TCUs and Turn-Taking
What is a TCU?
Turn Construction Unit
When are brackets [ ] used in Jeffersonian transcriptions?
When there is overlapping talk
Who is responsible for managing the rules during board games?
The players themselves
What are the most common two types of intonation?
Rising and falling intonation
What board game does Dr. Reynolds hate?
Monopoly
A non-speaking example of turn-taking
Swing dancing, skateboarding, etc.
How are pauses longer than .2 seconds transcribed?
By highlighting the length of the pause within parenthesis. If pause is 1.4 seconds = (1.4)
What makes turn-taking in board games different from turn-taking in conversation?
The preallocation of turns in board games
_____ is used for the ordering of moves in games
Turn taking
True or False: In a Jeffersonian transcription, each line has to be numbered.
True
How are turns within games similar to everyday conversational turn taking?
They follow an organized turn-transition structure
Up and down arrows ↑ ↓ before a word signify what in a Jeffersonian transcription?
Rise or fall in pitch, ↑word shows a rise in pitch, where ↓word represents fall in pitch.
There is evidence of board game play from up to ____ years ago
10,000 years ago
What does preallocation of turns mean in the context of board games?
The rules of how many turns a player has, and when a player can and can not take their turn in games.
Provide an identifiable difference between a sport and a game.
Sports involve coaching and training whereas games do not, games are often less structured, etc.
Does the preallocation of turns in games allow for more or fewer affordances than everyday talk?
More affordances in games with preallocation.
What does it mean if a word or phrase is completely capitalized?
That the word/phrase that is being capitalized was louder or even shouted.
Simon & Chase compared what board game to the fruit fly (or drosophila) of psychology?
Chess
The study of social order in everyday interactions is called:
Ethnomethodology
True or False: Correct spelling and grammar are necessary in a Jeffersonian transcription.
False
This term is used to describe action that shows a player is about to take their turn.
Incipient play
What do >< and <> arrows represent in Jeffersonian transcriptions?
>< represents that the pace of speech has increased.
<> represents that the pace of speech has decreased.
The word used in the text to describe penalties imposed by other players
What kind of ideology does preallocation permit and enact that helps allow games to be fair?
Fair play
How does turn-taking differentiate in verbal conversations as opposed to board games?
Turns are preallocated in board games, are not in verbal conversations.