Embodied Responses to Questions-In-Progress: Silent Nods as Affirmative Answers

Autor/in	De Stefani, Elwys
Titel	Embodied Responses to Questions-In-Progress: Silent Nods as Affirmative Answers
Quelle	In: Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 58 (2021) 4, S.353-371 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (De Stefani, Elwys)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0163-853X
DOI	10.1080/0163853X.2020.1836916
Schlagwörter	Nonverbal Communication; French; Italian; Video Technology; Interaction Process Analysis; Interpersonal Communication; Semantics; Discourse Analysis; Error Correction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Französisch; Italienisch; Prozessanalyse; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Semantik; Diskursanalyse; Korrektur
Abstract	This study examines head nods produced as embodied and silent answers to polar questions before a transition relevance place has been reached. It discusses the notion of "response" and the ways in which the literature conceptualizes head nods. The analysis of video recordings of ordinary and institutional multiparty interactions shows that answer-nods rely on mutual gaze and that affirmative head nods may co-occur with other facial expressions (e.g., eye blinks). By replying with a silent head nod, respondents may complete an unfolding adjacency pair without claiming speakership, thereby enabling the questioner to extend their turn-in-progress. Alternatively, respondents may expand their answer-nod with talk, in which case silent nodding may contribute to organizing the smooth transition of turns-at-talk. Head nods produced while a question is unfolding are described as a microsequential phenomenon that may affect the questioner's turn-in-progress. Data are in French and Italian. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01