Keevallik2017c

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Keevallik2017c
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key Keevallik2017c
Author(s) Leelo Keevallik
Title Linking performances: The temporality of contrastive grammar
Editor(s) Ritva Laury, Marja Etelämäki, E. Couper-Kuhlen
Tag(s) EMCA, Instructional interaction, Embodied action, Contrast
Publisher Finnish Literature Society
Year 2017
Language English
City Helsinki
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Journal
Volume
Number
Pages 54-72
URL Link
DOI 10.21435/sflin.20
ISBN
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Institution
School
Type
Edition
Series
Howpublished
Book title Linking Clauses and Actions in Social Interaction
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Abstract

Using videotaped records of settings where an embodied skill is being taught, this paper investigates how dance teachers build action in real time. In instructive activities, such as dance and piano classes, the correct and the incorrect versions are often performed in close succession in order to enable comparison between the two. Ultimately, the incorrect version is to be replaced by the correct one by the students. In order to capture the difference between right and wrong in an activity that evolves in time, re-performing is an efficient method of reference (Keevallik 2013a) as well as of strategically enhanced contrast (Keevallik 2010a). Contrasted performances serve to present a salient pedagogical point for the students. The current paper looks into one practice for bringing about a combination of performances, focusing on grammatical devices that mark a contrast. Similar to other papers in this volume, the study thus targets the linking of actions, but here the actions are physical performances rather than spoken utterances. However, it will be argued that these verbal-bodily practices also help us discover the role of language in human action. They disclose the essentially temporal and indexical nature of grammar.

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