Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2016 in the subject Orientalism / Sinology - Arabistic, , language: English, abstract: In this article, I shall consider the organisational principle of turn taking in Moroccan Arabic conversational materials. Granted that the structure of a conversation is essentially interactional, the turn-taking principle is thus- the most likely determinant of this structure. Considering the fact that conversation, by definition, involves two or more persons, the distribution of talk among the participants is not merely random. It is governed by turn-taking norms which determine who talks, when, and for how long. Therefore, it is the aim of this chapter to examine the different aspects of turn-taking.

Nor eddine Bourima has a Licence in English Language and Literature (Sidi mohammed ben Abdellah University, Fes), an MA and a PhD in Liguistics and Discourse Analysis (Sidi Mohammed ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco). He teaches English Language and Linguistics and Translation Studies at the University of Sultan Moulay Slimane, Beni Mellal, Morocco). He is coordinator of The research Team on Audio-Visual Translation and Vice-Director of The Interdisciplinary Diversity & Development Research Laboratory (IDDRL). His current research interests include Ethnomethodological Conversation Analysis, Sociology of Language, Discourse and Translation Studies, and Performance Studies.

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