With reference to the previous empirical works on applause, we explore the roles it plays during the first birthday celebration using multimodal analysis. Particularly, we focus on modes of its initiation and collaborative enactment. The empirical material includes 25 videos from different Polish families. The analysis demonstrates that applause works in interaction (1) as a ritual anchor that allows the participants to move to either the end or the next sequence of the ritual, (2) as an appreciative assessment of the previous action, (3) as a device for focusing joint attention, which coordinates the interaction of participants and (re)focuses the attention on the most important actor/recipient of the ritual.

参考以往关于掌声的实证工作，我们利用多模态分析探讨了它在一周岁庆祝活动中所扮演的角色。特别是，我们关注其启动和协作制定的模式。经验材料包括来自不同波兰家庭的 25 个视频。分析表明，掌声在互动中起作用（1）作为仪式锚，允许参与者移动到仪式的结束或下一个序列，（2）作为对先前行动的赞赏评估，（3）作为集中注意力的装置，它协调参与者的互动并（重新）将注意力集中在仪式中最重要的参与者/接受者身上。