"hold the floor"

Posted by ESC on August 18, 2004

In Reply to: "Hold the floor" posted by MichaelFR on August 18, 2004

: : My context:
: : "Scollon & Scollon's concept of "distribution of talk" which refers t the mutual agreement between individuals as to who talks first, *holds the floor*, how each takes a turn or interrupts is useful here..."

: : I'm not sure about the meaning of "holds the floor".
: : Is it who has the right to speak, or who dominates the conversation and speaks most of the time?

: : Thank you very much

: The humble frog guess:
: "holds the floor" = "takes control"
: Experts will certainly add on...

No experts here. But I can tell you that holding the floor/yielding the floor has to do with parliamentary procedure regarding who will speak.

• "Hold the floor" ESC 18/August/04
  • "Hold the floor" Miri Barak 18/August/04
    • "Hold the floor" Bob 18/August/04
      • Thank you Bob Miri Barak 18/August/04