Eiko Yasui
List of John Benjamins publications in which Eiko Yasui is involved.
Articles
2025 The use of interlocking multi-unit turns in topic shifts Pragmatics 35:1, pp. 51–71 | Article
This paper examines multi-unit turns that allow speakers to retrospectively close the prior sequence while prospectively launching a new sequence, which Schegloff (1986) referred to as interlocking organization. Using English telephone conversations as data, we focus on how multi-unit turns are… read more
2025 Vocal resource of effort and force in interaction: Japanese yoisho/iyoisho in dance instructions Instructing Bodies, Keevallik, Leelo, Emily Hofstetter and Jan Lindström (eds.), pp. 69–98 | Article
Research has demonstrated that the various types of vocal sounds that are not typically regarded as linguistic or meaningful can serve as a significant resource for interaction. This study draws on multimodal conversation analysis to investigate yoisho (iyoisho), an interjection in Japanese… read more