Cognitive and social delays in the initiation of conversational repair

The exact timing of a conversational turn conveys important information to listener. Most turns are initiated within 250ms after the previous turn. However, interlocutors take longer initiate certain types turns: those that either require more cognitive processing or socially dispreferred. Many dispreferred also cognitively demanding, so it is difficult attribute specific delays social mechanisms. In this paper, we evaluate relative contribution and variables utterances in conversation.
 We focus on type dispreferred, generally delayed: other-initiations repair (OIRs). OIRs occur when listener notices decides signal comprehension problem (e.g., "What?"). analyzed Floor Transfer Offsets 456 OIRs, found later trouble sources had weaker discourse context were shorter, OIR was face-threatening. Our results suggest both contribute delayed conversation. discuss how attention, prediction, planning, preference manifest turns.