Pragmatics of Overlapping Talk in Therapy Sessions

Autor/in	Abbas, Nawal Fadhil
Titel	Pragmatics of Overlapping Talk in Therapy Sessions
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 16 (2020) 3, S.1251-1263 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Abbas, Nawal Fadhil)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Pragmatics; Cooperation; Discourse Analysis; Counselor Client Relationship; Psychotherapy; Prediction; Models; Language Usage; Patients + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pragmalinguistik; Co-operation; Kooperation; Diskursanalyse; Psychotherapie; Vorhersage; Analogiemodell; Sprachgebrauch; Patient
Abstract	Cooperation in conversation is usually managed by the turn-taking mechanism where the interlocutors' turns are done according to certain rules, the most important of which is that one and only one speaker speaks at a time. And since talk can be used as a cure for the people who have troubles in their life, psychotherapy uses the field of conversation analysis as a procedure to deal with such troubles. Conversation analysis with all its essential facts helps therapists find out the reasons behind their patients' difficulties and predict the solutions for them. One of such essentials is the turn taking system, and more specifically is the 'overlapping talk'. In relation to this, the present study aims to show the reason behind the occurrence of overlap in therapy sessions and how it is managed and resolved. To do so, two scripts taken from two psychological therapy sessions are selected and examined using Sacks et al's model (1974) and Jefferson's model (1983). The study has come to the conclusion that the overlapping talk usually occurs because of the misjudgment of the transition relevance places (TRPs) due to the type of overlap whether transitional or progressional. It has also been noticed that the terminal overlap is used more frequently than the other types. Continuers such as 'yeah', 'ok', 'alright', 'aha', 'umm' are used by therapists to encourage the patients to go on with their talk. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
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Update	2024/1/01