What is a passing turn?

Definition
	A passing turn is a move that
	indicates that its speaker has nothing further to say, and passes speakership to another participant.

Example (English)
	At the end of a telephone conversation, each of the moves in a mutual exchange of okay before saying good-byes is a passing turn.

Generic
	A passing turn is a kind of
	What is a move?

Source
	Levinson 1983 317

Context for this page:

Concept module: passing turn
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): P
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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