Thompson2014

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Thompson2014
BibType ARTICLE
Key Thompson2014
Author(s) Sandra A. Thompson, Ryoko Suzuki
Title Reenactments in conversation: Gaze and recipiency
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Tag(s) Multimodality, EMCA, Japanese
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Year 2014
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Journal Discourse Studies
Volume 16
Number 6
Pages 816–846
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DOI 10.1177/1461445614546259
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Abstract

In a reenactment, a speaker re-presents or depicts a previously occurring event, often dramatically. In this article we examine the role of gaze in reenactments in conversations from Japanese and American English. Following Goodwin in viewing a reenacted story as ‘a multi-modal, multi-party field of activity’, we show how tellers’ and recipients’ gaze during reenactments is deployed to achieve specific interactional ends. We argue that there are two layers of activities involved in doing reenacting – a) the habitat of the original event; b) the habitat of the reenacting event, including the dynamics of gaining appreciative recipiency – and show how they are interwoven in the joint production of a reenactment.

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