Multimodal perspectives on communication with face masks in times of covid-19

Recent studies on talk-in-interaction emphasize the intercorporeal holistic nature of human action. Given that our everyday communication had changed profoundly during the covid-19 pandemic, considering the interactional constraints related to our limited mobility, social distancing, and the use of...

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Autores: Schröder, Ulrike Agathe, Ladilova, Anna, Gonçalves, Sineide, Amendoeira, Fernanda Roque
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Recursos:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Repositorio:RECIIS (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br:article/4314
Acesso em linha:https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/4314
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Habla-en-interacción
Mascarillas faciales
Covid-19
Intercorporalidad
Intersinestesia
Fala-em-interação
Máscaras faciais
Intercorporealidade
Talk-in-interaction
Face masks
Intercorporeality
Intersynesthesia
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Resumo:Recent studies on talk-in-interaction emphasize the intercorporeal holistic nature of human action. Given that our everyday communication had changed profoundly during the covid-19 pandemic, considering the interactional constraints related to our limited mobility, social distancing, and the use of face masks, we pose the following question in this article: What happens when the use of face masks blocks important parts of interactional fluency and how do interactants deal with it? Through collection, transcription, and analysis of data from videos from the first months after the outbreak, the following results were revealed: (a) raising of the eyebrow as a marker of focal accent; (b) enlargement of gestural space and frequent use of beat gestures, when social distancing and mask-wearing are at play; (c) at a micro level, compensation for the loss of facial expression due to mask-wearing, through intonational cues.