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.
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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- Frontmatter
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- Inside the commentator’s booth: a Multimodal (Inter)action and Conversation Analysis on the production of first division football commentary on TV
- Embodied remembering in coordinated performances
- Focalization and ideological meanings in a digital multimodal narrative: implications for the construction of the pedagogy of multiliteracies
- Good brain, good concentration, good future: a critical multimodal analysis of Thai brain-enhancing lifestyle products advertisements
- Misunderstanding in intercultural electronic written communication in Chinese business field
- Multimodal discursive strategies for building social, intellectual, and symbolic capital for women empowerment