VAGUE REFERENCE IN SPEECH AND GESTURE: L2 VS L1

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The study explores the notion construal in speech and in gesture in expository monologues in the second language (English) contrasted with the native language (Russian). The results display similar distribution in vague reference in speech and in gesture, which overall evidence in favour of common discourse patterns of multimodal construal. However, the prevalence of placeholders aligned with representational gestures in the second language attests to the higher role of lexical search to construe vague notions aided with the use of gestures.

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Maria Ivanovna Kiose

Moscow State Linguistic University; Institute of Linguistics RAS

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Email: maria_kiose@mail.ru

Doctor of Philology, Assistant Professor, Chief Researcher at Centre for Sociocognitive discourse studies at Moscow State Linguistic University, Leading Researcher at Laboratory of Multichannel communication at Institute of Linguistics RAS

Russian Federation

Alena Igorevna Zyryanova

Moscow State Linguistic University

Email: zyranova@list.ru

Volunteer of the Centre for Sociocognitive Discourse Studies, Student of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting Moscow State Linguistic University

Russian Federation

Maria Vasilievna Karkhut

Moscow State Linguistic University

Email: mariakarkhut@mail.ru

Volunteer of the Centre for Sociocognitive Discourse Studies, Student of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting Moscow State Linguistic University

Russian Federation

Boris Alekseevich Kuznetsov

Moscow State Linguistic University

Email: b04kuznetsov@gmail.com

Volunteer of the Centre for Sociocognitive Discourse Studies, Student of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting Moscow State Linguistic University

Russian Federation

Daria Mikhailovna Novoselova

Moscow State Linguistic University

Email: dasha.novoselova.2004@mail.ru

Volunteer of the Centre for Sociocognitive Discourse Studies, Student of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting Moscow State Linguistic University

Russian Federation

Fedor Andreyevich Shumansky

Moscow State Linguistic University

Email: fedor.shumanskiy@mail.ru

Volunteer of the Centre for Sociocognitive Discourse Studies, Student of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting Moscow State Linguistic University

Russian Federation

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