Girard-Groeber, Simone

2017-7, Girard-Groeber, Simone, Stoenica, Ioana-Maria

2014-6-1, Girard-Groeber, Simone, Pochon-Berger, Evelyne

This article examines a recurrent phenomenon in sign language interaction: the freezing of a sign, called a ‘hold’, in turn-final position. This phenomenon is traditionally described as a prosodic feature that contributes to the rhythm of signed talk and to the marking of syntactic boundaries, hence not adding any propositional content on its own. A detailed observation of these holds in naturally occurring conversational data, however, raises the following questions: What is the relevance of such holds in the management of turn-taking? What meaningful social action do they accomplish? Based on 90 min of video-recordings of Swiss German Sign Language (DSGS) interaction within an institutional setting, we undertake micro-sequential and multimodal analyses yielding the following findings (1) turnfinal holds occur recurrently in turns that set a strong action projection (e.g. questions), (2) they embody the current speaker’s expectations regarding next actions; and therefore (3) their release is finely tuned to the recognizability of the relevant and expected next action in progress.

2012-1-1, Girard-Groeber, Simone

2015-5-19, Girard-Groeber, Simone

2014-2-1, Girard-Groeber, Simone

2011, Girard-Groeber, Simone, Pekarek Doehler, Simona

Groeber, S. & Pekarek Doehler, S. (2011). Experiencing hearing loss in school: Hearing and understanding in student teacher interaction. In: Egbert, M. & Deppermann, A. (eds.), Hearing Aids Communication: Bringing Together Human Interaction, Technology and Audiology to Improve Hearing Aid Use. Mannheim: Verlag für Gesprächsforschung, 76-89.

2014-11-17, Girard-Groeber, Simone

2012, Egbert, M., Girard-Groeber, Simone, Johansen, J.D., Meis, M., Pajo, K., Ruusuvuori, J., Ruusuvuori, J., Skelt, L.