Non-lexical vocalizations help novices learn joint embodied actions

Saul Albert; Dirk vom Lehn

doi:10.1016/j.langcom.2022.10.001

Non-lexical vocalizations help novices learn joint embodied actions

Saul Albert^*, Dirk vom Lehn

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Abstract

Non-lexical vocalizations are key interactional resources for novices learning joint embodied actions. We use ethnomethodological video analysis of a beginners’ partner dance workshop to explore how novices use non-lexical vocalizations to navigate unfamiliar dance movements together. These vocalizations often accompany apologies, accounts, and bodily actions that mark moments of trouble with coordination. We show how these non-lexical vocalizations can provide reference points for novices who lack expert terminology to account for, evaluate, and re-animate their experiences of otherwise inchoate sequences of joint embodied action.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-13
Number of pages	13
Journal	Language and Communication
Volume	88
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2022.10.001
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 2023

Keywords

Conversation analysis
Dance
Ethnomethodology
Joint action
Non-lexical vocalizations
Video analysis

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