10.2.1.2. Turn taking with pause
A different case arises when the turn transition among participants in a conversation is mediated by a pause or a linguistic element which fills the pause, such as yes, well, good. The example below shows such case.
A: today world strange world ix dangerous
B: yes. true. see example ix river water CL(5): ‘water_rise’ CL(5): ‘water_overflow’ past few
‘Nowadays the world is strange, it’s dangerous.’ ‘Yes, true, for example the water in the rivers rises and overflows, but it was infrequent in the past.’
The following schema summarises the pattern of turn taking with a pause.
A: sign sign sign
B: [pause filling material] sign sign sign
