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
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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- Research articles
- Language and aging research: new insights and perspectives
- Grammaticalization and the linguistic individual: new avenues in lifespan research
- Individual variation in the development of the Western Vowel System of Utah
- [In]stability in the use of a stable variable
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- Taking the stance of quotidian in talking about pains: resilience and defiance
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- Agency and epistemic authority in question-answer sequences between art museum guides and visitors diagnosed with dementia
- Accounting for forgetfulness in dementia interaction
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