Lee2017b

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Lee2017b
BibType ARTICLE
Key Lee2017b
Author(s) Josephine Lee
Title Multimodal turn allocation in ESL peer group discussions
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Tag(s) EMCA, ESL, Peer Interaction, Turn taking, Participation
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Year 2017
Language English
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Journal Social Semiotics
Volume 27
Number 5
Pages 671-692
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DOI 10.1080/10350330.2016.1207353
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Abstract

This article reports on multimodal practices used by English as a Second Language students as they work to distribute primary speakership within their peer group discussions. Following Goodwin’s participation framework, the focus is on the embodied conducts of the non-talking recipients and their nonvocal displays of emerging speakership in peer discussions. Analyses of the non-primary speakers’ gaze, gestures, touch, and bodily conduct show that the students’ turn allocation practices embody their sensitivity to the spatial and visual field of co-participants, project changing participation frameworks, and achieve incremental coordination of speaker nomination. Explorations of such nonvocal behaviors lead to a detailed understanding of the students’ embodied participation frameworks and the visible processes through which the students claim or avoid speakership during peer group discussions.

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