Conversational gesture corpus analysis
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Keiko Tsuchiya
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to establish the method of conversational gesture corpus analysis (CGCA), which integrates multimodal corpus linguistics (MCL) with conversation analysis (CA), to investigate Japanese learners’ strategic use of gestures in English conversations, especially in ‘repair’ sequences. The study compares how Japanese advanced learners of English and basic-level learners use hand gestures in pair conversations. CGCA was applied to investigate: (1) the word count and time lengths of speaker turns, (2) the frequency and functions of hand gestures, and (3) the use of gestures in repair sequences, comparing the two levels. Some differences were observed, i.e. the advanced learners self-repaired with metaphoric gestures, while the basic learners other-repaired with iconic gestures. The method made it possible to gain an overview of a global pattern of the temporal relationship between speech and gestures from which specific cases were selected for micro-analysis.
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to establish the method of conversational gesture corpus analysis (CGCA), which integrates multimodal corpus linguistics (MCL) with conversation analysis (CA), to investigate Japanese learners’ strategic use of gestures in English conversations, especially in ‘repair’ sequences. The study compares how Japanese advanced learners of English and basic-level learners use hand gestures in pair conversations. CGCA was applied to investigate: (1) the word count and time lengths of speaker turns, (2) the frequency and functions of hand gestures, and (3) the use of gestures in repair sequences, comparing the two levels. Some differences were observed, i.e. the advanced learners self-repaired with metaphoric gestures, while the basic learners other-repaired with iconic gestures. The method made it possible to gain an overview of a global pattern of the temporal relationship between speech and gestures from which specific cases were selected for micro-analysis.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction 1
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Part I: Discourse contexts and cultures
- Patterns of discursive urban place-making in Brooklyn, New York 13
- The English of current Caribbean newspapers 43
- Corporate identity and its variation over time 75
- Applying Geographical Information Systems to researching historical corpora 109
- Corpus linguistics: Widening the remit 137
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Part II: Contexts of lexis and grammar
- Family collocation 165
- Factors influencing the translation of -ing participial free adjuncts 197
- The diachronic productivity of native combining forms in American English 223
- Advise against -ing: An emerging class of exceptions to Bach’s Generalization 253
- Subjective progressives in the history of American English 275
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Part III: Learner contexts
- A syntactic analysis of the introductory it pattern in non-native-speaker and nativespeaker student writing 307
- Phraseological teddy bears 339
- “Dear Man men and women madam, dear xxx sir” 363
- Marked themes in advanced learner English 387
- Phrasal verbs in the spoken and written modes of Norwegian L2 learner English 409
- Conversational gesture corpus analysis 437
- Corpus research for SLA 467
- List of contributors 483
- Index 487
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction 1
-
Part I: Discourse contexts and cultures
- Patterns of discursive urban place-making in Brooklyn, New York 13
- The English of current Caribbean newspapers 43
- Corporate identity and its variation over time 75
- Applying Geographical Information Systems to researching historical corpora 109
- Corpus linguistics: Widening the remit 137
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Part II: Contexts of lexis and grammar
- Family collocation 165
- Factors influencing the translation of -ing participial free adjuncts 197
- The diachronic productivity of native combining forms in American English 223
- Advise against -ing: An emerging class of exceptions to Bach’s Generalization 253
- Subjective progressives in the history of American English 275
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Part III: Learner contexts
- A syntactic analysis of the introductory it pattern in non-native-speaker and nativespeaker student writing 307
- Phraseological teddy bears 339
- “Dear Man men and women madam, dear xxx sir” 363
- Marked themes in advanced learner English 387
- Phrasal verbs in the spoken and written modes of Norwegian L2 learner English 409
- Conversational gesture corpus analysis 437
- Corpus research for SLA 467
- List of contributors 483
- Index 487
