Gap
Definition:
A gap is conversational silence at the end of a turn in a situation in which:
- no next speaker has been selected by the previous one
- no participant has selected himself or herself as the next speaker, and
- the silence is too short to constitute a lapse.
Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.