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ia universitatis If a pause of one or two seconds occurs du- out making her point or finishing her thought,
ring one speaker’s talk sequence, the other spe- which by the other speaker is understood as a
cross-influencebetweenlanguageandculture:pausestructureasproofofculturaldifference... 81 aker often interprets it as a sign of turn-taking sign to begin her turn, then they start simulta-
and begins her turn (in most cases without over- neously and a brief overlap (of one or two simul-
lapping with the first speaker): taneous words) occurs. The overlap is ended by
the second speaker who interrupted the first one
Example 16 during her inter-turn pause:
S: A Sonja je?
I: Da e? (2) I onda počneš pričat o tome, i onda Example 20
misliš (1) jebote. (1) I: Ful. Dobar je. (Stavim) na na ovaj (1)
S: Kad ne kuže! Kad nisu to proživjeli. S: To je baš[ tvoj?
I: [kompjuter i mogu pojačati kolko god želim=
However, if an overlap occurs in these sit-
uations, it does not continue with simultaneous Example 21
talk, but one speaker ends her turn after one or I: Inače ova jedna je iz Njemačke, živi tamo,(1) (1)
two words: S: [A Diana?
I: [A Diana ti je tu (not understandable) ona je
Example 17 jako posebna.
I: Inače ova jedna je iz Njemačke, živi tamo, (1)
S: [A Diana? The others can be interpreted as a result of
I: [A Diana ti je tu (not understandable) ona jako highly dynamic and very rhythmic turn-tak-
posebna. ing. The following example shows the increase in
the turn-taking rhythm that begins with paus-
When overlaps do occur they are expressed es, growing faster turns into latches and ends in
with words like yes, and non-verbal fillers such a minimal overlap. However, as soon as the oth-
as: mm, aaa, oo. They have a cooperative effect er speaker realizes the overlap, the conversation
and their function is an affirmation or nega- slows down again and reacquires normal pauses.
tion of the other speaker or a confirmation of in-
volvement in the conversation. They belong to Example 22
the category of previously defined minimal over- S: Aoo! (1) A di si išla? (1)
laps and they account for more than 80% of over- S: U čirkolo? (1)
laps identified in the recordings of Pula’s Croa- I: Ne.=
tian speakers. S: =Nego?=
I: =Zašto u Čirkol[o?
Example 18 S: [A jer je besplatni ulaz
I: Probat ć[u. I: Aaaa.
S: [da da može. S: I Belfast Fud.
I: Nema veze, a da sam znala ne mogu ić sama,
Example 19 oni tu su svi vukli na svoju stranu.
I: Ali izbjegavam, (2) i tako da ovaj mi je bilo
malo bed, ali onda kad smo došli mi je bilo sve Conclusion
jedno i ful sam se opust[ila. This being a pilot study, we cannot generalize
S: [ma da. the confirmation of our hypothesis. A larger
scale study would definitely provide a more re-
The remaining 20% of overlaps are individ- liable insight into the structure of Zadar’s and
ual in nature. As previously mentioned, some of Pula’s turn-taking organization. For illustra-
them occur during a longer inter-turn pause of tive purposes only we bring forth the informa-
one of the speakers. The speaker pauses with- tion that on the sample of a 12 minutes long con-
ring one speaker’s talk sequence, the other spe- which by the other speaker is understood as a
cross-influencebetweenlanguageandculture:pausestructureasproofofculturaldifference... 81 aker often interprets it as a sign of turn-taking sign to begin her turn, then they start simulta-
and begins her turn (in most cases without over- neously and a brief overlap (of one or two simul-
lapping with the first speaker): taneous words) occurs. The overlap is ended by
the second speaker who interrupted the first one
Example 16 during her inter-turn pause:
S: A Sonja je?
I: Da e? (2) I onda počneš pričat o tome, i onda Example 20
misliš (1) jebote. (1) I: Ful. Dobar je. (Stavim) na na ovaj (1)
S: Kad ne kuže! Kad nisu to proživjeli. S: To je baš[ tvoj?
I: [kompjuter i mogu pojačati kolko god želim=
However, if an overlap occurs in these sit-
uations, it does not continue with simultaneous Example 21
talk, but one speaker ends her turn after one or I: Inače ova jedna je iz Njemačke, živi tamo,(1) (1)
two words: S: [A Diana?
I: [A Diana ti je tu (not understandable) ona je
Example 17 jako posebna.
I: Inače ova jedna je iz Njemačke, živi tamo, (1)
S: [A Diana? The others can be interpreted as a result of
I: [A Diana ti je tu (not understandable) ona jako highly dynamic and very rhythmic turn-tak-
posebna. ing. The following example shows the increase in
the turn-taking rhythm that begins with paus-
When overlaps do occur they are expressed es, growing faster turns into latches and ends in
with words like yes, and non-verbal fillers such a minimal overlap. However, as soon as the oth-
as: mm, aaa, oo. They have a cooperative effect er speaker realizes the overlap, the conversation
and their function is an affirmation or nega- slows down again and reacquires normal pauses.
tion of the other speaker or a confirmation of in-
volvement in the conversation. They belong to Example 22
the category of previously defined minimal over- S: Aoo! (1) A di si išla? (1)
laps and they account for more than 80% of over- S: U čirkolo? (1)
laps identified in the recordings of Pula’s Croa- I: Ne.=
tian speakers. S: =Nego?=
I: =Zašto u Čirkol[o?
Example 18 S: [A jer je besplatni ulaz
I: Probat ć[u. I: Aaaa.
S: [da da može. S: I Belfast Fud.
I: Nema veze, a da sam znala ne mogu ić sama,
Example 19 oni tu su svi vukli na svoju stranu.
I: Ali izbjegavam, (2) i tako da ovaj mi je bilo
malo bed, ali onda kad smo došli mi je bilo sve Conclusion
jedno i ful sam se opust[ila. This being a pilot study, we cannot generalize
S: [ma da. the confirmation of our hypothesis. A larger
scale study would definitely provide a more re-
The remaining 20% of overlaps are individ- liable insight into the structure of Zadar’s and
ual in nature. As previously mentioned, some of Pula’s turn-taking organization. For illustra-
them occur during a longer inter-turn pause of tive purposes only we bring forth the informa-
one of the speakers. The speaker pauses with- tion that on the sample of a 12 minutes long con-
