Language and the Body Course (UCSB) 1996-2016

The Language and the Body Course, taught by Gene Lerner and Sandra Thompson ran at UCSB between 1996 and 2015.

The latest version on the course from 2015 is available on the EMCA Course Materials page. You can also check out the some of the various iterations of the course here:

• File:1996 Syllabus.pdf
• File:1998 Syllabus.pdf
  • File:1998 Reading List.pdf
• File:2003 Syllabus.pdf
  • File:2003 Course outline.pdf
  • File:2003 Readings.pdf
• File:2010 Course Syllabus.pdf
  • File:2010 Course Outline.pdf
  • File:2010 Course Readings.pdf
• File:2015 Course Syllabus.pdf
  • File:2015 Course Outline.pdf
  • File:2015 Course Readings.pdf

This course gave rise to many published papers, which will be listed below in due course.

'Language and the Body’ - A LISO course at UCSB (1996–2016)

Publication List

Kidwell, M. (1997). Demonstrating Recipiency: Resources for the Unacknowledged Recipient. Issues in Applied Linguistics, v. 8, n. 2. 85-96.

Turk, M. J. (2007). Self-referential gestures in conversation. Discourse Studies 9:558-66.

Eriksson, M. (2009). Referring as interaction: On the interplay between linguistic and bodily practices. Journal of Pragmatics 41.2: 240- 262.

Whitehead, K. A. (2011). Some uses of head nods in “third position” in talk-in-interaction. Gesture, 11(2), 103-122.

Arnold, L. (2012). Dialogic Embodied Action: Using Gesture to Organize Sequence and Participation in Instructional Interaction. Research on Language and Social Interaction.

Warner-Garcia, S. (2014). Gestural resonance: The negotiation of differential form and function through embodied action. Crossroads of Language, Interaction, and Culture 9(1):55-78.

Warner-Garcia, S. (2014). Laughing when nothing’s funny: The pragmatic use of coping laughter in the negotiation of conversational disagreement. Pragmatics 24(1): 157-180.

Thompson, S. A. and Ryoko S.(2014). Reenactments in conversation: Gaze and recipiency. Discourse Studies 16.6: 816-846.

Checa-Garcia, I.(2014). Asking for things without words: Embodiment of action onset as a toddlers’ communication tool. In Jacknick, Christine M., Catherine Box, and Hansun Zhang Waring, eds. Talk in Institutions: A LANSI Volume. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Albert, S.(2015). Rhythmical coordination of performers and audience in partner dance: delineating improvised and choreographed interaction. Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa, 3: 399–428.

Bergen, C. (2015) “Doing ‘Make-Believe:’ Embodied Action in Children’s Imaginary Character Play” [MA Thesis, UCLA].

McArthur, A. (2018). Getting pain on the table in primary care physical exams. Social Science & Medicine,200, 190–198.

McArthur, A. (2019). Pain and the collision of expertise in primary care physical exams. Discourse Studies, 21(5), 522–539.