Keevallik2020

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Keevallik2020
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key Keevallik2020
Author(s) Leelo Keevallik
Title Grammatical coordination of embodied action: The Estonian ja ‘and’ as a temporal organizer of Pilates moves
Editor(s) Yael Maschler, Simona Pekarek Doehler, Jan Lindström, Leelo Keevallik
Tag(s) EMCA, Estonian, Synchronization, Coordination, Conjunction, Syntax, Grammar, Interactional linguistics
Publisher John Benjamins
Year 2020
Language English
City Amsterdam
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Pages 221–244
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DOI 10.1075/slsi.32.08kee
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School
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Howpublished
Book title Emergent Syntax for Conversation: Clausal Patterns and the Organization of Action
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Abstract

This paper looks at the Estonian coordinating conjunction ja ‘and’ in video-recorded Pilates classes, focusing on the instructors’ practical problem of making the students perform proper movement sequences. It shows how grammatical coordination emerges within a multimodal activity in which the instructor’s talk both directs and responds to student performance. As opposed to the frequent juxtaposition of clauses without connectors, explicit coordination with ja is used for the overall structuring of the class as well as the temporal extension of talk to achieve synchronicity of vocal and embodied behavior. In contrast to formal theories that consider grammar as a device for coherent expression of pre-planned propositions, this study argues that grammatical structure emerges as part of practical action across participants and modalities.

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