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What is the punctuation effect?

  1. when people laugh at the same time

  2. when people tend to laugh during natural pauses in speech

  3. when one person laughs and everyone else stops talking

  4. When speaker continously laughs after his speech.
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Explanation

The punctuation effect in conversation analysis refers to how laughter naturally occurs during pauses and breaks in speech, similar to how punctuation marks structure written text. This is different from contagious laughter (everyone laughing simultaneously) or laughter that interrupts speech flow.

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