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Figure 5.1 Figure 5.2 Figure 5.3
The participants stand side-by-side in front of the case, Mike examining
objects in the top left corner cabinet and Willa to his left looking at objects
in the bottom centre of the case (figure 5.1). After a few moments, Willa has
turned to her handbag, swapping it from her left to her right hand, suggest-
ing that she is ready to depart from the glass case. She produces her action
immediately after Mike has turned his head from the left to the right (figure
5.2). Such changes in visual orientation are often considered to be opportune
moments when proposals ...