2020
DOI: 10.1002/symb.527
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Enacting Gustatory Pleasure on Behalf of Another: The Multimodal Coordination of Infant Tasting Practices

Abstract: Tasting as a social practice can be enacted on behalf of others through precisely positioned nonlexical vocalizations as gustatory mmms. This paper uses multimodal interaction analysis to detail the coordination of parents and infants while starting to feed solid foods; data are from families in Scotland. The analysis focuses on the organization of parental mmms in relation to eye gaze, sequentiality, and the temporal coordination of hands, food, and mouths to demonstrate their use in beginning, continuing, an… Show more

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“…By first enacting Emma's taste experience occasioned by the presence of pizza in Emma's mouth, via 'Mmm', Mum treats Emma's experience as an individual sensory one while the experience is coordinated by both Emma and Mum (cf. Wiggins & Keevallik, 2020;Mondada, 2018). Subsequently, Mum specifies the experience further drawing Emma's attention to a particular characteristic of the food item she is presumably enjoying and thus effectively socializing Emma's food preferences.…”
Section: Emm: [((Chews On Her Large Piece Of Pizza))]mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…By first enacting Emma's taste experience occasioned by the presence of pizza in Emma's mouth, via 'Mmm', Mum treats Emma's experience as an individual sensory one while the experience is coordinated by both Emma and Mum (cf. Wiggins & Keevallik, 2020;Mondada, 2018). Subsequently, Mum specifies the experience further drawing Emma's attention to a particular characteristic of the food item she is presumably enjoying and thus effectively socializing Emma's food preferences.…”
Section: Emm: [((Chews On Her Large Piece Of Pizza))]mentioning
confidence: 99%