Hoemke-Holler-Levinson2017

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Hoemke-Holler-Levinson2017
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Key Hoemke-Holler-Levinson2017
Author(s) Paul Hömke, Judith Holler, Stephen C. Levinson
Title Eye Blinking as Addressee Feedback in Face-To-Face Conversation
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Tag(s) EMCA, Eye Blinking, Feedback
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Year 2017
Language English
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Journal Research on Language & Social Interaction
Volume 50
Number 1
Pages 54-70
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DOI 10.1080/08351813.2017.1262143
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Abstract

Does blinking function as a type of feedback in conversation? To address this question, we built a corpus of Dutch conversations, identified short and long addressee blinks during extended turns, and measured their occurrence relative to the end of turn constructional units (TCUs), the location where feedback typically occurs. Addressee blinks were indeed timed to the end of TCUs. Also, long blinks were more likely than short blinks to occur during mutual gaze, with nods or continuers, and their occurrence was restricted to sequential contexts in which signaling understanding was particularly relevant, suggesting a special signaling capacity of long blinks.

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