15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS-15) Barcelona, Spain August 3-9, 2003

Voice Quality as a Resource for the Management of Turn-Taking in Finnish Talk-in-Interaction

Richard Ogden

University of York, UK

This paper explores the role of non-modal voice qualities in Finnish talk-in-interaction, combining phonetic observation with the methodological stance of conversation analysis. It shows that speakers and listeners both orient to non-modal voice qualities as signalling relevant turn transition.

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Bibliographic reference.  Ogden, Richard (2003): "Voice quality as a resource for the management of turn-taking in Finnish talk-in-interaction", In ICPhS-15, 123-126.