Vocal practices for achieving embodied coordination
Keevallik, Hofstetter & Lindström have edited a special issue on how vocal and linguistic resources are used to instruct the body, published in Interactional Linguistics. Thank you to our wonderful collaborators for their excellent papers. Summaries of the texts can be found below: Editorial abstract by Keevallik, Hofstetter, & Jan Lindström: This special issue targets …
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Keevallik, Hofstetter, Löfgren, & Wiggins have published an article tracing the syntactic structures involving response cries. Abstract Response cries have been described as ritualized acts in human communication that come off as visceral reactions to local events (Goffman, 1978). Despite evidence that they are implemented at specific interactional moments, such as pain expressions in response …
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Keevallik and Amon have published an article tracing how the Estonian word 'näed', or 'you see', functions as an evidential, and how it has emerged as such a token through multimodal use. Abstract: Verbs of perception are known for their prolific use in various non-literal functions that are usually argued to have developed from their …
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Keevallik & Hofstetter have edited a special issue on the phenomenon of Sounding for Others, in Language & Communication. Thank you to our wonderful collaborators for their excellent papers. Summaries of the texts can be found below: Editorial abstract by Keevallik & Hofstetter: Standard models of language and communication depart from the assumption that speakers …
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Keevallik is presenting the keynote address at Copenhagen Multimodality Day, October 6th. Beyond sequentiality: The broad field of interaction analysis has traditionally relied on the understanding that participants act after each other, one at a time (Sacks et al. 1974), with regular exceptions such as terminal overlap or “early” responses (Depperman et al. 2021). Several …
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Keevallik recently presented at the Mannheim seminar series in Sprache – Leib – Interaktion, as a guest lecturer. Vocal and syntactic aspects of embodied togetherness Abstract: In this talk I will depart from activities where people are involved in embodied tasks, such as practicing pilates, learning to dance, or shoveling dung, in order to explore …
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Pekarek Doehler, Keevallik, Li have edited a special issue at Frontiers in Communication on The Grammar-Body Interface, with an introduction here. Abstract: Human communication rests on a complex ecology of multiple resources that are orchestrated for collaborative meaning-making and coordination of social action. The aim of this Research Topic is to analyze how grammar and …
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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 …
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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Hofstetter is presenting at IPrA2021 with the paper "Interactionally situating the power scream: Analyzing bodily motivated vocalizations", IPrA, June 27-July 2, Winterthur, Switzerland. Abstract: Everyday interaction is filled with sounds that are connected to bodily events: breathing, sniffing (Hoey, 2020), crying (Hepburn, 2004), grunting, and so on. Most linguistic theories, however, exclude the body from …
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