Corpus linguistics and multimodal interaction

Adolphs, Svenja and Knight, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4745-6502 2025. Corpus linguistics and multimodal interaction. Collins, L. and Mahlberg, M., eds. International Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics, Elsevier, (10.1016/B978-0-323-95504-1.00459-2)

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Abstract

Advances in the field of corpus linguistics over the past three to four decades have enabled the development of multi-billion-word collections of spoken and written language that can be analyzed to reveal patterns of language use in a way not previously possible. However, while the analysis of large-scale text corpora can provide insights into language patterning and can help establish linguistic profiles of particular social contexts, it is often limited to the textual dimension of communication and therefore unable to account for the multimodal nature of communicative processes. In response, researchers have started to develop multimodal corpus resources and analytical frameworks that allow the systematic exploration of both speech and gestures of participants in a conversation. This article provides an overview of some new insights into the relationship between the verbal and the non-verbal and the patterns that emerge when their complementarity is studied through a corpus approach.

Item Type:	Book Section
Schools:	Schools > Modern Languages
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISBN:	9780443157851
Last Modified:	05 Mar 2026 16:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/185551

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