33.2683, Calls: Pragmatics/Belgium

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Subject: 33.2683, Calls: Pragmatics/Belgium

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Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2022 05:11:20
From: Carolin Dix [carolin.dix at uni-bayreuth.de]
Subject: Let the Face respond: Conversational functions of facial gestures in turn-beginnings of responsive actions

 
Full Title: Let the Face respond: Conversational functions of facial gestures in turn-beginnings of responsive actions 

Date: 09-Jul-2023 - 14-Jul-2023
Location: Brussels, Belgium 
Contact Person: Carolin Dix
Meeting Email: carolin.dix at uni-bayreuth.de
Web Site: https://pragmatics.international/page/Brussels2023 

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics 

Call Deadline: 01-Nov-2022 

Meeting Description:

IPrA-Panel ''Let the Face respond: Conversational functions of facial gestures
in turn-beginnings of responsive actions''

Aiming at investigating the responsive face, this panel takes up previous
research on responding in conversation as well as on the conversational impact
of facial movements (positions and movements of eyelids, eyebrows, lips,
tongue, cheeks, nose, forehead). It focuses on the use of facial resources as
pre-beginning elements / as part of turn-beginnings of responsive actions
among various sequence types. 
EMCA research on multimodality in interaction has increased considerably over
the last decades. Besides manual gestures (e.g. Kendon 2004, Stukenbrock 2014,
Clift 2020), gaze (e.g. Rossano 2013, Auer 2021) and interpersonal touch (e.g.
Li 2020), the conversational use of facial gestures has become a more
prominent field of interest within the last years (e.g. Ruusuvuori & Peräkylä
2006, Kaukomaa 2015), analyzing them in their local conversational contexts as
part of multimodal practices. In that respect, the protrusion of the lips has
been described as part of the facial configuration called the thinking face
(Goodwin & Goodwin 1986, Heller 2021) and as pre-beginning element in
responsive turns for projecting a non-straightforward confirmation (Groß & Dix
in prep.). Turn-opening smiles (Kaukomaa, et al. 2013) as well as turn-opening
frowns (Kaukomaa, et al. 2014) have been found to modify upcoming sequential
trajectories. Recently, the eye roll has been described as facial practice
which comments in a negative way on a previous action, but at the same time
forges alliances with the addressee (Clift 2021). Further, several studies
focus on the raising of both eyebrows: Besides contributing to accomplishing
offerings (Kärkkäinen & Keisanen 2012), the raising of both eyebrows can be
used as part of repair initiations (Pfeiffer & Stolle under review, Li & Wang
under review) and as facial displays of a changed state of mind in response to
informings (Gudmundsen & Svennevig 2020, Dix & Groß under review).

On the other hand, a huge branch of CA research has been focusing on
conversational practices of responding in conversation. Here, the
conversational relevance of pre-beginning elements (Schegloff 1996: 92-93) as
well as turn-beginnings has been highlighted (e.g. Heritage & Sorjonen 2018,
Kim & Suroshima 2013). Whereas the use of verbal and vocal practices of
responding in conversation - especially in question-answer-sequences - has
been extensively investigated (e.g. Stivers 2019, Stivers & Hayashi 2010,
Raymond 2010, König & Pfeiffer in prep.), e.g. in terms of the epistemic
domains of the interlocutors (Heritage & Raymond 2012) and preference
structure (e.g. Pomerantz 1984, Robinson 2020), it still remains a desideratum
to systematically take into consideration how facial gestures contribute to
the formation of responsive actions, i.e. how they comply with conversational
demands and how they shape the quality of the upcoming turn. In our panel, we
would like to address this question.


Call for Papers:

We invite researchers working in the field of multimodal CA and IL as well as
in sign language research to submit proposals for contributions. Please
consult the conference website for more information:
https://pragmatics.international/page/CfP




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