Lee2017b
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
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| Author(s) | Josephine Lee |
| Title | Multimodal turn allocation in ESL peer group discussions |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, ESL, Peer Interaction, Turn taking, Participation |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Social Semiotics |
| Volume | 27 |
| Number | 5 |
| Pages | 671-692 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1080/10350330.2016.1207353 |
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Abstract
This article reports on multimodal practices used by English as a Second Language students as they work to distribute primary speakership within their peer group discussions. Following Goodwin’s participation framework, the focus is on the embodied conducts of the non-talking recipients and their nonvocal displays of emerging speakership in peer discussions. Analyses of the non-primary speakers’ gaze, gestures, touch, and bodily conduct show that the students’ turn allocation practices embody their sensitivity to the spatial and visual field of co-participants, project changing participation frameworks, and achieve incremental coordination of speaker nomination. Explorations of such nonvocal behaviors lead to a detailed understanding of the students’ embodied participation frameworks and the visible processes through which the students claim or avoid speakership during peer group discussions.
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