ABSTRACT

This article explores the use of clicks—a nonverbal vocalization—in everyday talk. It is argued that clicks are one way of not saying something, i.e., of not producing talk when talk was due. While many clicks occur alongside verbal material, which provides a method for participants to ascribe an action to the turn in which they are embedded, many do not. The article explores the linguistic (especially phonetic), sequential and embodied resources available to participants to make sense of such clicks. It is argued that some clicks have properties of linguistic organization: They have nonarbitrary form-meaning mappings. Other clicks by contrast are interpreted more as ad hoc, singular events. The article contributes to a less logocentric view of talk-in-interaction. Data are in British and American English from audio and video.

摘要

本文探讨了日常谈话中点击的使用（非语言发声）。有人认为，点击是不说话的一种方式，即在演讲到期时不说话。尽管许多点击伴随着口头材料发生，这为参与者提供了一种将动作归因于其嵌入的转折的方法，但许多点击却没有。本文探讨了参与者可用来理解此类点击的语言（尤其是语音），连续且具体的资源。有人认为某些点击具有语言组织的特性：它们具有非任意形式-含义映射。相比之下，其他点击则更多地解释为特殊事件。这篇文章有助于减少互动对话中的徽标中心观点。数据以音频和视频的英式和美式英语显示。