This paper focuses on a particular type of change-of-state, namely one involving a shift from looking to seeing. In Danish, this change of -state is indexed by producing a prosodically modified version of the more standard change-of-state token, na, with longer duration and rise-fall pitch, as n up arrow a down arrow:. The paper demonstrates how n can be employed to index a particular type of delayed now-understanding, namely that an object which a participant had earlier failed to see for what it is has now and only now become intelligible to that participant. I identify two sequential contexts in which the intelligibility of an object can be made relevant; (a) as an a priori concern by virtue of questions such as "what is that?" and (b) as gradually emerging through interactional relevancies. For both contexts I demonstrate that the production of n to n up arrow a down arrow: is systematically organized to conclude extended periods of intense scrutiny and that n up arrow a down arrow: thus serves to claim that its producer has undergone a shift from simply looking at an object to now seeing what that object is. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
