Corpora

Multimodal

Bibliographic Data

ID23727620
AuthorsSvenja Adolph (0000-0002-9466-2771, corresponding author), Svenja Adolphs
Year2012
Publication date2012-11-05
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueEncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0233
OpenAlexW4230811327
ISBN9781405198431
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

Natural language collected and stored in multimillion‐word corpora forms the basis of inquiry in a diverse range of disciplines. Advances in the field of corpus linguistics over the past two decades have contributed to pioneering research in many areas of communication studies and language description. However, while the analysis of large‐scale text corpora can provide insights into language patterning, and can help establish linguistic profiles of particular social contexts, it is limited to the textual dimension of communication. Yet, communication processes are multimodal in nature, and there is now an increasing body of research concerned with the development and analysis of corpora that enable the user to study the speech and gestures of the participants in social interaction, and ways in which the verbal and nonverbal are inextricably linked. The impetus towards multimodal corpora recognizes that natural language is an embodied phenomenon and that a deeper understanding of the relationship between talk and bodily actions—particular gestures—is required if we are to develop a more coherent understanding of the collaborative organization of communication (see also Saferstein, 2004).

Corpus linguistics · Embodied cognition · Field (mathematics) · Gesture · Linguistics · Natural (archaeology) · Natural language processing · Nonverbal communication · Phenomenon · Artificial Intelligence · Communication · Computer Science · Hearing Impairment and Communication · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology

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