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Gaze and overlap resolution in triadic interactions

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© 2018 Elsevier B.V. This paper presents a corpus study on the role of gaze for overlap resolution in German and Dutch triadic interactions. The focus is on overlap due to a simultaneous start by two speakers with one speaker abandoning her TCU before reaching a point of completion. The gaze behaviours of all three participants in the conversations were recorded with mobile eye tracking glasses. The analysis of the eye tracking data reveals the following gaze patterns: speakers who prevail in the competition for the turn space use gaze aversion away from the competing speaker as both a turn-holding and turn-yielding strategy. Withdrawing speakers, in turn, maintain gaze at the co-speaker or direct their gaze at her during overlap. Third participants often single out the later prevailing speaker and either keep looking at her or shift gaze to her during the overlap phase.
Journal: Journal of Pragmatics
ISSN: 0378-2166
Volume: 140
Pages: 49 - 69
Publication year:2019
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CSS-citation score:2
Authors:International
Authors from:Higher Education
Accessibility:Open