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Abstract
ABSTRACT How can lexical repetition help in guiding someone to do something? We take the example of sports climbing. Climbing demands complex bodily movements to reach holds and propel the body upwards. It is harder for visually impaired athletes, since they cannot see in advance where holds are located, so guides help them. There is a great deal of interplay between the (a) affordances of the climbing wall; (b) the guides’ understanding of what the climbers are touching; and (c) the formatting, timing, and delivery of their instructions. We find that guides use carefully timed and prosodically calibrated lexical repetition (for example, up up up!) to adjust both the duration and direction of the climbers’ ongoing movements and to make sure that they get to their planned holds. Data are in Italian with English translation.
词汇重复如何帮助指导某人做某事?我们以运动攀岩为例。攀爬需要复杂的身体动作来到达支撑点并推动身体向上。对于视力受损的运动员来说,难度更大,因为他们无法提前看到支撑点的位置,所以导游会帮助他们。在(a)攀岩墙的可视性之间存在大量的相互作用;(b)导游对登山者接触到的东西的理解;以及(c)指令的格式、时间和传递。我们发现,向导会使用精心计时和韵律校准的词汇重复(例如,up up up!)来调整登山者正在进行的运动的持续时间和方向,并确保他们到达计划的支点。数据为意大利语,附有英文翻译。
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The journal publishes the highest quality empirical and theoretical research bearing on language as it is used in interaction. Researchers in communication, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, linguistic anthropology and ethnography are likely to be the most active contributors, but we welcome submission of articles from the broad range of interaction researchers. Published papers will normally involve the close analysis of naturally-occurring interaction. The journal is also open to theoretical essays, and to quantitative studies where these are tied closely to the results of naturalistic observation.