FILENAME: A.GUYS.at

@1 {Descriptive title}
Males at dinner: turn taking, topic maintenance.

@2 {Place, date, and length of encounter}
Residence of two college age males in Berkely; 1991; 18 minutes.

@3 {Participant identities}
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ID       :  T
    SEX :  male
    AGE :  23 yrs old
   ROLE:  host
   ETHN:  n/a
   DIAL:  n/a
   LOCA:  united states
   OCCU:  student
=
ID       :  J
SEX :  male
AGE :  20 yrs old
ROLE:  guest
ETHN:  n/a
DIAL:  n/a
LOCA:  united states
OCCU:  student
=
ID       :  F
SEX :  male
AGE :  20 yrs old
ROLE:  guest
ETHN:  n/a
DIAL:  n/a
LOCA:  united states
OCCU:  student
=
ID       :  C
SEX :  male
AGE :  24 yrs old
ROLE:  host
ETHN:  n/a
DIAL:  n/a
LOCA:  united states
OCCU:  student
=

@4 {Activity}
+male-group-informal-dinner-conversation at T and C's house -- F doesn't know T or C -- transcribed conversation takes place as dinner is being cooked by T.

@5 {Local tasks}
Conversation before dinner

@6 {Conversational features of interest, salient routines}
Conversation takes place as a series  of narratives with frequent latching, overlap, and topic changes leading one to observe there is competition to gain control of the interaction.

@7 {Stylistic features}
Conversation moves very quickly as participant's utterences overlap and latch each other.

@8 {Anecdotal contextual information}
Participant's utterances overlapped each other so often many phrases were inaudible