Nonverbal Communication: Broadening the Scope of Visual Input
The Multimodal Context of Phonological Learning - Debra M. Hardison
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Michigan State University
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Debra M. Hardison (PhD, Indiana University) is a faculty member in the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures at Michigan State University. She has directed language and academic programs, and taught courses on second-language phonetics and phonology, linguistics for language teachers, second language acquisition, and research methods. Her research focuses on auditory-visual integration in spoken language processing, co-speech gesture, applications of technology in perception and production training, and the relationship between learner variables and oral communication skill development. She has published in numerous handbooks, edited collections, and journals such as Language Learning & Technology, Applied Psycholinguistics, and Language Teaching Research.
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Chapter 6 reviews a range of nonverbal cues used in communication such as eye gaze in its interactional role (e.g., directing turn-taking), head movements, and manual gestures, in addition to the technologies available to examine the co-occurrence of head nods, eyeblinks, brow raise, lip movements, manual gestures, and features of speech (e.g., pitch-accented vowels). As with other components of a speech event, variability exists across speakers and cultures in their gestures, and familiarity plays a role in the contribution of a speaker’s gestures to comprehension as it does for accent and topic.