Vocal practices for achieving embodied coordination
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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Keevallik is presenting as part of the paper "Verbs of seeing as evidentials: Hebrew 'ata ro'e and Estonian näed ‘YOU SEE’" at IPrA2021, June 27-July 2, Winterthur, Switzerland. Hilla Polak Yitzhaki, Marri Amon, Yael Maschler, Leelo Keevallik
Keevallik was invited to give a plenary lecture on embodied syntax at LANSI, January 15 2021. Abstract: Syntax and multimodality in pedagogical practice It is widely accepted that in order to communicate intellectual information people use language in both spoken and written form. When it comes to teaching bodily skills, however, a combination of linguistic …
Keevallik appeared in an interview about how she came to study the body and syntax and non-lexical vocalizations, her current work, and her future plans. You can find it in the DARGchive series of interviews with interactional researchers. (Prior interviews include one with another of our team members, Sally Wiggins!)
Non-lexical vocalizations 