Sidnell2006

From emcawiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Sidnell2006
BibType ARTICLE
Key Sidnell2006
Author(s) Jack Sidnell
Title Coordinating Gesture, Talk, and Gaze in Reenactments
Editor(s)
Tag(s) EMCA
Publisher
Year 2006
Language English
City
Month
Journal Research on Language and Social Interaction
Volume 39
Number 4
Pages 377–409
URL Link
DOI 10.1207/s15327973rlsi3904_2
ISBN
Organization
Institution
School
Type
Edition
Series
Howpublished
Book title
Chapter

Download BibTex

Abstract

In this article, I examine the coordination of talk, gaze, and gesture in the production of reenactments in conversation. Reenactments involve re-presentations or depictions and are thus distinct from tellings, which are primarily descriptive. A basic question I address concerns how recipients are able to parse a larger telling into those parts of it that narrate or tell about the events being described and those that reenact them. Analysis of several instances suggests that speaker gaze plays a crucial role in this respect. I discuss the relation between reenactments and direct quotation (Holt, 2000) and demonstration (Clark & Gerrig, 1990) as well as the significance of the analysis for current understanding of multimodality in interaction.

Notes