Chapter 8 Embodied scepticism

This chapter extends some of the observations that Goffman made on a class of vocalisations he called ‘response cries’ (1978) to the domain of the multi-modal by examining an embodied practice in English interaction: a particular facial expression that 1) has particular compositional features and 2)...

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description This chapter extends some of the observations that Goffman made on a class of vocalisations he called ‘response cries’ (1978) to the domain of the multi-modal by examining an embodied practice in English interaction: a particular facial expression that 1) has particular compositional features and 2) occurs in a particular sequential position. Compositionally, this expression consists of raised eyebrows and pursed lips; sequentially, it is produced in response to a claim made by a co-participant. Instances from both institutional and mundane interaction are examined here. These show participants may or may not be gazing at their co-participant; the expression is not necessarily designed to get uptake. In this respect, this facial expression resembles Goffman’s ‘response cries’ in being produced in the presence of others, but not necessarily designed to get responses from those others. Response relevance is seen to be shaped as much by sequential position as features of composition. This facial expression is shown, when analysed in its sequential environment, to constitute an embodied display of scepticism.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1321072025-03-12T16:02:48Z Chapter 8 Embodied scepticism Clift, Rebecca co-presence; co-present bodies within space; social interaction; interactional sociolinguistics; interactional foundations of the self; participation; Erving Goffman; Lorenza Mondada; conversation analysis; sociolinguistics; interactional linguistics; language sciences; ethnomethodology; Anssi Peräkylä; self and identity; interaction studies; language and interaction; language and social interaction This chapter extends some of the observations that Goffman made on a class of vocalisations he called ‘response cries’ (1978) to the domain of the multi-modal by examining an embodied practice in English interaction: a particular facial expression that 1) has particular compositional features and 2) occurs in a particular sequential position. Compositionally, this expression consists of raised eyebrows and pursed lips; sequentially, it is produced in response to a claim made by a co-participant. Instances from both institutional and mundane interaction are examined here. These show participants may or may not be gazing at their co-participant; the expression is not necessarily designed to get uptake. In this respect, this facial expression resembles Goffman’s ‘response cries’ in being produced in the presence of others, but not necessarily designed to get responses from those others. Response relevance is seen to be shaped as much by sequential position as features of composition. This facial expression is shown, when analysed in its sequential environment, to constitute an embodied display of scepticism. 2023-12-20T04:15:42Z 2023-12-20T04:15:42Z 2023-12-19T11:30:47Z 2024 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86247 9780367555771 9781032552194 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/132107 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86247/1/9781003094111_10.4324_9781003094111-10.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86247/1/9781003094111_10.4324_9781003094111-10.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86247/1/9781003094111_10.4324_9781003094111-10.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003094111-10 10.4324/9781003094111-10 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 New Perspectives on Goffman in Language and Interaction University of Essex ca077e3f-1580-4778-b4ea-a7b92f991f35 9780367555771 9781032552194 Routledge 26 open access
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Clift, Rebecca
Chapter 8 Embodied scepticism
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topic co-presence; co-present bodies within space; social interaction; interactional sociolinguistics; interactional foundations of the self; participation; Erving Goffman; Lorenza Mondada; conversation analysis; sociolinguistics; interactional linguistics; language sciences; ethnomethodology; Anssi Peräkylä; self and identity; interaction studies; language and interaction; language and social interaction
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