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Alfaraz, Gabriela G. – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2009
Simultaneous speech and turn-taking patterns vary considerably across cultures. Research on varieties of Spanish has confirmed that frequent, lengthy overlaps within and between turns are common. In this paper it is suggested that when speakers engage in simultaneous talk, they observe Grice's Cooperative Principle by adjusting their utterances so…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Nouns, Spanish, Language Variation