About

This website deals with the research activities of the sounding for others and non-lexical vocalisations teams. We study how the body and the voice are coordinated to do things in everyday life. Our research questions the dichotomy of body vs. voice that is frequently seen in linguistics. We combine analysis of embodied behaviours as well as vocal behaviours. We are particularly focusing on ‘non-lexical’ sounds, the components of interaction that have typically been treated as if they were not language in past linguistic research, as well as observing how these sounds ’emerge’ from the body and can be distributed and shared across participants. We are constantly finding evidence that the smallest detail is important for how humans organize their interactions – nothing can be overlooked, and everything works together to create social actions.

Please take a look at our papers and talks (links to the abstracts are all present!), and more about our research team.