- PII
- S0205-95920000338-8-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S20000338-8-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Abstract
- In the first part of this paper, published in issue 1, 2018, the notion of multichannel discourse was introduced as a novel and promising object of investigation. In contrast to the traditional view of language as verbal structure, a more encompassing view was proposed, in which language involves a wide range of communication channels. The verbal channel and the prosodic channel, the latter including numerous components, are realized in the vocal (auditory) modality. The kinetic (visual) modality is represented as a large set of communication channels, including eye movements, various kinds of gestures, and proxemics. The principles of annotating the major communication channels were considered, including the verbal channel, the manual gestures, and the oculomotor channel. In the present part of the paper the resource “Russian Pear Chats and Stories” is discussed. The resource consists of the recordings of natural communication between several participants, along with the vocal and kinetic annotation. The resource has been created within the framework of a integrated theoretical and methodological approach towards multichannel discourse. The recordings were made with the help of original technical solutions, including high quality audio and video capture and eye tracking. This forms a basis for a program of multichannel studies, including the generalnotions of communication theory and the problem of interaction between channels. A review is provided of the main avenues of contemporary research in the domain of multichannel communication. The concluding section summarizes the findings of both parts of the paper and suggests the future research perspectives. The approach taken in this paper is proposed from the side of linguistics, but at the same time is of an interdisciplinary nature and is addressed to psychological readership.
- Keywords
- communication, discourse, multimodality, multichannel studies, prosody, gesticulation, eye movements, psychology of speech.
- Date of publication
- 15.12.2025
- Year of publication
- 2025
- Number of purchasers
- 8
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- 610