A Multimodal View of Aspectuality in Oral Narratives

Valeriia Denisova

A Multimodal View of Aspectuality in Oral Narratives

by Valeriia Denisova (Author)
©2019, Thesis, 206 Pages
Science, Society & Culture

Series: SLOVO, Volume 4

The book focuses on event boundedness which can be expressed in the aspectual distinction (perfective and imperfective) and on kinesthetic level between gestures that include one or several energy impulses (bounded) and smooth gestures (unbounded). The correlation of verbal and gestural expression of event boundedness is studied on the basis of oral narratives produced by Russian L1, French L1 and (Russians as) French L2 speakers. The results reveal differences in event construal in multimodal terms by speakers of different languages. Overall, the book gives insight into not only the category of aspect, but also the ways in which it is realized in spontaneous oral narratives, and more generally: event construal on the verbal and gestural levels.

Contents

Cover
Title
Copyright
About the author(s)/editor(s)
About the book
This eBook can be cited
Acknowledgements
Contents
Abstract
Chapter 1. Introduction
1. 1.1. Research background
2. 1.2. Hypothesis, research questions, and objectives
3. 1.3. Methodology
4. 1.4. The significance of the results
5. 1.5. Structure of the dissertation
Chapter 2. The problem of the relationship between event-hood and aspectuality in linguistics
1. 2.1. “Events” in linguistics
  1. 2.1.1. Origins of the linguistic theory of events: philosophy
  2. 2.1.2. Linguistic descriptions of events
  3. 2.1.3. Event parameters: from philosophy to linguistics
2. 2.2. Aspectuality as a linguistic category
  1. 2.2.1. The interrelation of the concepts of aspect and vid
  2. 2.2.2. Aspectual opposition in the Russian language
3. 2.3. Aspectual forms as a reflection of the internal structure of an event
  1. 2.3.1. The semantics of aspectuality: means of representing the structure of an event
  2. 2.3.2. Boundedness as a basis for event classifications
  3. 2.3.3. Event construal through aspectuality
4. 2.4. Empirical research on events and aspect
  1. 2.4.1. Studies of events in cognitive psychology
  2. 2.4.2. Studies on the role of gestures in multimodal communication
  3. 2.4.3. Gesture research on aspectual characteristics of verbs expressing events
5. Summary of Chapter 2
Chapter 3. Narratives: Theoretical background and methods of analysis
1. 3.1. The material analyzed: oral narratives
2. 3.2. Procedure for obtaining material for the empirical study
3. 3.3. Main characteristics of the material
4. 3.4. Selecting and analyzing verbal parameters
5. 3.5. Selecting and analyzing gestural parameters
6. Summary of Chapter 3
Chapter 4. Analysis of event construal in oral narratives: Verbal and gestural components
1. 4.1. Verbal construal of events: Qualitative and quantitative analyses of verbs
  1. 4.1.1. Analysis of tense and aspect
  2. 4.1.2. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of semantic verb groups
2. 4.2. Non-verbal event construal: Qualitative and quantitative analyses of gestures
  1. 4.2.1. Quantitative analysis of gesture forms
  2. 4.2.2. Factors that influence the correlation between the expression of boundedness on the verbal and gestural levels
  3. 4.2.3. Gesture factors
    1. 4.2.3.1. The coding for functional types of gestures
    2. 4.2.3.2. Representation in gestures
    3. 4.2.3.3. Assimilation in gesture
    4. 4.2.3.4. The character of movement
  4. 4.2.4. Profiling factor
  5. 4.2.5. Linguistic-pragmatic factors
    1. 4.2.5.1. The influence of specific aspectual meanings of the imperfective
    2. 4.2.5.2. The influence of the verb быть (byt [to be])
    3. 4.2.5.3. The use of infinitive constructions
    4. 4.2.5.4. The use of historical present
3. Summary of Chapter 4
Chapter 5. Multimodal event construal in L2 speakers’ narratives: A comparison between L1 and L2 speakers
1. 5.1. Theoretical review of the French aspectual system as compared to that of Russian
  1. 5.1.1. Aspect in French
  2. 5.1.2. Differences between aspect in Russian and in French: Points of convergence and difference
  3. 5.1.3. Passé composé and imparfait in practical grammar books
2. 5.2. Second language acquisition in speech and gesture
3. 5.3. French L1 results in comparison with Russian L1 results
4. 5.4. L2 study: Hypothesis, materials and methods
5. 5.5. Quantitative results and their assessment
6. 5.6. Qualitative results
  1. 5.6.1. Representation in gestures
  2. 5.6.2. The profiling factor in the L2 data
  3. 5.6.3. French language peculiarities
  4. 5.6.4. Peculiarities of L2 speakers’ gestures
7. Summary of Chapter 5
Chapter 6. Summary and discussion
Bibliography
Appendix 1: Transliteration conventions used for Russian (Cyrillic to Latin alphabet)
Appendix 2: Consent form
Appendix 3: The conversation prompts as provided in Russian and French
Appendix 4: A screenshot of work in ELAN
Series index

Pages:

206

Year:

2019

ISBN (HARDBACK):

9783631787939 (Active)

ISBN (EPUB):

9783631795156 (Active)

ISBN (PDF):

9783631795149 (Active)

DOI:

10.3726/b15856

Language:

English

Keywords:

French, Russian, Events, Aspect, Cognitive Linguistics, co-speech gestures

Published:

Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2019. 206 pp., 53 img. b/w.

Valeriia Denisova studied linguistics and foreign language teaching in Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU). Further on, she obtained a PhD, doing a double degree in MSLU and VU Amsterdam. Her research is conducted in the framework of cognitive linguistics and multimodal communication.

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