Cibulka2013
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Cibulka2013 |
| Author(s) | Paul Cibulka |
| Title | The writing hand: Some interactional workings of writing gestures in Japanese conversation |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Gesture, Japanese |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Journal | Gesture |
| Volume | 13 |
| Number | 2 |
| Pages | 166–192 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1075/gest.13.2.03cib |
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Abstract
This paper deals with the uses, in Japanese conversation, of a practice of tracing the shape of orthographic items in mid-air or on the palm using the index finger. Drawing on naturally occurring videotaped conversation, instances are analysed with regard to visibility, attention and co-gesture talk. It is proposed that the various usages are distributed along a continuum ranging from depiction to framing. A fine-grained sequential analysis of this practice in the context of repair reveals that it is employed as an integral component of a response that conforms the type of information made relevant in the enquiry. It can also constitute an interactional resource which recipients closely monitor and orient to, and which plays a central role in achieving mutual understanding.
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