Chapter 3. The temporal organization of conversation while mucking out a sheep stable
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Leelo Keevallik
Abstract
Based on talk-oriented activities, there seems to be a consensus that turn-taking is organized to minimize gaps between turns. This study looks at a conversational sequence that evolved in a multi-party setting during a joint cleaning of a sheep stable, and analyzes how nextness is accomplished in an unproblematic manner after extensive silences. It argues that due to the non-cognitive but physically straining nature of the activity in a confined space, chatting is almost constant but response relevance is reduced. It discusses the moral orders of talk and work in this multiactivity setting, where urgency is not an issue, and suggests that data collection for sequence analysis be more attentive to the systematic differences between talk-oriented and other settings.
Abstract
Based on talk-oriented activities, there seems to be a consensus that turn-taking is organized to minimize gaps between turns. This study looks at a conversational sequence that evolved in a multi-party setting during a joint cleaning of a sheep stable, and analyzes how nextness is accomplished in an unproblematic manner after extensive silences. It argues that due to the non-cognitive but physically straining nature of the activity in a confined space, chatting is almost constant but response relevance is reduced. It discusses the moral orders of talk and work in this multiactivity setting, where urgency is not an issue, and suggests that data collection for sequence analysis be more attentive to the systematic differences between talk-oriented and other settings.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- The body in interaction 1
- Chapter 1. Forward-looking 31
- Chapter 2. Suspending talk 69
- Chapter 3. The temporal organization of conversation while mucking out a sheep stable 97
- Chapter 4. Revisiting delayed completions 123
- Chapter 5. Questions on the move 161
- Chapter 6. Bodily shadowing 203
- Chapter 7. Prefiguring the future 231
- Chapter 8. Embodiment of activity progress 261
- Chapter 9. Changes in turn-design over interactional histories – the case of instructions in driving school lessons 293
- Chapter 10. Times of rest 325
- Index 351
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- The body in interaction 1
- Chapter 1. Forward-looking 31
- Chapter 2. Suspending talk 69
- Chapter 3. The temporal organization of conversation while mucking out a sheep stable 97
- Chapter 4. Revisiting delayed completions 123
- Chapter 5. Questions on the move 161
- Chapter 6. Bodily shadowing 203
- Chapter 7. Prefiguring the future 231
- Chapter 8. Embodiment of activity progress 261
- Chapter 9. Changes in turn-design over interactional histories – the case of instructions in driving school lessons 293
- Chapter 10. Times of rest 325
- Index 351
