Noticing and assessing nature
A multimodal investigation of the format “perception imperative + exclamative” based on mobile eye-tracking
data
We analyze how walkers employ a verbal format, i.e., the combination of a perception imperative followed by a wie ‘how’-exclamative (e.g., KUCK ma wie TRAUMhaft das
is; ‘look PTCL how wonderful that is’), in its multimodal embedding, thus contributing to a multimodal extension of interactional linguistics. The analysis heavily relies on mobile
eye-tracking as a method to collect naturally occurring data. It is argued that this kind of analysis would not be
possible without the use of this novel technology. We focus on the role of the verbal format in the process of
transforming individual perceptions into intersubjective experiences of nature, for which the precise documentation of
gaze is essential. It is shown that the
interactional function of this combined format is to draw the co-walker’s attention to an object in the surroundings
and to express an affective stance towards it, treating
the noticed referent as noteworthy and remarkable.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Background
- 2.1Walking together
- 2.2Walking together in nature
- 3.The constructional format “perception imperative +
wie ‘how’-exclamative”
- 3.1Perception imperatives
- 3.2Wie ‘how’-exclamatives
- 4.Data and methods
- 5.The format and its multimodal embedding
- 6.Solitary uses of perception imperatives or wie ‘how’-exclamatives
- 6.1Only the perception imperative is used
- 6.2Only the wie ‘how’-exclamative
is used
- 7.Conclusions
-
Notes
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