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All hands on deck . Negotiation over gesture forms in collaborative discourse

Harrison, Simon; Adolphs, Svenja; Gillon Dowens, Margaret; Du, Ping; Littlemore, Jeannette

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Authors

Simon Harrison

SVENJA ADOLPHS SVENJA.ADOLPHS@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of English Language and Linguistics

Margaret Gillon Dowens

Ping Du

Jeannette Littlemore



Abstract

Language Related Episodes occur when speakers explicitly question lexical and grammatical aspects of the language they are using, resulting in collaborative discourse and assisted performance from peers. This paper demonstrates how such negotiation and repair may occur in relation to the gestural component of a speaker's expression, leading us to introduce the parallel term ‘Gesture Related Episodes’. Our single case analysis reveals a range of issues that have received little attention, including the problems that people experience with gestures, what constitutes struggling in the gestural modality, and how people help each other to gesture more effectively in collaborative discourse. Our discussion links these issues to the L2 concerns and knowledge asymmetries in our data, as well as to conceptual and conventional features of gestures more generally.

Citation

Harrison, S., Adolphs, S., Gillon Dowens, M., Du, P., & Littlemore, J. (2018). All hands on deck . Negotiation over gesture forms in collaborative discourse. Lingua, 207, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2018.02.002

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 2, 2018
Online Publication Date Mar 28, 2018
Publication Date 2018-05
Deposit Date Apr 27, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2019
Journal Lingua
Electronic ISSN 1829-9342
Publisher Universitas Negeri Semarang
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 207
Pages 1-22
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2018.02.002
Keywords Language Related Episodes ; Gestures ; Collaborative discourse ; L1–L2 interaction ; Assisted performance ; Peer dialogue
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/934611
Publisher URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024384117304795?via%3Dihub
Contract Date Apr 27, 2018

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