“I don’t know how to say it”: the role of multimodal resources in meaning negotiation

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), Virtual. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Multimodal conversation analysis; multimodal resources; meaning negotiation; joint solution; interactional difficulties
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) P Language and Literature > PE English
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Languages and Management
Depositing User:	Dr Nur Nabilah Abdullah
Date Deposited:	04 Jan 2022 11:07
Last Modified:	04 Jan 2022 11:07
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/95641

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