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Turn-taking in Applicant

Task C – Our answer

Lamb never interrupts Piffs, but Piffs interrupts Lamb seven times, in the following turn-combinations:

24/5; 28/9; 30/31; 34/5; 44/5; 50/51; 59/stage action

The interruptions are signalled by turn-final ‘–’ and incomplete grammatical structures. In addition to the above interruptions, there are two more ambiguous cases (turns 42 and 46), where ‘. . .’ at the end of a turn by Lamb suggests that he trails off into silence, which Piffs then fills.

Whether the interruption count is 0 vs. 7 or 0 vs. 9, it is clear that the pattern of interruptions confirms the dominance of Piffs over Lamb which we have seen in Tasks A and B.

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