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1/For #linguistweets #It0815
Gaze & syntax in #collaborativeturns: how do they relate? Participants exchanging mutual gaze may continue or extend a co-speaker's turn using more complex #grammar, thereby aligning (co-participating) in the current activity e.g. co-telling a story
Gaze & syntax in #collaborativeturns: how do they relate? Participants exchanging mutual gaze may continue or extend a co-speaker's turn using more complex #grammar, thereby aligning (co-participating) in the current activity e.g. co-telling a story
2/ #EMCA research considers gaze a central resource for turn-management: speakers identify recipients & select next speakers; recipients display recipiency by establishing mutual gaze with speakers. But the interplay between gaze and grammar in turn-construction is understudied
3/Gaze
Business meeting w. 4 people. Paolo gazes at Anna while uttering the next topic on their agenda 'general overview' (l.2), & at potential turn end (ll.5-7). Anna aligns with Paolo (ll.3, 7). They display shared knowledge. Anna shifts her gaze to Mario & self-selects (l.12)
Business meeting w. 4 people. Paolo gazes at Anna while uttering the next topic on their agenda 'general overview' (l.2), & at potential turn end (ll.5-7). Anna aligns with Paolo (ll.3, 7). They display shared knowledge. Anna shifts her gaze to Mario & self-selects (l.12)
4/Syntax
Anna extends/other-increments Paolo's turns w. a relative clause (l.12). The resource che/‘which’ marks the syntactic dependence on a previous host turn, incrementally complexifying the syntax & allowing Anna to show that she is talking about the same topic as Paolo
Anna extends/other-increments Paolo's turns w. a relative clause (l.12). The resource che/‘which’ marks the syntactic dependence on a previous host turn, incrementally complexifying the syntax & allowing Anna to show that she is talking about the same topic as Paolo
5/Participation
Paolo selects Anna as recipient by gaze, she gazes back but shifts her gaze (l.10) on what is 'a piece of news' for Mario, uttering a full subordinate clause. By self-selecting, she aligns with Paolo in the current activity: introducing new information for Mario
Paolo selects Anna as recipient by gaze, she gazes back but shifts her gaze (l.10) on what is 'a piece of news' for Mario, uttering a full subordinate clause. By self-selecting, she aligns with Paolo in the current activity: introducing new information for Mario
6/Being selected as recipient by gaze opens up the possibility to complete/extend turns & become next speaker. This allows participants to align with ongoing activity, display shared knowledge & co-entitlement through #collaborativeturns, whereby they build grammar together. TY!
