Keevallik et al. Response cries and syntax

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 …

Keevallik et al. ESN: Syntax of response cries

Keevallik, Hofstetter, Löfgren, & Wiggins presented at the Embodied Syntax Network conference, Sept 8 2023, on the syntax of response cries. Abstract: The essence of response cries, as described by Goffman (1978), is that their sequential placement in the immediate aftermath of an event performs them as visceral reactions to this event. While some studies …