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Publication details [#58611]

Hoey, Elliott M. 2014. Sighing in Interaction: Somatic, Semiotic, and Social. Research on Language and Social Interaction 47 (2) : 175–200.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bodily posture | emotion | interaction structure | social interaction | sound

Language as a subject

English, American

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This paper discusses the various specific interactional actions sighs perform and how their placement and purveyance enlightens participants’ comprehensions of their interactional importance. Examined data are in American English.