Talk and Embodied Conduct in Word Searches in Video-Mediated Interactions

This paper concerns ways L2 speakers utilize embodied practices when engaged in word searches in interactions via video-mediated interaction. Examining the role of embodiment in word search practices in semi-pedagogical conversations between native German speakers and German language learners, we d...

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Main Authors: Budimka Uskokovic, Carmen Talehgani-Nikazm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Copenhagen 2022-02-01
Series:Social Interaction
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Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/socialinteraction/article/view/130876
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description This paper concerns ways L2 speakers utilize embodied practices when engaged in word searches in interactions via video-mediated interaction. Examining the role of embodiment in word search practices in semi-pedagogical conversations between native German speakers and German language learners, we demonstrate how interlocutors use the gesture of an upward extended index finger to manage extended word searches in the ongoing production of the turn. The gesture plus the request to wait (ein moment/”one moment”) are used to indicate that the turn is temporarily put on hold, during which the L2 speaker orients to the screen to complete the ongoing word search. In addition, our paper scrutinizes how L2 speakers’ embodied practices emerge in the context of video-mediated interaction.
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spelling doaj.art-55bd31f14912491cb032ef5d74aa02652023-07-09T11:34:08ZengUniversity of CopenhagenSocial Interaction2446-36202022-02-015110.7146/si.v5i2.130876Talk and Embodied Conduct in Word Searches in Video-Mediated InteractionsBudimka Uskokovic0Carmen Talehgani-Nikazm1The Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State University This paper concerns ways L2 speakers utilize embodied practices when engaged in word searches in interactions via video-mediated interaction. Examining the role of embodiment in word search practices in semi-pedagogical conversations between native German speakers and German language learners, we demonstrate how interlocutors use the gesture of an upward extended index finger to manage extended word searches in the ongoing production of the turn. The gesture plus the request to wait (ein moment/”one moment”) are used to indicate that the turn is temporarily put on hold, during which the L2 speaker orients to the screen to complete the ongoing word search. In addition, our paper scrutinizes how L2 speakers’ embodied practices emerge in the context of video-mediated interaction. https://tidsskrift.dk/socialinteraction/article/view/130876embodied practiceprogressivityvideo-mediated interactionword search
spellingShingle Budimka Uskokovic
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Talk and Embodied Conduct in Word Searches in Video-Mediated Interactions
Social Interaction
embodied practice
progressivity
video-mediated interaction
word search
title Talk and Embodied Conduct in Word Searches in Video-Mediated Interactions
title_full Talk and Embodied Conduct in Word Searches in Video-Mediated Interactions
title_fullStr Talk and Embodied Conduct in Word Searches in Video-Mediated Interactions
title_full_unstemmed Talk and Embodied Conduct in Word Searches in Video-Mediated Interactions
title_short Talk and Embodied Conduct in Word Searches in Video-Mediated Interactions
title_sort talk and embodied conduct in word searches in video mediated interactions
topic embodied practice
progressivity
video-mediated interaction
word search
url https://tidsskrift.dk/socialinteraction/article/view/130876
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