Publications

Publication details [#51324]

Alfaraz, Gabriela G. 2009. Conversing through overlaps: Information status and simultaneous talk in Cuban Spanish. Multilingua 28 (1) : 25–43.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

cooperation | informativeness | language variation | overlapping talk | turn-taking

Language as a subject

Spanish, Cuban

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/MULT/html

Annotation

This study confirms that Cuban Spanish speakers observe Grice's Cooperative Principle by minimizing utterance informativeness during overlapping conversation.