
116 Mathias Broth and Fredrik Lundström
the scanning look at the pier and the surroundings, Benny can manifest rec-
ognition of the emergent proposal for imminent departure and the sequen-
tial implications of this action well before its actual completion.
In this sequence, the physical extension of the pier emerges as relevant
to the ways in which the walk-and-talk-in-interaction is embodied. Finding
that, due to the new turn initiated by Benny (l. 465), the topic of how to lock
your boat will, so to speak, “last longer than the pier” (even at their current
slow speed), Arne brings the group to a complete halt as topical talk is still
developed by Benny ...