Sidnell2005
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Sidnell2005 |
| Author(s) | Jack Sidnell |
| Title | Gesture in the pursuit and display of recognition: a Caribbean case study |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Multimodal action, Recognition |
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| Year | 2005 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Semiotica |
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| Number | 156 |
| Pages | 55–87 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1515/semi.2005.2005.156.55 |
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Abstract
In conversation, speakers recurrently refer to non-present persons whom they believe their recipients should be able to identify. Speakers frequently, and preferentially, employ names to accomplish such an outcome but may use recognitional descriptors such as ‘the man from town’, where a name is not available. Drawing on videotaped interaction from a small Caribbean community, this paper examines the pursuit of recognition through the use of such descriptors. It is suggested that, in such sequences, gesture, talk, and gaze combine in multiple ways so as to form coherent courses of multimodal action.
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