Word searches in second language conversation: talk and nonverbal as interactional resources

Studies on face-to-face interactions have demonstrated how spoken language involves not only verbal but also a mutual collaboration with nonverbal resources. Nonverbal such as gaze, gestures, body posture and physical movement are part and parcel of the details of ordered social interaction, and th...

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Main Author: Abdullah, Nur Nabilah
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Published: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2017
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spelling iium-639662019-12-24T00:54:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63966/ Word searches in second language conversation: talk and nonverbal as interactional resources Abdullah, Nur Nabilah PE English Studies on face-to-face interactions have demonstrated how spoken language involves not only verbal but also a mutual collaboration with nonverbal resources. Nonverbal such as gaze, gestures, body posture and physical movement are part and parcel of the details of ordered social interaction, and they can be significant resources in interaction (Hazel et al., 2014). This study has investigated the nonverbal resources displayed in word search phenomenon in second language conversation. Word search is regarded as a type of self-initiation repair in which the progressivity of the speaker’vs turn is momentarily ceased due to an item (i.e. word) is not available to the speaker when due (Schegloff et al., 1977). The context of the study is a non-educational context (Firth and Wagner, 1997; Firth and Wagner, 2007; Gardner and Wagner, 2004) where casual conversation among international university students having dinner at a cafe is recorded. This study examines conversations between international students communicating in English as it is the most common language that international students resort to when speaking with someone who has a different language background. Using Conversation Analysis (CA), this study aims to explore talk and nonverbal resources in word search sequences. The findings from the investigation suggest that there is a relationship between talk and embodied actions in word search sequences among second language speakers. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2017 Book PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63966/1/63966_Word%20searches%20in%20second%20language%20conversation.pdf Abdullah, Nur Nabilah (2017) Word searches in second language conversation: talk and nonverbal as interactional resources. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. ISBN 978-967-418-533-6 http://iiumpress.iium.edu.my/bookshop
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Word searches in second language conversation: talk and nonverbal as interactional resources
description Studies on face-to-face interactions have demonstrated how spoken language involves not only verbal but also a mutual collaboration with nonverbal resources. Nonverbal such as gaze, gestures, body posture and physical movement are part and parcel of the details of ordered social interaction, and they can be significant resources in interaction (Hazel et al., 2014). This study has investigated the nonverbal resources displayed in word search phenomenon in second language conversation. Word search is regarded as a type of self-initiation repair in which the progressivity of the speaker’vs turn is momentarily ceased due to an item (i.e. word) is not available to the speaker when due (Schegloff et al., 1977). The context of the study is a non-educational context (Firth and Wagner, 1997; Firth and Wagner, 2007; Gardner and Wagner, 2004) where casual conversation among international university students having dinner at a cafe is recorded. This study examines conversations between international students communicating in English as it is the most common language that international students resort to when speaking with someone who has a different language background. Using Conversation Analysis (CA), this study aims to explore talk and nonverbal resources in word search sequences. The findings from the investigation suggest that there is a relationship between talk and embodied actions in word search sequences among second language speakers.
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title Word searches in second language conversation: talk and nonverbal as interactional resources
title_short Word searches in second language conversation: talk and nonverbal as interactional resources
title_full Word searches in second language conversation: talk and nonverbal as interactional resources
title_fullStr Word searches in second language conversation: talk and nonverbal as interactional resources
title_full_unstemmed Word searches in second language conversation: talk and nonverbal as interactional resources
title_sort word searches in second language conversation: talk and nonverbal as interactional resources
publisher IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/63966/1/63966_Word%20searches%20in%20second%20language%20conversation.pdf
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