TY - T1 - Turn-opening smiles: Facial expression constructing emotional transition in conversation SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/41599 T3 - A1 - Kaukomaa, Timo; Peräkylä, Anssi; Ruusuvuori, Johanna Elisabeth A2 - PB - Y1 - 2013 LA - eng AB - Sometimes in conversation, a participant begins to smile during a silence that occurs between utterances. The purpose of our study was to determine how these smiles contribute to the upcoming turn as well as to the larger conversational context. The results suggest that these smiles can work as a first step in the construction of an emotional transition in conversation. These turn-opening smiles initiate a shift from a neutral or serious emotional stance to a positive or humorous emotional stanc... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 5144 Social psychology; Facial expression, Smile, Emotion, Stance, Turn construction, Conversation analysis N1 - PP - ER -