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No time to care? Interactional hurriedness in a Japanese nursing home

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Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 22. Juni 2019

Abstract

The research presented in this paper is based on audio-recordings from a Japanese care facility. I focus on interactional tempo differences between residents and staff. The analysis concentrates on two interrelated phenomena that can be taken as indications of hurriedness on the part of the care workers: overlaps and turn repetitions. Presenting examples for each of the two, I also show that the staff’s hurried performance does not necessarily result in a quicker completion of the care tasks. I go on to reflect on the staff’s likely reasons for doing “being in a hurry,” arguing that apart from real time pressures, the mere display of hurriedness can become an end in itself.

Appendix

Appendix

List of transcription symbols and abbreviations used

[ beginning of overlap
= latched to previous utterance
(0.3) pause of 0.3 seconds
((comment)) meta-comment or explanation
(text) best guess about not clearly audible text
°text° spoken softly or whispered
tex:t lengthening
Te/ halting or abrupt cutoff
Res: resident’s speech
CW: care worker’s speech

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Received: 2018-05-15
Accepted: 2018-12-14
Published Online: 2019-06-22

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