Some theoretical and methodological challenges of transcribing touch in talk-in-interaction

Luca Greco (1, 2) , Renata Galatolo (3) , Anne-Sylvie Horlacher (4) , Vanessa Piccoli (5) , Anna Claudia Ticca (6, 5) , Biagio Ursi (5)

1 UL UFR SHS - UFR Sciences humaines et sociales - Metz [Université de Lorraine]
2 Crem - Centre de Recherche sur les Médiations
3 UNIBO - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna
4 Unibas - Université de Bâle = University of Basel = Basel Universität
5 ICAR - Interactions, Corpus, Apprentissages, Représentations
6 LIDILEM - LInguistique et DIdactique des Langues Étrangères et Maternelles

In this paper, we deal with theoretical and analytical issues raised by the transcription of touching practices. We will focus on both transcription resources and on how these resources are suitable for representing relevant analytical issues in studying touch. In particular, we are faced with methodological and epistemological issues at work with the visual and iconic dimensions of transcription systems and their relation with sensorial modality – touch – that can be, according to the context, purely visual (touch for showing and mapping), tactile (touch for testing and diagnosing), and tactile and visual (touch for orienting and guiding).

Mots clés: Description; Transcription of video data; Touching practices; Multimodality; Interactional linguistics

Mots clés: Multimodalité; Transcription de données audiovisuelles; Toucher; Description; Linguistique interactionnelle

Domaines: Linguistique; Etudes sur le genre; Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Luca Greco, Renata Galatolo, Anne-Sylvie Horlacher, Vanessa Piccoli, Anna Claudia Ticca, et al.. Some theoretical and methodological challenges of transcribing touch in talk-in-interaction. Social Interaction. Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality, 2019, 2 (1), pp.[En ligne]. ⟨10.7146/si.v2i1.113957⟩. ⟨hal-02956481v2⟩