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Embodied remembering in coordinated performances

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Published/Copyright: May 22, 2023

Abstract

Drawing on multimodal conversation analysis and past literature on synchronization, this study sheds light on the temporal properties of embodied remembering, which we define as co-operative enactment(s) of a mutually-established recollectable. Our main argument is that the nature of a recollectable shapes the practical organization of embodied remembering. To demonstrate this, we investigate the phenomenon in three performance-based settings: (a) taiko ensemble rehearsal, (b) Korean TV show, and (c) ESL service-learning reflection. In each setting, participants jointly produce a (quasi-)synchronized performance, but for different purposes: to advocate one version of choral chanting against the other, to demonstrate one’s knowledge of choreographic moves and understanding of an expert correction in the pursuit of humor, and finally, to foster peer solidarity through nonserious competition. Detailed analysis uncovers varying degrees of performative precision, through which participants display their in-situ understanding of the consequentiality of achieved synchrony for the task-at-hand. The temporal unfolding of embodied remembering is locally shaped by participants’ mutual orientation to a given activity context and the nature of a recollectable. Participants’ orientation to relevant performative precision is embodied in the very way they enact the recollectable.


Corresponding author: Ann Tai Choe, Second Language Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Moore Hall, 1890 East-West Rd, 96822-2217 Honolulu, HI, USA, E-mail:

Appendix

Transcription Conventions

CA transcription conventions (see Jefferson 2004)

. Falling intonation
, Continuing intonation
? Rising intonation
¿ Slightly rising intonation
= Latching (continuing sound without break in between)
↑↓ Raised pitch or lowered pitch
(0.2) Length of pause in tenths of seconds
(.) Micropause
wo:rd Elongation
word Stress
[word] Overlapping speech
°word° Quiet/soft speech
>word< Fast speech
<word> Slow speech
WORD Loud speech
(xxx) Unintelligible speech
((word)) Transcriptionist comment
(word1/word2) Alternative hearings
$word$ Smiley voice

Special conventions for embodiment (see Burch 2017, with modifications)

R Right
L Left
B Both
H Hand (e.g., BHs = both hands)
gz Gaze
> To (a direction)
(>line X) Movement or gaze until a specific line number
+ Embodied actions or frame co-occurring with talk
fr Frame

Abbreviations for morpheme-by-morpheme glosses of Korean transcripts

ACC Accusative particle
AD Adverbial suffix
ATTR Attributive marker
COMM Committal
COP Copular -be
CT Counter
DM Discourse marker
EXC Exclamation
FR Factual realization
IE Informal ending
NOM Nominative particle
PL Plural
POL Polite speech level
TC Topic marker
QT Quotative particle

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Received: 2022-11-28
Accepted: 2023-05-02
Published Online: 2023-05-22

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