Embodied Activities

Gerhardt, Cornelia; Reber, Elisabeth

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-97325-8_1

Embodied Activities in Face-to-Face and Mediated Settings 2018

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97325-8_1

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Embodied Activities

Cornelia Gerhardt¹,

Elisabeth Reber²

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On “Whistle” Sound Objects in English Everyday Conversation

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Couper‐Kuhlen

2020

Research on Language and Social Interaction

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In this paper we study the forms and functions of whistling in social interaction (see also Reber, 2012;Reber & Couper-Kuhlen, 2010). Our analysis identifies two basic forms of conversational whistling, 1) melodic whistling, when participants whistle the tune of, e.g., a familiar song, and 2) non-melodic whistling. The focus in this paper lies on non-melodic whistles, which come in two contours linked to specific actions: a) the tonal whistle deployed for summoning (e.g., a domestic animal but also human participants) and b) the gliding whistle used for affect-laden responses to informings that breach a norm, often ones containing a numerical reference. The pitch contour used on the latter type of whistle matches those found for more lexical sound objects, e.g., "oh", "ah", and "wow". The data base for the study comprises a wide range of audio and video recordings of mundane American and British English telephone and face-to-face conversations.

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On “Whistle” Sound Objects in English Everyday Conversation

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Couper‐Kuhlen

2020

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Embodied Activities

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