Leelo Keevallik was featured on UR's Sverige Forskar program, available here: https://urplay.se/program/229034-sverige-forskar-de-ordlosa-ljudens-sprak For a (rough! personally done!) transcript in English, see below: De ordlösa ljudens språk. 2022. Producent: Jan Axelsson. UR: Sverige Forskar. New research is mapping out the sounds we make, those that are rarely found in dictionaries. Extending from this work, we can …
Pelikan et al. ICRA 2022:
At the workshop Sound for Robots, held in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2022), Pelikan et al. presented “Designing Minimal Sounds for Maximum Interaction.” Authors: Hannah Pelikan, Jenny Fu, Yoyo Tsung-Yu Hou, Asher Lipman, and Malte Jung Abstract: While recent work has started to explore how to make robots …
Wiggins: Eating sounds: At the edges of language, food, and bodies
As part of the Bayreuth Food and Language lecture series, Wiggins gave a talk on "Eating sounds: At the edges of language, food, and bodies", October 29 2021. Abstract: The sounds we make while eating, or when approaching food as an edible substance, are a ubiquitous but often overlooked phenomenon. Considered as being at the …
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DMCA2022: Pelikan: How an autonomous shuttle bus could sound in interaction
At the online Digital Meeting for Conversation Analysis, Oct. 31st-Nov. 4th 2022, Pelikan presented on "How an autonomous shuttle bus could sound in interaction". Abstract: Sound, often in the form of honks, is an important interaction device for managing accountability on the road (Deppermann et al., 2018; Laurier et al., 2020). Autonomous shuttle buses are …
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DMCA2022: Kerrison: Anticipatory responses by sports crowds
At the online Digital Meeting for Conversation Analysis, Oct. 31st-Nov. 4th 2022, Kerrison presented on "Anticipatory responses by sports crowds" Abstract: Crowd noise in sport is typically associated with loud and dramatic responses to consequential in-game events: a goal in the final moments, an egregious foul by an opponent, the final whistle that confirms a …
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DMCA2022: Löfgren: Depictions as interactionally achieved local performances at opera rehearsals
At the online Digital Meeting for Conversation Analysis, Oct. 31st-Nov. 4th 2022, Löfgren presented on "Depictions as interactionally achieved local performances at opera rehearsals". Abstract: During opera rehearsals, participants often position their bodies in different ways to visually demonstrate what they could do on stage to portray their characters. Similarly, they use their voices to …
Löfgren: Talk at Emergent syntax workshop
At the Emergent grammar of clause-combining workshop, Neuchâtel 19-20 September 2022, Löfgren presented on "From describing to depicting: the interactional history of proposals at opera rehearsals".
IPrA2021: Löfgren: Non-lexical vocalizations as local words during instructive sequences in opera rehearsals
With the non-lexicals and multisensoriality panel, Löfgren presented "Non-lexical vocalizations as local words during instructive sequences in opera rehearsals" Abstract: This paper explores sequences where non-lexical vocalizations are recycled in instructive tellings during scenic opera rehearsals that target the combination of music and dramatic action. During the rehearsals depictive (Clark, 2016) non-lexical vocalizations are frequently …
Kerrison: Ulster seminar talk: Cheering for make-believe
Our newest team member, Adrian Kerrison, presented a talk at the Linguistics Research Seminar at Ulster University, Belfast, Apr 14/22: Nothing to Shout About: Mutual understanding, response relevance, and cheering for make-believe Abstract: How does a wild squirrel "score a touchdown" at a game of American Football? How do two invisible, imaginary wrestlers engage in …
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NLV Team: Introduction to Non-lexicals video
We've made a video giving an overview of what we research! You can check it out here: https://youtu.be/HpzmnBNfloY https://youtu.be/HpzmnBNfloY Scientific references: Cekaite, A., & Kvist Holm, M. (2017). The Comforting Touch: Tactile Intimacy and Talk in Managing Children’s Distress. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 50(2), 109–127. https://doi.org/10.1080/08351813.2017.1301293 Dingemanse, M. (2018). Redrawing the margins of …
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Non-lexical vocalizations 