Swanwick, R orcid.org/0000-0001-5482-6009 and Adami, E orcid.org/0000-0003-3651-919X (2019) Signs of understanding and turns-as-actions: a multimodal analysis of deaf-hearing interaction. Visual Communication. ISSN 1470-3572
Abstract
This article examines the interaction between deaf and hearing interlocutors in order to demonstrate how understanding (and misunderstanding) can be expressed and inspected through the situated use of multimodal resources. In this communicative situation, participants have asymmetrical experiences of being deaf and being hearing, and ‘codified’ (either speech or sign-language) resources are little shared among participants. The multimodal analysis of an interactional sequence between a young deaf child, her deaf friend and her hearing mother demonstrates ways in which participants use semiotic resources to take, execute and give turns in the presence of sensory asymmetries. The organization of turn taking in this sequence provides insights into the ways in which understanding (or lack of it) can be demonstrated, monitored and co-constructed by participants throughout the interaction. The findings demonstrate that turns offer a useful point of analysis for the recognition and inspection of signs of understanding in the context of sensory asymmetries but there needs to be a qualitative orientation to assessing this. This contribution to the research on situated multimodal sign-making underlines the need for the development of multimodal frameworks that can account for, and effectively document, situated meaning-making beyond ‘codified/linguistic’ resources.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Visual Communication. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | deaf and hearing interaction; multimodal analysis; sensory asymmetries; turn-organisation; understanding |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Education (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Apr 2019 09:23 |
Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2023 14:59 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1470357219854776 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:144992 |