Coordinating individual actions in joint activities
The case of the German deictic so
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4093937 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Angeliki Balantani (0000-0002-7304-7091) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 277 |
| Pages | 103402 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Lingua (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3841 • E-ISSN: 1872-6135 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.lingua.2022.103402 |
| OpenAlex | W4292745601 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 39 |
This study examines the use of the German deictic expression so (roughly translated into ‘like this’ in English) accompanied by an embodied action in activities where participants have to jointly accomplish a project. The article is divided into two sections that contrast two different types of interactional work that is accomplished by the use of so + embodied action. Based on the methodological principles of Conversation Analysis, in the first section, I demonstrate that, when the deictic expression forms part of a yes/no interrogative turn, it indexes a candidate suggestion that requires the co-participant’s confirmation for the participant to move on to the next action. By offering a candidate to be confirmed, participants project that their candidate might not be acceptable and that a correction might be relevant as a follow-up. The second section then deals with the use of the deictic expression as part of the correction. The deictic expression is used as a responsive action to a problem highlighted in the previous turn and the embodied action provides the solution. In both cases, the deictic expression and the embodied action are used by the interlocutors to accomplish action coordination in order to complete a joint project
Action (physics · Conversation · Conversation analysis · Deixis · Embodied cognition · Expression (computer science · German · Interrogative · Joint (building · Linguistics · Communication · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Engineering · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
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Sequence Organization in Interaction
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Grammars, Words, and Embodied Meanings
What Does Embodied Interaction Tell Us About Grammar
Epistemics in Action
Recruitment
Instruction practices in German driving lessons
Formulating direction
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Joint turn construction through language and the body
The Terms of Agreement
Language and bodily resources
Requests and know-how questions
Instructions in the operating room
Instruction-in-Interaction
Stance, Alignment, and Affiliation During Storytelling
Demonstratives, joint attention, and the emergence of grammar
Grammar and Social Organization
Joint attention and reference construction
Embodied reference
Instructional sequences in driving lessons
The local constitution of multimodal resources for social interaction
Multimodal interaction from a conversation analytic perspective
Take the words out of my mouth
On the design and use of pivots in everyday English conversation
Reference construction in interaction
Action and embodiment within situated human interaction
Action in time
A preference for progressivity in interaction
The Preference for Self-Correction in the Organization of Repair in Conversation
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |