Open AccessMultimodal Word-Search Trajectories in L2 Interaction
Author(s) -
Klara Skogmyr Marian,
Simona Pekarek Doehler
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
social interaction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2446-3620
DOI - 10.7146/si.v5i2.130867
Subject(s) - gaze , gestalt psychology , perspective (graphical) , word (group theory) , computer science , dynamics (music) , trajectory , cognitive psychology , artificial intelligence , psychology , natural language processing , linguistics , neuroscience , perception , pedagogy , philosophy , physics , astronomy
This paper investigates the temporal dynamics of bodily and vocal conduct in the course of L2 word searches. Based on a longitudinal dataset of L2 French conversations, we first identify a recurrent multimodal search-trajectory involving specific simultaneous and successive assemblies of hand movements/holds with gaze, and (para)verbal displays of ongoing search. We interpret these Gestalt-like trajectories as part of methodic practices through which speakers both account for breaks in progressivity and display their search as “solitary”, preempting recipient’s entry into the turn-in-progress. We then put our findings into a longitudinal perspective, showing how features of these assemblies change over time in the developmental trajectories of L2 speakers.