A Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS)

10.2.1.1. Smooth turn taking

In a smooth turn-taking situation, one participant holds the turn and when s/he finishes to express her/his contribution, the turn is allocated to another participant. Such transfer happens in a very smooth way, without pause or strong overlapping between signers, as shown in the example below.

A: yesterday park ix₁ dog ixCL(curved open V): ‘be_at’++ ix₁see

B: maybe brown hair_all ix₁ see done identical ix₁ see done

‘Yesterday, in the park I saw a few dogs.’ ‘Maybe I saw the same brown dogs.’

What follows is the schematic representation of a smooth turn-taking.

A: sign sign sign

B: sign sign sign

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Chiara Branchini & Lara Mantovan

Bibliographical reference for citation

The entire grammar:
Branchini, Chiara and Lara Mantovan (eds.). 2020. A Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Chapter:
Smith, Mary. 2020. Syntax: 3. Coordination and Subordination. In Branchini, Chiara and Lara Mantovan (eds.), A Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. ((http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Section:
Smith, Mary. 2020. Phonology: 1.1.1.2. Finger configuration. In Mary, Smith, Ben Smith and Carlo Smith (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

Smith, Mary. 2020. Syntax: 3.1.2.1.3. Manual markers in disjunctive coordination. In Mary, Smith, Ben Smith and Carlo Smith (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st edn. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)