2008, 1989, English, Article edition: Conversational strategies: towards a phonological description of turn-taking in Akan. Obeng, Samuel Gyasi

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  • 1989
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  • Conversational strategies: towards a phonological description of turn-taking in Akan.
Author
  • Obeng, Samuel Gyasi
Published
  • West African Linguistic Society
  • 2008-07-24T17:56:04Z
  • 1989
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  • 983775 bytes, application/​pdf
  • Article
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  • Phonetic features have function relevance for conversational participants. I provide evidence from three natural conversations ( in Akan) to show that turn-taking correlates with such phonetic features as tempo and rhythm. I argue that rallentando or lento tempo deployed singly or conjointly with a drawled-syllable-time rhythm is turn delimitative. Allegro or accelerando tempo and a clipped-syllable-time rhythm are projective of further speakership by a current speaker. I also show co-participants' response to such features.
  • Obeng, Samuel Gyasi. "Conversational strategies: towards a phonological description of turn-taking in Akan." Journal of West African Languages 19, no. 1 (1989):104-120.
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