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Lerner, Gene H. 1991. On the syntax of sentences-in-progress. Language in Society 20 (3) : 441–458.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0047-4045

Annotation

This paper argues that the compound turn-constructional unit format, traditionally a resource for turn-taking, can be used to complete another participants' utterance in progress, thus allowing two speakers to jointly construct a single sentence.