CASLC-Professor Aug Nishizaka - 20th April 2023
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| Type | Other |
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| Dates | 2023/04/20 - 2023/04/20 |
| Link | https://bit.ly/3oiSzsE |
| Address | Online and University of York |
| Geolocation | 53° 56' 46", -1° 3' 6" |
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| Tweet | Professor Aug Nishizaka (Chiba University, Japan) will give an online talk at @CASLC_UoY next week: "Experiencing Space: Two Uses of Japanese Proximal Spatial Deictic Expressions" Thursday 20th April 11am-12.30pm (UK time) |
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CASLC-Professor Aug Nishizaka - 20th April 2023:
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The Centre for Advanced Studies in Language & Communication (CASLC) at the University of York is delighted to present a talk by…
Professor Aug Nishizaka
Chiba University, Japan
Experiencing Space: Two Uses of Japanese Proximal Spatial Deictic Expressions
Date: Thursday 20th April 2023 Time: 11am-12.30pm (UK time) – please take special note of the time as it is different to our usual CASLC slot; this is to accommodate the time difference between the UK and Tokyo.
Place: Zoom. If you’re on the CASLC or CASLC-guest mailing list, you will receive a zoom link via google calendar. If you’re not on our mailing list, you can register by filling in the linked form.
If you’re unable to use the online registration form, please contact: merran.toerien@york.ac.uk.
Abstract
This study explores aspects of experiencing space by focusing on uses of the Japanese proximal spatial deictic term koko (“this place”) and its variants, including kotchi (“in this direction”) and kono (“this”) plus a place term (e.g., “road”). These deictic expressions are often accompanied by a pointing gesture, and many preceding studies investigated how pointing is achieved with a proximal spatial deictic term. However, the use of proximal spatial deictic expressions (pronouns, proadverbs, etc.) unaccompanied by pointing gestures is still underexplored. This study compares two uses of proximal spatial deictic terms, accompanied and unaccompanied by a pointing gesture, and proposes how participants manage their spatial experiences in their interactions. I analyzed several videotaped interactions captured during car driving.
I made the following observations: When accompanied by a pointing gesture, a proximal spatial referential act visually discriminates a specific feature in the environment. One should also note that the way in which the feature is discriminated depends on what action the referential act is embedded in. The feature is discriminated from the environment as affording a subsequent action that is made more or less expectable by the first action. In contrast, when unaccompanied by a pointing gesture, a proximal spatial deictic term refers to the place currently occupied by the participants. This reference is distinguishable in the temporal unfolding of the ongoing driving activity.
Different uses of proximal spatial deictic terms serve as a lens through which aspects of the interactional organization of spatial experience become visible. How spatial experience is organized varies according to how the speaker constructs their action in the ongoing activity. Spatial experiences are not just visual but are essentially multimodal, incorporating the sensing of the temporal unfolding of the ongoing activity.
Aug Nishizaka is Professor of Sociology at Chiba University, Japan. He is interested in reconstructing the conception of classical topics in social and human sciences from the ethnomethodological/conversation analytic perspective. His research spans diverse settings, including obstetrics and gynaecology, massage therapy, calligraphy lessons and everyday conversations in Japanese. After the explosions at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima subsequent to the Great East Japan Earthquake, he has also been analyzing interactions among people evacuated from the affected areas and those who have since returned to their hometown. In addition to an impressive journal publication record, he has been influential in the development of CA in Japan. He was awarded the Garfinkel-Sacks Award for Distinguished Scholarship in 2022 (by the ASA EMCA section).
