SkogmyrMarian2022
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | SkogmyrMarian2022 |
Author(s) | Klara Skogmyr Marian, Simona Pekarek Doehler |
Title | Multimodal Word-Search Trajectories in L2 Interaction: The Use of Gesture and how it Changes over Time |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, Word searches, Gesture, Social interaction, L2 French, Development |
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Year | 2022 |
Language | English |
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Journal | Social Interaction: Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality |
Volume | 5 |
Number | 1 |
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URL | Link |
DOI | 10.7146/si.v5i2.130867 |
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Abstract
This paper investigates the temporal dynamics of bodily and vocal conduct in the course of L2 word searches. Based on a longitudinal dataset of L2 French conversations, we first identify a recurrent multimodal search-trajectory involving specific simultaneous and successive assemblies of hand movements/holds with gaze, and (para)verbal displays of ongoing search. We interpret these Gestalt-like trajectories as part of methodic practices through which speakers both account for breaks in progressivity and display their search as “solitary”, preempting recipient’s entry into the turn-in-progress. We then put our findings into a longitudinal perspective, showing how features of these assemblies change over time in the developmental trajectories of L2 speakers.
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