Keevallik & Hofstetter: Special issue on Sounding for Others

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 …

Keevallik et al. 2023: Sounding for others

Leelo Keevallik, Emily Hofstetter, Ann Weatherall & Sally Wiggins have published an article defining and providing an overview of the phenomenon of 'sounding for others'. This study investigates the practice of “sounding for others,” wherein one person vocalizes to enact someone else’s putatively ongoing bodily sensation. We argue that it constitutes a collaborative way of performing …