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.

摘要

这项研究检查了在达到过渡相关位置之前，作为对极端问题的具身和沉默回答而产生的点头。它讨论了“反应”的概念以及文献将点头概念化的方式。对普通和机构多方互动的视频记录的分析表明，回答点头依赖于相互注视，并且肯定的点头可能与其他面部表情（例如，眨眼）同时出现。通过用无声的点头回答，受访者可以完成一个展开的相邻对，而无需声明发言权，从而使提问者能够延长他们的交接过程。或者，受访者可以通过谈话扩大他们的回答点头，在这种情况下，无声点头可能有助于组织轮流谈话的平稳过渡。在问题展开时产生的点头被描述为一种微序列现象，可能会影响提问者的进展。数据为法语和意大利语。