Publications
Publication details [#51573]
Peräkylä, Anssi and Johanna Ruusuvuori. 2009. Facial and Verbal Expressions in Assessing Stories and Topics. Research on Language and Social Interaction 42 (4) : 377–394. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This study explores speakers' and recipients' facial and verbal expressions in story and topic evaluation in everyday Finnish conversations. The temporal flexibility of the face is shown to be a subtle tool for enhancing shared comprehension and affiliation.