2 Does Zoom affect conversational interactivity? Turn-taking in free and task-based conversations
Abstract
The present study compares conversational interactivity in task-free and task-oriented dialogues conducted by 10 pairs of German native speakers in face-to-face and Zoom settings. Interactivity is measured by variables such as the duration and frequency of speaker transitions, articulation rate, the number of word tokens produced, occurrences of between-and within-speaker overlaps, and speech compression ratio. Results showed that speakers spoke more slowly, changed the floor less frequently, but overlapped more in Zoom interactions than in face-to-face conversations. Task-free casual conversations were more interactive than task-oriented dialogues in terms of produced tokens and articulation rate. These findings highlight how communication medium and conversation type influence conversational dynamics.
Abstract
The present study compares conversational interactivity in task-free and task-oriented dialogues conducted by 10 pairs of German native speakers in face-to-face and Zoom settings. Interactivity is measured by variables such as the duration and frequency of speaker transitions, articulation rate, the number of word tokens produced, occurrences of between-and within-speaker overlaps, and speech compression ratio. Results showed that speakers spoke more slowly, changed the floor less frequently, but overlapped more in Zoom interactions than in face-to-face conversations. Task-free casual conversations were more interactive than task-oriented dialogues in terms of produced tokens and articulation rate. These findings highlight how communication medium and conversation type influence conversational dynamics.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
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I Introduction
- 1 Language in social interaction: Cognitive, social and linguistic perspectives 1
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II Interaction and Social Behavior
- 2 Does Zoom affect conversational interactivity? Turn-taking in free and task-based conversations 23
- 3 Collective amusement in a moral gray zone: Backbiting and forms of interactional (dis-)engagement in malicious talk about others in everyday conversation 47
- 4 An interactional account of exaggeration in everyday conversation 81
- 5 Studying social interaction from a historical perspective: Commitments, acts of promising and changing degrees of self-obligation in the history of English 113
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III Discourse signals in social interaction
- 6 Clause-final so: Emergence and function of a new discourse marker use 147
- 7 Token agreement and the development of discourse structuring markers/subjective adverbials: The case of Chinese dāngrán ‘of course, but’ 181
- 8 The demonstrative ProTag construction in social interaction: a historical perspective 207
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IV Grammar in Social Interaction
- 9 Language use and perception in social interaction – Another experiment on the social meaning of negative concord in American English 237
- 10 Root participles and closely related configurations in discourse: Implications for a common basis of sentence and interactive grammar 273
- 11 Conditional constructions in question-answer pairs 311
- Index
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
-
I Introduction
- 1 Language in social interaction: Cognitive, social and linguistic perspectives 1
-
II Interaction and Social Behavior
- 2 Does Zoom affect conversational interactivity? Turn-taking in free and task-based conversations 23
- 3 Collective amusement in a moral gray zone: Backbiting and forms of interactional (dis-)engagement in malicious talk about others in everyday conversation 47
- 4 An interactional account of exaggeration in everyday conversation 81
- 5 Studying social interaction from a historical perspective: Commitments, acts of promising and changing degrees of self-obligation in the history of English 113
-
III Discourse signals in social interaction
- 6 Clause-final so: Emergence and function of a new discourse marker use 147
- 7 Token agreement and the development of discourse structuring markers/subjective adverbials: The case of Chinese dāngrán ‘of course, but’ 181
- 8 The demonstrative ProTag construction in social interaction: a historical perspective 207
-
IV Grammar in Social Interaction
- 9 Language use and perception in social interaction – Another experiment on the social meaning of negative concord in American English 237
- 10 Root participles and closely related configurations in discourse: Implications for a common basis of sentence and interactive grammar 273
- 11 Conditional constructions in question-answer pairs 311
- Index
