Interpersonal distance, mouth sounds, and referentiality in child-dog play: A pluridisciplinary approach

IF 1.4 2区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Language & Communication Pub Date : 2025-05-07 DOI:10.1016/j.langcom.2025.04.006

Rea Peltola , Yaru Wu , Marine Grandgeorge

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to explore how interpersonal distance, mouth sounds, and human language are synchronized to construe meaning within interspecies play projects. The data consist of video recordings presenting 4 child-dog dyads in ecological French-speaking contexts. The study combines ethological methods, phonetic analysis, and cognitive-linguistic analysis. The paper shows that physical contact and proximity characterize child-dog play and affect children's vocal behaviour. Adjustments in interpersonal distance are conditioned by ongoing play projects. In plays including hidden or out-of-reach objects, proxemic adjustments, sounds, and language structures construe referentiality and perspective-taking.

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人际距离，口音，和儿童-狗游戏的参照：多学科的方法

本文的目的是探索人际距离、口音和人类语言如何同步来解释物种间游戏项目中的意义。这些数据包括在法语生态环境下4对儿童-狗的录像。该研究结合了行为学方法、语音分析和认知语言分析。研究表明，儿童与狗的身体接触和接近是儿童玩耍的特征，并影响儿童的发声行为。人际距离的调整取决于正在进行的游戏项目。在包含隐藏或遥不可及的物体的戏剧中，比邻调整、声音和语言结构构成了指称性和视角获取。

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Language & Communication Multiple-

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3.40

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6.70%

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期刊介绍： This journal is unique in that it provides a forum devoted to the interdisciplinary study of language and communication. The investigation of language and its communicational functions is treated as a concern shared in common by those working in applied linguistics, child development, cultural studies, discourse analysis, intellectual history, legal studies, language evolution, linguistic anthropology, linguistics, philosophy, the politics of language, pragmatics, psychology, rhetoric, semiotics, and sociolinguistics. The journal invites contributions which explore the implications of current research for establishing common theoretical frameworks within which findings from different areas of study may be accommodated and interrelated. By focusing attention on the many ways in which language is integrated with other forms of communicational activity and interactional behaviour, it is intended to encourage approaches to the study of language and communication which are not restricted by existing disciplinary boundaries.