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Turntakingthat is not a widely recognized term in linguistics or communication studies. It may be a typographical error for turn-taking or a coined label used in a very specific or niche context. As such, this article treats it as a hypothetical or emerging term and situates it within the broader study of how people manage speaking turns in conversation.

Turn-taking, in established usage, refers to the social and linguistic mechanisms by which speakers select and yield turns in dialogue. Researchers examine cues such as pauses, intonation, overlap, gaze, and gesture to signal when a speaker is finishing or when another participant is ready to take the floor. Conversation analysis identifies constructs like turn construction units, transition relevance places, and preference organization to describe how turns are constructed, projected, and repaired during interaction. Turn-taking practices vary across languages and cultures and can be influenced by social relationships, context, and medium, including spoken and online communication.

If the term turntakingthat gains acceptance, scholars would need to provide a precise definition, scope, and methodology. Possible directions could include outlining a specific pattern of turn negotiation, a particular discourse function, or a cross-cultural comparison of how this hypothetical pattern operates. Any established usage would require empirical study through transcript analysis, recordings, and cross-linguistic data to determine its reliability and social meaning.

See also: turn-taking; conversation analysis; sociolinguistics; pragma-luistics; interruption; transition relevance place.