Vocal practices for achieving embodied coordination
Kerrison presented at NORDISCO23 in Tampere on "Practices of initiation in sports cheering". Abstract: Instances of incipient talk have traditionally been defined as interactions where participants treat long silences as non-final and unproblematic "adjournments" (Schegloff & Sacks, 1973) of response relevance. This was originally understood in relation to speech but multimodal interaction research has been …
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Kerrison presented at the Embodied Syntax Network Conference, Sept 7-8 2023. A grammar of collective chanting at sporting events Chanting as a practice in collective cheering is recognizable by the use of specific sets of rhythmic Chanting Cadences (Kerrison, 2018). The use of a known and conventional cadence provides mutually recognizable instructions for prosody, pacing, …
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The International Conference on Conversation Analysis 2023, in Brisbane Australia, has arrived! The non-lexicals team has quite a number of different contributions, summarized and linked here: Workshop: Keevallik on Affiliation. Panel: Hofstetter & Keevallik have organized a panel on Strain in interaction, thanks to the following wonderful contributors: Misao Okada - Japanese turn-initial particle, hai, …
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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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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Non-lexical vocalizations 