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Chapter 6. Linguistic structures emerging in the synchronization of a Pilates class

  • Leelo Keevallik
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Mobilizing Others
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Abstract

This chapter targets grammar in the interactive process between a Pilates teacher and the exercising students, an activity context in which instruction and compliance can be designed to merge in time. It shows how linguistic structure, such as counts, formula, and phrases, emerges step-by-step sensitively to the others’ currently moving bodies. At the same time, the situation-designed structures direct the students through the partially known moves. In contrast to formal theories that consider grammar as a device for coherent expression of propositions, this study argues that grammatical structure emerges through recurrent use in a specific activity context. The video-recorded data is in Estonian.

Abstract

This chapter targets grammar in the interactive process between a Pilates teacher and the exercising students, an activity context in which instruction and compliance can be designed to merge in time. It shows how linguistic structure, such as counts, formula, and phrases, emerges step-by-step sensitively to the others’ currently moving bodies. At the same time, the situation-designed structures direct the students through the partially known moves. In contrast to formal theories that consider grammar as a device for coherent expression of propositions, this study argues that grammatical structure emerges through recurrent use in a specific activity context. The video-recorded data is in Estonian.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Chapter 1. Mobilizing others 1
  4. Chapter 2. Requesting here-and-now actions with two imperative formats in Korean interaction 19
  5. Chapter 3. Mobilizing for the next relevant action 47
  6. Chapter 4. Recruitments in French 83
  7. Chapter 5. Mobilizing student compliance 115
  8. Chapter 6. Linguistic structures emerging in the synchronization of a Pilates class 147
  9. Chapter 7. Multimodal mechanisms for mobilizing students to give pre-structured responses in French L2 classroom interaction 175
  10. Chapter 8. Mobilizing others when you have little (recognizable) language 203
  11. Chapter 9. When emergencies are not urgent 229
  12. Chapter 10. Doing more than expected 253
  13. Appendix. Glossary of transcription conventions 279
  14. Index 283
https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.33.06kee

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Chapter 1. Mobilizing others 1
  4. Chapter 2. Requesting here-and-now actions with two imperative formats in Korean interaction 19
  5. Chapter 3. Mobilizing for the next relevant action 47
  6. Chapter 4. Recruitments in French 83
  7. Chapter 5. Mobilizing student compliance 115
  8. Chapter 6. Linguistic structures emerging in the synchronization of a Pilates class 147
  9. Chapter 7. Multimodal mechanisms for mobilizing students to give pre-structured responses in French L2 classroom interaction 175
  10. Chapter 8. Mobilizing others when you have little (recognizable) language 203
  11. Chapter 9. When emergencies are not urgent 229
  12. Chapter 10. Doing more than expected 253
  13. Appendix. Glossary of transcription conventions 279
  14. Index 283
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