Early Responses in Human Communication
This special issue investigates early responses—responsive actions that (start to) unfold while the production of the responded-to turn and action is still under way. Although timing in human conduct has gained intense interest in research, the early production of responsive actions has so far largely remained unexplored. But what makes early responses possible? What do such responses tell us about the complex interplay between syntax, prosody, and embodied conduct? And what sorts of actions do participants accomplish by means of such early responses? By addressing these questions, the special issue seeks to offer new advances in the systematic analysis of temporal organization in interaction, contributing to broader discussions in the language and cognitive sciences as to the social coordination of human conduct.
Edited by
Arnulf Deppermann(Pragmatics Department, Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim, Germany)
Lorenza Mondada(Departement Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften, Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland)
Simona Pekarek Doehler(Institut des Sciences du Langage et de la Communication, Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland)