The Right Time and Pace

Preface to the Series. Aknowledgments INTRODUCTION The Cross Cultural Gatekeeping Interviews in this Study How Conversation is Organized THE INTERVIEW OVER TIME: ITS FORM AND FUNCTION Defining the Interview Evolution of the Interview Gatekeeping Interviews Summary and Discussion THE STUDY Background: What Previous Researchers Have Found A Model of Conversation Based on Time Questions Framing this Study Research Design Microanalysis Explained Summary and Discussion THE RIGHT PACE: THE TURN-TAKING SYSTEM How Tempo Organizes Spoken Discourse Turns and Listener Responses How Speakers Signal an Explanation How Speakers Signal a Hyperexplanation Types of Hyperexplanations Summary and Discussion THE RIGHT TIME: THE RAPPORT SYSTEM Face Verbal Rapport-Building Strategies Nonverbal Rapport-Building Strategies Rapport-Maintaining Strategies Summary and Discussion UNCOMFORTABLE MOMENTS Native Speakers in an Uncomfortable Moment Nonnative Speakers in an Uncomfortable Moment Summary and Discussion FOREIGNER TALK Clarifications Repetitions, Comprehension Checks, and Expansions Paraphrase Hyperclarification Directorial Techniques Summary and Discussion Conclusion References Glossary Author Index Subject Index