Iwasaki2026
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Iwasaki2026 |
| Author(s) | Shimako Iwasaki |
| Title | CA and signed language interaction |
| Editor(s) | Matthew Burdelski, Tim Greer |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, signed language |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year | 2026 |
| Language | English |
| City | London |
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| Pages | 622–637 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781032720852-43 |
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| Book title | The Routledge Handbook of Conversation Analysis |
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Abstract
Conversation analysis (CA) studies have primarily focused on language and social interaction through the oral-aural modalities of spoken language and on the speech and writing of hearing communities. However, recent years have seen a significant widening of the focus as researchers have started to also investigate visuo-spatial, gestural, and tactile languages. This chapter reviews CA’s work on signed language interaction—social interaction where people who have limited or no access to hearing and/or vision are involved, meaning they instead use visual or tactile forms of signed languages in addition to a range of multimodal and sensorial resources. Drawing together some of the main themes and findings in the field, this chapter focuses on two interactional infrastructures: turn-taking and recipiency. It highlights the challenges and characteristics of turn-taking in signed language conversations, emphasizing the need to consider modality-specific factors when analyzing these interactions. It also suggests that findings from signed interactions can inform our understanding of visuo-spatial and multisensorial interaction. In addition, the chapter addresses some methodological considerations and future directions for further study.
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