Multiparty interaction

A Multimodal Perspective on Relevance

Bibliographic Data

ID5965225
AuthorsNorri (0000-0003-0847-8343, Georgetown University, corresponding author), Sigrid Norri, Sigrid Norris (Georgetown University)
Year2006
Volume8
Issue3
Pages401-421
Publication date2006-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-4456 • E-ISSN: 1461-7080
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1461445606061878
OpenAlexW2120434189
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited13

This article investigates a multiparty interaction in an accounting office by applying a multimodal approach to discourse (Norris, 2004a). This approach allows the incorporation of all relevant communicative modes and is based on the following three notions: 1) the notion of mediated action; 2) the notion of modal density; and 3) the notion of a foreground- background continuum of attention/awareness. The article illustrates that a social actor in a multiparty interaction simultaneously co-constructs several higher-level actions with the various participants on different levels of their attention/awareness. On a theoretical level, the article argues that traditional approaches to discourse analysis, with their unconditional focus on language as the primary mode, misconstrue the multiple higher-level actions that a social actor is engaged in simultaneously as dyadic or triadic interactions in quick succession

Epistemology · Linguistics · Modal · Political science · Social relation · Sociology · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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