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Affiliation in interpreter-mediated therapeutic talk

On the relationship between gaze and head nods

Bibliographic Data

ID6152256
AuthorsJelena Vranjes (0000-0003-4744-105X, KU Leuven), Hanneke Bot (KU Leuven), Kurt Feyaerts (0000-0002-7021-910X, KU Leuven), Geert Brône (0000-0002-4725-7933, KU Leuven)
Year2019
Volume21
Issue2
Pages220-244
Publication date2019-11-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInterpreting International Journal of Research and Practice in Interpreting (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1384-6647 • E-ISSN: 1569-982X
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/intp.00028.vra
OpenAlexW2976060656
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited46

The aim of this article is to explore how affiliation ( Stivers 2008 ) with the patient is displayed and interactionally achieved in the context of an interpreter-mediated therapeutic dialogue. More specifically, we focus on the interplay between affiliative listener responses – especially head nods – and gaze in this setting. Interpreter-mediated therapeutic talk is not only a setting that has received very little systematic scrutiny in the literature, but it is also particularly interesting for the study of listener responses. Drawing on the insights from Conversation Analysis, a naturally occurring interpreter-mediated therapeutic session was analysed that had been recorded using mobile eye-tracking technology. This approach allowed for a detailed analysis of the interlocutors’ synchronous gaze behaviour in relation to speech and head nods during the interaction. The results revealed differences in the interpreter’s and the therapist’s affiliative listener responses that were linked to the interactional goals of the encounter and to their social roles. Moreover, we found a strong relationship between mutual gaze and head nods as tokens of affiliation. Thus, these findings provide support for the inclusion of gaze in studies of interpreter-mediated dialogue and, more broadly, in the study of affiliation in social interaction

Cognitive psychology · Context (archaeology · Conversation · Conversation analysis · Gaze · Interpreter · Linguistics · Multimodality · Pragmatics · Scrutiny · Social relation · Communication · Computer Science · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology · Social Psychology

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