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This book examines turn-taking in English and Japanese conversations and political news interviews to investigate the relationship between language and interaction. The study reveals that turn-taking systems are modified by linguistic, cultural and situational constraints as well as by interactional needs; however, the modifications are implemented in orderly ways. Review: ... the book presents detailed analysis of the data from multiple angles in a highly organized manner. It provides empirical evidence as to how English and Japanese turn-taking is structured in two distinct speech situations. -Ryuko Kubota, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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