Universals and cultural variation in turn-taking in conversation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Vol/Iss. 106(26) • National Academy of Sciences • Washington, D.C • Published In • Pages: 10587-10592 •
By Stivers, Tanya, Enfield, Nicholas J., Brown, Penelope, Englert, Christina, Hayashi, Makoto, Heinemann, Trine, Hoymann, Gertie, Rossano, Federico, De Ruiter, Jan Peter, Yoon, Kyung-Eun, Levinson, Stephen C.

Hypothesis

Length of delays in conversational response time will be predicted by subjective perception of ideal length of response times (10590).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
2-sample t-testSupportedp < 0.001UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Perceived Mean Ideal Response TimeIndependentSpeech, Conversation
Mean Length of Response TimeDependentSpeech, Conversation