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  • Chapter 7 - Cooperation or Fights for the Floor?

  • Theresa Neumaier, Technische Universität Dortmund
  • Book:
    Conversation in World Englishes
    Published online:
    30 March 2023
    Print publication:
    06 April 2023, pp 234-266

  • Summary

    This chapter is concerned with the question why conversational interaction has been described as orderly and supportive in some contexts but is perceived as chaotic or interruptive in others. After scrutinising the data for signs of ‘interruptiveness’ it can be shown that this concept is often confused with a preference for more direct turn-taking strategies. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the apparent dichotomy of cooperation and competition and suggests regarding turn-taking as an instance of coopetition instead.