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IE:

interviewee

IR:

interviewer

[

onset of IE and IR speaking at the same time

]

end of IE and IR speaking simultaneously

(xxxx)

indistinct speech

(.)

short pause

(..)

medium pause

(...)

long pause

=

one speaker "latches on" the other, i.e., starts speaking as soon as the other has finished - not actually overlapping but allowing no interval at all