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The simultaneous speech of six 4-year-old girls was investigated within three-party conversation. The data reveal two major types of overlap, one providing instances of turn completion projections and the other reflecting tension for the turn at speaking. The data are discussed in terms of the Sacks, Schegloff, and Jefferson (1974) model of conversational interaction.
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Gallagher, T.M., Craig, H.K. An investigation of overlap in children's speech. J Psycholinguist Res 11, 63–75 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01067502
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