A Multimodal Discourse Analysis Approach to Humour in Conference Presentations: The Case of Autobiographic References

Ruiz-Madrid, Noelia; Fortanet-Gómez, Inmaculada

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.02.060

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“…Work has been done on spoken discourse together with, for example, intonation (Halliday and Greaves 2008), proxemics (Lim et al 2012), or gestures (Kendon 2004). In addition, others have analysed speakers' effective use and combination of semiotic resources (multimodal ensembles) to support comprehension (Norte Fernández-Pacheco 2018), interaction (Morell 2004), amusement (Ruiz-Madrid andFortanet-Gómez 2015), persuasion (Valeiras-Jurado et al 2018), solidarity (Hood and Forey 2005) and engagement (Forey and Feng 2016). These Multimodal Discourse Analysis (MDA) studies, informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), focus on the overall communicative effect of the multimodal ensembles rather than on the individual modes.…”

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How do presenters engage with their audience? Speakers’ multimodal interpersonal behaviour in research dissemination talks

Valeiras-Jurado

Morell²

2020

Multimodal Communication

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Speakers in research dissemination talks are challenged with the need to connect with an audience that does not necessarily share their knowledge and expertise. This communicative situation can be particularly challenging for speakers using English both as a foreign language and for academic purposes. This study combines multimodal and ethnographic methods to explore how speakers of dissemination talks engage with their public. It focuses on four presenters’ use and combination of language, paralanguage, kinesics, proxemics and gaze during intensive moments of engagement. The results show that these interpersonal rich points consist of dense multimodal ensembles that serve to shorten the distance between presenters and their audiences. The findings suggest that a skilful orchestration of modes can be greatly beneficial to achieve the desired level of audience engagement. Therefore, developing speakers’ multimodal communicative competence should be a priority in English for specific and academic purposes (ESP/EAP) training.

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How do presenters engage with their audience? Speakers’ multimodal interpersonal behaviour in research dissemination talks

Valeiras-Jurado

Morell²

2020

Multimodal Communication

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“…whether they make the presentation memorable, elicit interest, laughter etc.). Along this line, works such as Ruiz-Madrid and Fortanet-Gómez (2015a) show, for instance, how speakers convey intentional humour through multimodal ensembles as they make autobiographic references, in order to keep the attention of the audience and contribute to a relaxed atmosphere.…”

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Multimodal enactment of characters in conference presentations

Valeiras-Jurado

Ruiz-Madrid

2019

Discourse Studies

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In academic oral genres such as conference presentations, speakers resort to more than words to convey meaning. Research also suggests that persuasion, an important element of the communicative purpose of conference presentations, is frequently achieved through a combination of semiotic modes. Therefore, a skilful orchestration of these modes can be considered key to achieving effective communication in this genre. However, our understanding of persuasion has often focused on specific elements of the message considered in isolation and mainly from the linguistic perspective. Relatively little attention has been paid to the overall persuasive effect achieved by the complex multimodal ensemble. This study approaches the analysis of persuasive strategies in conference presentations combining multimodal discourse analysis and ethnographic methods. It focuses on a particular attention-getting technique: enactment of characters, or acting the part of a person that is being referred to. Our analysis shows how it is achieved through the orchestration of different modes such as words, intonation, gestures, head movements, gaze and facial expression.

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“…to analyse different aspects of multimodal texts or multimodal phenomena. With each of these theories come different frameworks and methodologies such as O' Halloran's (2004) intersemiotic and resemiotisation, Norris's (2008), Jewitt & Jones' (2008), Ruiz-Madrid & Fortanet-Gomez's (2015 qualitative study in office, classroom ability, and humorous conference presentations contexts, Bower & Hedberg's (2010) quantitative study in (teaching and learning) web-conferencing context, and Hong's (2012) ethnographic and quantitative study in teaching English language skills context. This study applies the qualitative approach to the study of multimodal resources.…”

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A multimodal generic perspective on Nigerian stand-up comedy

Ogoanah

Ojo

2018

EJHR

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Studies in stand-up comedy in Nigeria have recently begun to gain serious attention. Several articles that describe the psychological and socio-cultural contexts of joke texts of stand-up comedy in Nigeria have appeared within the last few years (Orhiunu 2007; Imo 2010; Adetunji 2013; Filani 2015, 2016, etc.). However, one aspect of the phenomenon that is yet to be explored is the function of a multimodal generic framework and its contributions to the humorous content of the genre. While it is important to maintain the spoken text as many writers have done, the “multiple embodied modes” (Norris 2008: 13) that amplify the spoken text must be given due consideration. This study, therefore, examines the Nigerian stand-up comedy from the perspective of a multimodal-ESP theory to genre analysis. This theory takes cognizance not only of joke-texts, but also the visual features that enhance the performance. The material for analysis is videoed data of a popular stand-up comedy show in Nigeria, “A Nite of a Thousand Laugh.” The study demonstrates that stage management, nonverbal cues (e.g. gesture, movements, and gaze), speeches, body postures, and music/sounds contribute to the communicative value and the production of the genre. Also, it shows how plausible multimodal-ESP approach to genre is in the description of stand-up comedy in the Nigerian context and how the knowledge can be integrated into the teaching and learning of technology-mediated communications (TMC), such as using English for entertainment purposes.

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A Multimodal Discourse Analysis Approach to Humour in Conference Presentations: The Case of Autobiographic References

Cited by 20 publications

References 10 publications

How do presenters engage with their audience? Speakers’ multimodal interpersonal behaviour in research dissemination talks

How do presenters engage with their audience? Speakers’ multimodal interpersonal behaviour in research dissemination talks

Multimodal enactment of characters in conference presentations

A multimodal generic perspective on Nigerian stand-up comedy

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