Multimodal practices for negative assessments as delicate matters: Incomplete syntax, facial expressions, and head movements

This paper contributes to the discussion of fuzzy boundaries by investigating negative assessments of the recipient and non-present parties that are syntactically incomplete. Particularly, it explores how the speaker uses syntax and bodily visual conduct to accomplish the delicate action of negative...

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Autor principal:	Li Xiaoting
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	incomplete syntax facial expressions head shakes negative assessments delicate action Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1d45b0bbf6fe407e843ea91f6dd97bcd2021-12-05T14:11:00ZMultimodal practices for negative assessments as delicate matters: Incomplete syntax, facial expressions, and head movements2300-996910.1515/opli-2020-0164https://doaj.org/article/1d45b0bbf6fe407e843ea91f6dd97bcd2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2020-0164https://doaj.org/toc/2300-9969This paper contributes to the discussion of fuzzy boundaries by investigating negative assessments of the recipient and non-present parties that are syntactically incomplete. Particularly, it explores how the speaker uses syntax and bodily visual conduct to accomplish the delicate action of negatively assessing others and to solicit the recipient to collaboratively complete negative assessments. Based on an examination of approximately 5 h of everyday Mandarin face-to-face conversations, the study shows that incomplete syntax, facial expressions, and head shakes constitute multimodal practices in making negative assessments of the recipient and a non-present third party. Leaving assessments syntactically incomplete and displaying negative evaluative stance through facial expressions such as lip-pursing and eyebrow furrows and head shakes show the speaker’s orientation to the negative assessments as a delicate action. The facial expressions after incomplete syntax demonstrate that participants orient to the hesitation in the delivery of a TCU/turn-in-progress not as production problem, but rather an interactional problem. This study shows that the boundaries of assessment turns may be blurry, and that one assessment may be collaboratively produced by two participants, which exemplifies a specific aspect of weak cesuras and fuzzy boundaries of units and actions in interaction.Li XiaotingDe Gruyterarticleincomplete syntaxfacial expressionshead shakesnegative assessmentsdelicate actionPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENOpen Linguistics, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 549-568 (2021)
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description	This paper contributes to the discussion of fuzzy boundaries by investigating negative assessments of the recipient and non-present parties that are syntactically incomplete. Particularly, it explores how the speaker uses syntax and bodily visual conduct to accomplish the delicate action of negatively assessing others and to solicit the recipient to collaboratively complete negative assessments. Based on an examination of approximately 5 h of everyday Mandarin face-to-face conversations, the study shows that incomplete syntax, facial expressions, and head shakes constitute multimodal practices in making negative assessments of the recipient and a non-present third party. Leaving assessments syntactically incomplete and displaying negative evaluative stance through facial expressions such as lip-pursing and eyebrow furrows and head shakes show the speaker’s orientation to the negative assessments as a delicate action. The facial expressions after incomplete syntax demonstrate that participants orient to the hesitation in the delivery of a TCU/turn-in-progress not as production problem, but rather an interactional problem. This study shows that the boundaries of assessment turns may be blurry, and that one assessment may be collaboratively produced by two participants, which exemplifies a specific aspect of weak cesuras and fuzzy boundaries of units and actions in interaction.
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title	Multimodal practices for negative assessments as delicate matters: Incomplete syntax, facial expressions, and head movements
title_short	Multimodal practices for negative assessments as delicate matters: Incomplete syntax, facial expressions, and head movements
title_full	Multimodal practices for negative assessments as delicate matters: Incomplete syntax, facial expressions, and head movements
title_fullStr	Multimodal practices for negative assessments as delicate matters: Incomplete syntax, facial expressions, and head movements
title_full_unstemmed	Multimodal practices for negative assessments as delicate matters: Incomplete syntax, facial expressions, and head movements
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publisher	De Gruyter
publishDate	2021
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Multimodal practices for negative assessments as delicate matters: Incomplete syntax, facial expressions, and head movements

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