This turn cue for regulating the conversation has you creating a rising intonation pattern, or creating a falling intonation pattern, or just stopping speaking. Which is it?
A) Turn-maintaining.
B) Turn-suppressing.
C) Turn-yielding.
D) Turn-taking.
E) None of the above.

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A rising intonation pattern is often used to indicate a question or a request for the other person to continue speaking, while a falling intonation pattern is often used to indicate a statement or a request for the other person to respond. Stopping speaking altogether may indicate that the speaker is finished with their turn or that they are yielding the floor to someone else. Therefore, all three options (rising intonation, falling intonation, and stopping speaking) can be used to yield the turn to another speaker, making choice C the best option.

This Turn Cue for Regulating the Conversation Has You Creating