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Backchannels revisited from a multimodal perspective

Year: 2007

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: In this study, we analyze the role of several linguistic cues (prosodic units, pitch contours, discourse markers, morphological categories, and gaze direction) in French turn-taking face-to-face interactions. Specifically, we investigate vocal and gestural backchannel signals (BCs) produced by a recipient to show his active listening. We show that some particular pitch contours and discursive markers play a systematic role in inducing both gestural and vocal BCs. Conversely, morphological categories and gestural cues rather play a role for gestural BCs.

Source: HAL

Authors: Bertrand, Roxane, Ferré, Gaëlle, Blache, Philippe, Espesser, Robert, Rauzy, Stéphane

Institution: Laboratoire Parole et Langage

Language: English

Topic: Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1533603940

FWCI: 30.74

Cites: 22

Cited by: 41

Related to: 10