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In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt: Why do we sigh? The consensus on sighing as a physiological phenomenon regards it as important for restoring healthy variability to the respiratory system, specifically effecting lung compliance (Caro et al. 1960) and restoring the chemical properties of gas exchange (Cherniack et al. 1981). The psychological literature embarks from these accounts to link respiratory characteristics to psychological states, finding that sighs are produced in both positive (Keefe and Block 1982, Wuyts et al. 2011) and negative emotional states (Hirose 2000, Vlemincx et al. 2009). This research suggests that the physiological and psychological functions of sighing are intertwined since respiratory patterns are generally related to emotions (Boiten et al. 1994 [above references via Vlemincx et al. 2009]). By only focusing on the phenomenon as it occurs at the individual level, however, these studies ignore the social function that sighs may play. In treating them as acts performed in solitude, in other words, such studies assume sighs to be involuntary reflexes of private internal states. Cursory reflection would reveal, however, that the production of a sigh in conversation may be consequential for the interaction. Furthermore, in contrast to largely involuntary respiratory acts like yawning or sneezing, sighing is wholly manipulable, which suggests that its occurrence in interaction may be purposeful. In this preliminary report, I examine natural interactional data containing tokens of sighs to observe and describe the ways in which sighs may manifest as social action.

Do Sighs Matter? Interactional Perspectives on Sighing