Talking about the Body Using the Body : Nonverbal Acts in Korean Medicine Clinics

• 발행기관: 한국사회언어학회
• 저자명: Lee Hye min
• 간행물 정보: 『사회언어학』제23권 3호, 291~323쪽, 전체 33쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2015.12.31

영문 초록

This paper attempts to explore how people communicate “using their body,” otherly put, by nonverbal acts. Through a linguistic anthropological analysis on medical encounters in Korean Medicine clinics, this paper aims to examine how participants perform nonverbal acts as communicative modalities and strategies. By extending previous scholarships that emphasized the significance of nonverbal acts, this paper argues that nonverbal acts are not mere bodily actions, but rather are meaningful acts that index communicative goals, social relationships, and participants’ identity practices. With analysis on conversational data collected through anthropological fieldwork, four salient types of nonverbal acts―eye‐gaze, nodding, hand gestures, and distance adjustment― and six communicative functions―back‐channel, attitude cue, frame shift, turn‐taking, footing, and visual cue―are explored. Furthermore, this paper analyzes nonverbal acts as communicative strategy, which participants employ to achieve their communication goals, build a preferred social relationship, and perform positive identity practices.

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Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Methods and Ethnographic Settings

3. Nonverbal Acts in Medical Interaction: Types and Features

4. Nonverbal Acts in Medical Interaction: Functions

5. Nonverbal Acts in Medical Interaction: Communicative Strategies

6. Conclusion: “We talk about the body using our body!”

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Korean Medicine nonverbal communication medical encounters linguistic anthropology communicative strategy