Discourse segmentation and the management of multiple tasks in single episodes of air traffic controller-pilot spoken radio communication

Episodes of VHF radio-mediated pilot-controller spoken communication in which multiple tasks are conducted are engendered in and through the skilful deployment and combination, by the parties to the talk, of multiple orders of discourse segmentation. These orders of segmentation are manifest at the...

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Main Author: Paul A. Falzon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses universitaires de Caen 2009-06-01
Series:Discours
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/discours/7241
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description Episodes of VHF radio-mediated pilot-controller spoken communication in which multiple tasks are conducted are engendered in and through the skilful deployment and combination, by the parties to the talk, of multiple orders of discourse segmentation. These orders of segmentation are manifest at the levels of transmission design and sequential organisation. Both of these features are analysed from a Conversation Analytic standpoint in order to track their segment by segment genesis, development and completion. From the analysis it emerges that in addition to the serial type of sequential organisations described by Schegloff (1986), there exists an alternative form of organisation that enables tasks to be managed in a quasi-parallel manner, and which affords controllers and pilots a number of practical advantages in the conduct of their radio-mediated service encounters.
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Discourse segmentation and the management of multiple tasks in single episodes of air traffic controller-pilot spoken radio communication
Discours
air traffic control
conversation analysis
multitasking
pragmatics
segmentation
sequential organisation
title Discourse segmentation and the management of multiple tasks in single episodes of air traffic controller-pilot spoken radio communication
title_full Discourse segmentation and the management of multiple tasks in single episodes of air traffic controller-pilot spoken radio communication
title_fullStr Discourse segmentation and the management of multiple tasks in single episodes of air traffic controller-pilot spoken radio communication
title_full_unstemmed Discourse segmentation and the management of multiple tasks in single episodes of air traffic controller-pilot spoken radio communication
title_short Discourse segmentation and the management of multiple tasks in single episodes of air traffic controller-pilot spoken radio communication
title_sort discourse segmentation and the management of multiple tasks in single episodes of air traffic controller pilot spoken radio communication
topic air traffic control
conversation analysis
multitasking
pragmatics
segmentation
sequential organisation
url http://journals.openedition.org/discours/7241
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