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Description: The term activity is used in an imprecise way but generally refers to a larger interactional unit within which an action performed by an individual is embedded (e.g., Goodwin & Goodwin 1987). It is a nameable unit, having an approximate beginning and end, and therefore it makes sense to talk about the transition between activities (e.g., Robinson & Stivers, 2001) and a multiactivity situation (Haddington, et al. 2014), although activities may not always be well bounded as units (see Sacks, et al. 1974).