Learning through gesture: embodied repetitions in tandem interactions

Loulou Kosmala


Abstract
Grounded in an interactional approach, this corpus-based study presents an analysis of multimodal tandem interactions held in English between tandem partners (L1 and L2 speakers) to study other-repetitions across different levels and modalities. In particular, I investigate cases of embodied repetitions in contexts of co-construction and repair whereby tandem partners negotiate meaning. Based on careful micro-analyses of data fragments, analyses reveal different types of temporal coordination between the repetition of the target item and/or of the gesture, addressing specific issues at different linguistic levels. While repetitions typically occur in linguistic-oriented contexts, emerging gestures may further contribute to mutual understanding and alignment.
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2024.clasp-1.4
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Proceedings of the 2024 CLASP Conference on Multimodality and Interaction in Language Learning
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October
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2024
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Gothenburg, Sweden
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Amy Qiu, Bill Noble, David Pagmar, Vladislav Maraev, Nikolai Ilinykh
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CLASP
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SIGSEM
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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19–25
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Loulou Kosmala. 2024. Learning through gesture: embodied repetitions in tandem interactions. In Proceedings of the 2024 CLASP Conference on Multimodality and Interaction in Language Learning, pages 19–25, Gothenburg, Sweden. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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