Navigating Joint Projects in Telephone Conversations

Conversation coordinates joint activities and the joint projects that compose them. Participants coordinate (1) vertical transitions on entering and exiting joint projects; and (2) horizontal transitions in continuing within them. Transitions are coordinated using project markers such as uh-huh, yeah, right, and okay. In the authors' proposal, participants use uh-huh, yeah, and right to continue within joint projects, and okay and all right to...