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Atkinson, J. Maxwell. 1984. Public speaking and audience responses: Some techniques for inviting applause. In Atkinson, J. Maxwell and John C. Heritage, eds. Structures of social action: Studies in conversation analysis. Cambridge University Press. pp. 370–409.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

applause | audience response | public speech

Annotation

A. reports some preliminary observations from a study of sequences in which audiences at public meetings produce a display of affiliation to something said by the speaker.