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Asymmetries of Knowledge and Epistemic Change in Social Gaming Interaction

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Piirainen-Marsh, A., & Tainio, L. (2014). Asymmetries of Knowledge and Epistemic Change in Social Gaming Interaction. The Modern Language Journal, 98(4), 1022-1038. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12153
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Authors
Piirainen-Marsh, Arja |
Tainio, Liisa
Date
2014
Discipline
Englannin kieliEnglish
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© The Modern Language Journal. This is a final draft version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published The Modern Language Journal.

 
While a growing number of studies investigate the role of knowledge and interactional management of knowledge asymmetries in conversation analysis, the epistemic organization of multilingual and second language interactions is still largely unexplored. This article addresses this issue by investigating how knowledge asymmetries and changing positions with regard to knowledge impact social interaction in multilingual gaming activities. Drawing on a collection of video recordings of social gaming sessions collected over a two year period and involving the same two participants, we examine how the participants orient to knowledge and deal with knowledge asymmetries while solving game related problems and tasks. In addition to detailed analysis of local aspects of epistemic organization, we examine how the participants’ epistemic positions change over time. Findings show that epistemic changes impact the social organization of the gaming activities and constitute the situation as a learning event. ...
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Wiley-Blackwell; National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations
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0026-7902
Keywords
epistemic organization epistemic asymmetry and change multilingual language use social gaming vuorovaikutus
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https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12153
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http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201411203316

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https://converis.jyu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/23978288

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