Abstract The aim of this article is to explore how affiliation (Stivers 2008) with the patient is displayed and interactionally achieved in the context of an interpreter-mediated therapeutic dialogue. More specifically, we focus on the interplay between affiliative listener responses – especially head nods – and gaze in this setting. Interpreter-mediated therapeutic talk is not only a setting that has received very little systematic scrutiny in the literature, but it is also particularly interesting for the study of listener responses. Drawing on the insights from Conversation Analysis, a naturally occurring interpreter-mediated therapeutic session was analysed that had been recorded using mobile eye-tracking technology. This approach allowed for a detailed analysis of the interlocutors’ synchronous gaze behaviour in relation to speech and head nods during the interaction. The results revealed differences in the interpreter’s and the therapist’s affiliative listener responses that were linked to the interactional goals of the encounter and to their social roles. Moreover, we found a strong relationship between mutual gaze and head nods as tokens of affiliation. Thus, these findings provide support for the inclusion of gaze in studies of interpreter-mediated dialogue and, more broadly, in the study of affiliation in social interaction.

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口译介导的治疗性谈话中的从属关系

摘要 本文的目的是探讨在口译员介导的治疗对话的背景下，与患者的联系（Stivers 2008）如何显示和交互实现。更具体地说，我们关注从属听众的反应——尤其是点头——和在这种情况下凝视之间的相互作用。口译介导的治疗性谈话不仅是一种在文献中很少受到系统审查的环境，而且对于研究听众的反应也特别有趣。借鉴对话分析的见解，分析了自然发生的翻译介导的治疗会话，该会话已使用移动眼动追踪技术记录下来。这种方法可以详细分析对话者在交互过程中与语音和点头相关的同步凝视行为。结果揭示了口译员和治疗师的附属听众反应的差异，这些反应与相遇的互动目标和他们的社会角色有关。此外，我们发现相互凝视和点头作为隶属关系的象征之间有很强的关系。因此，这些发现为将凝视纳入口译介导对话的研究，以及更广泛地说，在社会互动中的隶属关系研究中提供了支持。