Entrainment and Turn-Taking in Human-Human Dialogue

Abstract

Interlocutors in spoken conversations have been shown to entrain, or become similar to each other, in multiple dimensions. We investigate the relationship between entrainment and turn-taking. We show that speakers entrain on turn-taking behaviors such as the distribution of turn types and degree of latency between turns, and that entrainment at turn exchanges is related to some extent to the type of turn exchange.