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4 - Embodiment

from Part I - Talk as Social Action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2022

By
Friederike Kern
Edited by
Amelia Church  and
Amanda Bateman
Amelia Church
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Amanda Bateman
Affiliation:
Swansea University
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Summary

The role of embodiment in social interactions has attracted increasing attention in the last decade, both in the area of conversation analysis and that of cognitive science. Embodiment refers to all aspects of nonverbal, bodily behaviour, such as body posture and orientation, hand movements and gaze. This chapter will explain the concept of embodiment in both cognitive science and conversation-analytically informed research on social interaction, will present a state-of-the art review of research on embodiment in childhood interaction and will make clear the implications of this research for embodied practices in interactions with children, especially for childhood educators.

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embodimentgesturegazetouchembodied cognitionlanguage socialisationparticipation frameworksjoint attention
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Talking with Children
A Handbook of Interaction in Early Childhood Education
 , pp. 78 - 96
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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