Fasulo2009

From emcawiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Fasulo2009
BibType ARTICLE
Key Fasulo2009
Author(s) Alessandra Fasulo, Chiara M. Monzoni
Title Assessing mutable objects: A Multimodal analysis
Editor(s)
Tag(s) EMCA, Objects, Multimodal, Assessments, Clothing
Publisher
Year 2009
Language
City
Month
Journal Research on Language and Social Interaction
Volume 42
Number 4
Pages 362-376
URL Link
DOI 10.1080/08351810903296481
ISBN
Organization
Institution
School
Type
Edition
Series
Howpublished
Book title
Chapter

Download BibTex

Abstract

The article examines assessments of objects with which participants are currently engaged. Through the analysis of evaluative activities around the production of a clothing item in a fashion atelier, we illustrate the embodied components of both assessments and their responses, and argue that embodied actions (such as embedded phases of appraisal through observation and manipulation) are central to the understanding of both the meaning and the temporal unfolding of the assessment sequence. Furthermore, we show that negative assessments of mutable objects can function as proposals, as revealed by responses doing acceptance or refusal. Finally, we consider the matter from the point of view of the person receiving the assessment. We argue that the speaker's choice of particular forms of verbal assessment, together with their use of gestures to express negative components of the evaluation, can be especially useful resources for recipients who are directly responsible for the object under evaluation.

Notes