A dialogue situation in which two speakers talk at the same time is described as?

A dialogue situation in which two speakers talk at the same time is described as?

• A. Overlapping
• B. Turn-taking
• C. Backchanneling
• D. Silence

Answer: (A)

Overlapping occurs when two speakers talk at the same time, typically because one person starts a turn before the other has finished. It’s the defining feature of simultaneous speech in a dialogue. This differs from turn-taking, which is the smooth, alternating exchange where one person speaks, then the other, with pauses to let the turn pass. Backchanneling involves brief listener signals like “uh-huh” that don’t take a full turn, and silence means there’s no speech at all. So the scenario described matches overlapping.

Overlapping occurs when two speakers talk at the same time, typically because one person starts a turn before the other has finished. It’s the defining feature of simultaneous speech in a dialogue. This differs from turn-taking, which is the smooth, alternating exchange where one person speaks, then the other, with pauses to let the turn pass. Backchanneling involves brief listener signals like “uh-huh” that don’t take a full turn, and silence means there’s no speech at all. So the scenario described matches overlapping.