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“I don’t know how to say it” :THE ROLE OF MULTIMODAL RESOURCES IN MEANING NEGOTIATION

This paper proposes that studying the use of spoken language, gaze, and hand gestures as multimodal resources among speakers from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds can shed light on how multilingual interlocutors jointly work together in meaning negotiation when they are having difficult...

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Main Author: Abdullah, Nur Nabilah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
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English
English
Published: 2021
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L Education (General)
PE English
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/93135/1/Certificate%20of%20Participation.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/93135/2/ID%2057%20NUR%20NABILAH%20ABDULLAH_EXT_ABSTR_MAALIC2021.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/93135/4/MALLIC-E-PROGRAM-BOOKV49.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/93135/5/MAALIC%202021%20presentation%20NUR%20NABILAH.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.931352021-11-10T23:55:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/93135/ “I don’t know how to say it” :THE ROLE OF MULTIMODAL RESOURCES IN MEANING NEGOTIATION Abdullah, Nur Nabilah L Education (General) PE English This paper proposes that studying the use of spoken language, gaze, and hand gestures as multimodal resources among speakers from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds can shed light on how multilingual interlocutors jointly work together in meaning negotiation when they are having difficulty progressing a conversation. Using a multimodal conversation analytic approach, this study examines video-recorded interactions of university students from different first language backgrounds at a dinner table communicating in English as it is the most common language that multilingual students resort to when speaking with someone who has a different language background. This study provides a unique insight into the stages where interlocutors encounter difficulty producing a word in English, and then moves on to how interlocutors use multimodal resources (spoken language, gaze and hand gestures) to construct a joint solution in the process of meaning negotiation. More specifically, this study demonstrates how multimodal analysis of interactional difficulties among multilingual interlocutors can broaden our understanding of the roles of multimodal resources as a multilingual interactional strategy in which interlocutors collaboratively use the resources to describe, represent, and negotiate the meaning of the word searched-for and jointly attempt for a solution to reach an understanding. 2021-10 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/93135/1/Certificate%20of%20Participation.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/93135/2/ID%2057%20NUR%20NABILAH%20ABDULLAH_EXT_ABSTR_MAALIC2021.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/93135/4/MALLIC-E-PROGRAM-BOOKV49.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/93135/5/MAALIC%202021%20presentation%20NUR%20NABILAH.pdf Abdullah, Nur Nabilah (2021) “I don’t know how to say it” :THE ROLE OF MULTIMODAL RESOURCES IN MEANING NEGOTIATION. In: 2nd MALAYSIAN ASSOCIATION OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (MAALIC 2021), ONLINE. (In Press)
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Abdullah, Nur Nabilah
“I don’t know how to say it” :THE ROLE OF MULTIMODAL RESOURCES IN MEANING NEGOTIATION
description This paper proposes that studying the use of spoken language, gaze, and hand gestures as multimodal resources among speakers from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds can shed light on how multilingual interlocutors jointly work together in meaning negotiation when they are having difficulty progressing a conversation. Using a multimodal conversation analytic approach, this study examines video-recorded interactions of university students from different first language backgrounds at a dinner table communicating in English as it is the most common language that multilingual students resort to when speaking with someone who has a different language background. This study provides a unique insight into the stages where interlocutors encounter difficulty producing a word in English, and then moves on to how interlocutors use multimodal resources (spoken language, gaze and hand gestures) to construct a joint solution in the process of meaning negotiation. More specifically, this study demonstrates how multimodal analysis of interactional difficulties among multilingual interlocutors can broaden our understanding of the roles of multimodal resources as a multilingual interactional strategy in which interlocutors collaboratively use the resources to describe, represent, and negotiate the meaning of the word searched-for and jointly attempt for a solution to reach an understanding.
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author Abdullah, Nur Nabilah
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title “I don’t know how to say it” :THE ROLE OF MULTIMODAL RESOURCES IN MEANING NEGOTIATION
title_short “I don’t know how to say it” :THE ROLE OF MULTIMODAL RESOURCES IN MEANING NEGOTIATION
title_full “I don’t know how to say it” :THE ROLE OF MULTIMODAL RESOURCES IN MEANING NEGOTIATION
title_fullStr “I don’t know how to say it” :THE ROLE OF MULTIMODAL RESOURCES IN MEANING NEGOTIATION
title_full_unstemmed “I don’t know how to say it” :THE ROLE OF MULTIMODAL RESOURCES IN MEANING NEGOTIATION
title_sort “i don’t know how to say it” :the role of multimodal resources in meaning negotiation
publishDate 2021
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/93135/1/Certificate%20of%20Participation.pdf
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/93135/4/MALLIC-E-PROGRAM-BOOKV49.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/93135/5/MAALIC%202021%20presentation%20NUR%20NABILAH.pdf
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