Eric Hauser
List of John Benjamins publications in which Eric Hauser is involved.
2025 Simple language, sophisticated actions: Sequence-initiating actions by novice English users in an educational context Pragmatics and Society 16:6, pp. 777–805 | Article
Drawing on video-recorded data from an educational institution called Tokyo Global Gateway, we investigate how visiting students use English for sequence-initiating actions addressed either to a teacher (called an agent) or other students. As the students usually use Japanese to address another… read more
2024 Audible gestures: Single claps as a resource for managing interaction Pragmatics 34:3, pp. 367–392 | Article
This study focuses on one type of audible gesture, designedly single claps (DSCs), as used by different people at an educational institution. The institution is designed to provide second language English users with opportunities to use English in various situations. Through the use of… read more
2017 Avoiding initiation of repair in L2 conversations-for-learning Pragmatics 27:2, pp. 235–256 | Article
Using audio-recorded data from second language (L2) English conversations-for-learning between an L2 user of English and a first language (L1) user of English (the researcher), this study analyzes cases in which the L1 user avoids initiation of repair. In each case, the L2 user appears to have… read more
2014 Solution strokes: Gestural component of speaking trouble solution Gesture 14:3, pp. 297–319 | Article
Downward stroke gestures which are produced in conjunction with the solution of speaking trouble, such as a word search, during English language discussions among Japanese university students, are described and labeled solution strokes. Similar gestures that involve striking something are labeled… read more
2013 Beyond intersubjectivity: Task orientation and first language use in foreign language discussions Pragmatics and Society 4:3, pp. 285–316 | Article
One type of task interaction that students in a foreign language class may do is using the language they are studying for discussion. This paper analyzes interaction among Japanese university students participating in such discussions in English. The participants are interactionally competent; one… read more




