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Chapter 8. When OKAY is repeated

Closing the talk so far in Korean and Japanese conversations
  • Satomi Kuroshima , Stephanie Hyeri Kim , Kaoru Hayano , Mary Shin Kim and Seung-Hee Lee
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OKAY across Languages
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Abstract

This chapter explores the use of the repetition of OKAY in a third position and in a transitional phase between activities in Korean and Japanese conversations. We have identified that (1) the duplicated OKAY, by being placed either in the middle of the other speaker’s turn or after a gap, is employed to accept the second position turn as sufficient and thereby propose to close the protracted sequence, and (2) it is deployed to serve as a boundary marker between two activities. These actions are commonly observed as an achievement of multiple actors displaying their orientation toward the activity through various resources, including the duplicated OKAY.

Abstract

This chapter explores the use of the repetition of OKAY in a third position and in a transitional phase between activities in Korean and Japanese conversations. We have identified that (1) the duplicated OKAY, by being placed either in the middle of the other speaker’s turn or after a gap, is employed to accept the second position turn as sufficient and thereby propose to close the protracted sequence, and (2) it is deployed to serve as a boundary marker between two activities. These actions are commonly observed as an achievement of multiple actors displaying their orientation toward the activity through various resources, including the duplicated OKAY.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2. Data and methods used in the study of OKAY across languages 29
  6. Generic sequential uses of OKAY across languages
  7. Chapter 3. OKAY in responding and claiming understanding 55
  8. Chapter 4. OKAY in closings and transitions 93
  9. OKAY in specific languages
  10. Chapter 5. The prosody and phonetics of OKAY in American English 131
  11. Chapter 6. Rising OKAY in third position in Danish talk-in-interaction 175
  12. Chapter 7. OKAY as a response to informings in Finnish 205
  13. Chapter 8. When OKAY is repeated 235
  14. OKAY in specific activities and settings
  15. Chapter 9. OKAY in health helpline calls in Brazil 269
  16. Chapter 10. A resource for action transition 301
  17. Chapter 11. OKAY projecting embodied compliance to directives 337
  18. Chapter 12. Coordination of OKAY, nods, and gaze in claiming understanding and closing topics 363
  19. Appendix. Transcription conventions and glossing symbols 395
  20. Bibliography 401
  21. Name index 433
  22. Subject index 437
https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.34.08kur

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2. Data and methods used in the study of OKAY across languages 29
  6. Generic sequential uses of OKAY across languages
  7. Chapter 3. OKAY in responding and claiming understanding 55
  8. Chapter 4. OKAY in closings and transitions 93
  9. OKAY in specific languages
  10. Chapter 5. The prosody and phonetics of OKAY in American English 131
  11. Chapter 6. Rising OKAY in third position in Danish talk-in-interaction 175
  12. Chapter 7. OKAY as a response to informings in Finnish 205
  13. Chapter 8. When OKAY is repeated 235
  14. OKAY in specific activities and settings
  15. Chapter 9. OKAY in health helpline calls in Brazil 269
  16. Chapter 10. A resource for action transition 301
  17. Chapter 11. OKAY projecting embodied compliance to directives 337
  18. Chapter 12. Coordination of OKAY, nods, and gaze in claiming understanding and closing topics 363
  19. Appendix. Transcription conventions and glossing symbols 395
  20. Bibliography 401
  21. Name index 433
  22. Subject index 437
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