Balaman-Sert2017
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Balaman-Sert2017 |
Author(s) | Ufuk Balaman, Olcay Sert |
Title | The coordination of online L2 interaction and orientations to task interface for epistemic progression |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, Online interaction, Epistemics, Coordination, Conversation Analysis |
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Year | 2017 |
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Journal | Journal of Pragmatics |
Volume | 115 |
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Pages | 115-129 |
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DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2017.01.015 |
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Abstract
The role of knowledge in social interaction has been a recent research concern across several fields and the emergence of epistemics as a concept to understand information exchanges has been facilitated mainly through conservation analytic investigations (Heritage, 2012a,b). Relative epistemic status of speakers (Heritage, 2012a) has appeared to be a layer in the multidimensional body of action and knowledge co-construction (Goodwin, 2013). Although the nature of knowledge exchange processes in mundane talk and learning settings has been described in a number of studies, such an understanding has been explored to a lesser extent in technology-mediated and online interactional environments. With this in mind, we draw on multimodal conversation analysis to describe online video-based interactions based on a single case analysis that represents a larger corpus of 70 h of screen recordings. The findings reveal the incorporation of online interaction, screen orientations, and knowledge co-construction for task accomplishment purposes. The participants coordinate their interactions with their orientations to the task interface to enact epistemic progression, which consequently turns the interface into a layer, a semiotic field, and a screen-based resource in the course of knowledge co-construction. The results have important implications for research on online interaction and epistemics as well as for an understanding of coordination of multiple actions in geographically dispersed settings.
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