaker’s analyzably incipient
finishing of a turn. So the overlap starts at or near the transition-relevance place. In Toba Batak conversation most overlap occurs at this place. Three data extract will be
presented in the following analysis in their construction froms. It is started from the one that indicates an overlap which is resolved by delaying turn, as shown in the extract of
excerpt 46 below. 18 B : ai godang horuk-horukku
19 A : [mar henpon 20 museni,horukkorung,ipahorukkorung henp.
21 B : ai marbuluk-buluk do. 22 A : anggo ho memang,1.6 aha nama on,
23 B : [ nei lao mabbuat balu, 24 C [ngai sokkik sude
25 B : lao mabbuat baluang. 26 A : moderen nama on.
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There are three participants in the above conversation. They are all women, one of them is very old, another is rather old, and the third woman is much younger. The very
old woman and the younger one dominated the turns, and they ask and answer. The very old woman B behaved uniquely that the younger one was eager to continue
asking. The uniqueness of the very old woman is that she used hand-phone and neck- lace, and she is still healthy enough to talk with the other women. In the prior turn, B
complimented her by saying that she has a very nice neck-lace. By this compliment, the old woman line 18 upgrade herself by saying that she has many neck-laces. A
line 19-20 continues complimenting as she wears the hand-phone as neck-lace, and B line 21 responds this compliment by saying that all the attributes she wears become
piles. The next turn line 22 is used by A to mark the old woman behaviour as
modern in which this representation does not come immediately at the very turn-it is delayed. It is delayed because B line 23 launches her turn before A finishes or reaches
the completion. But B overlaps at possible TRP after 1.6 second silence of A’s turn in line 22. At this overlap, A delayed her turn by stopping at he end of; aha nama on ‘this
called..’, and this an activity of resolving overlap. The completion of A’s turn comes at line 26; moderen nama on ‘this is called modern’
An overlap which is used for the speaker to delay the turn also occurs in the conversation. C line 24 takes her turn before B reaches the TRP line 23. In this case,
B overcomes this overlap by delaying the completion of her turn; Nei lao mabbuat balu.. ‘going to take ..’. To be a completed turn, the word balu should be added by ang,
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so becoming baluang ‘a place to keep money’. So here, the overlap is used by the speaker to delay the turn, but it does not occur at or near TRP.
The second example of terminal overlap refers to reactive turn as a result of the prior turn. The overlap occurs near TRP, as shown in the extract of excerpt 43
reconstructed below. 10 B : Naga Nga dia Sinagai ?
11 C : e . alusi
12 A : [ alusi Naga oi, alusi donganmi
B line 10 directed his turn to the entire group asking where Sinaga is, in case of the presence of some persons called Sinaga in the coffee-counter. When C line 11
responds B before reaching TRP but possible for the end of turn, A line 12 takes his turn and makes an overlap. This overlap occurs near TRP, so it is not considered an
interruption. As seen from the data, B produces reactive utterance, C responds it with a bit weaker, and A overlaps in a reactive expression to respond B’s couraged utterance.
4.1.2.4.4 Choral Talk
