Engaging in talk implies that participants take turns. Various turn definitions exist. (a) A turn is determined by formal criteria, e.g. emphasizing the boundaries, i.e. a turn is delimited by pauses/silences, or it is identified as a syntactic unit,...

Turn may refer to: Turn, a change of the direction of a movement or a change in orientation, and it is often also used in a metaphorical sense, contrary to straight Turn, a verb meaning to spoil or go off In games: Turn, a player's time to participate,...