Matthew Burdelski

Burdelski, Matthew and Chie Fukuda 2019 Multimodal membership categorization and storytelling in a guided tour Categorization in multilingual storytelling, Prior, Matthew T. and Steven Talmy (eds.), pp. 337–358 | Article

This study examines multimodal membership categorization and storytelling in Japanese at an Okinawan culture center in Hawai‘i. Based on audiovisual recordings of a guided tour (112 minutes), it examines ways the guide and visitors use explicit and implicit means in constructing the membership… read more

Yamazaki, Akiko, Keiichi Yamazaki, Keiko Ikeda, Matthew Burdelski, Mihoko Fukushima, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Miyuki Kurihara, Yoshinori Kuno and Yoshinori Kobayashi 2015 Interactions between a quiz robot and multiple participants: Focusing on speech, gaze and bodily conduct in Japanese and English speakers Gaze in Human-Robot Communication, Broz, Frank, Hagen Lehmann, Bilge Mutlu and Yukiko Nakano (eds.), pp. 47–70 | Article

This paper reports on a quiz robot experiment in which we explore similarities and differences in human participant speech, gaze, and bodily conduct in responding to a robot’s speech, gaze, and bodily conduct across two languages. Our experiment involved three-person groups of Japanese and… read more

Burdelski, Matthew 2014 Early experiences with food: Socializing affect and relationships in Japanese Language and Food: Verbal and nonverbal experiences, Szatrowski, Polly E. (ed.), pp. 233–256 | Article

This paper examines children’s early experiences with food in Japan. Focusing on meal and snack time in and around households and a preschool, it identifies three practices across these settings – talking about food, finishing all of one’s food, and behaving properly at the table – and examines the… read more

Burdelski, Matthew, Michie Kawashima and Keiichi Yamazaki 2014 Storytelling in guided tours: Practices, engagement, and identity at a Japanese American museum Narrative Inquiry 24:2, pp. 328–346 | Article

This article examines storytelling (narratives) in interaction at a Japanese American museum. The analysis draws upon audiovisual recordings of tours led by older, male Japanese American docents. It examines ways docents tell stories — primarily of vicarious experience — in educating visitors on… read more

Burdelski, Matthew 2013 “I’m sorry, flower”: Socializing apology, relationships, and empathy in Japan Pragmatics and Society 4:1, pp. 54–81 | Article

Apologies have long been considered an important social action in many languages for dealing with frictions of everyday interaction and restoring interpersonal harmony in response to an offense. Although there has been an increasing amount of research on apologies in non-Western languages, little… read more

Yamazaki, Akiko, Keiichi Yamazaki, Keiko Ikeda, Matthew Burdelski, Mihoko Fukushima, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Miyuki Kurihara, Yoshinori Kuno and Yoshinori Kobayashi 2013 Interactions between a quiz robot and multiple participants: Focusing on speech, gaze and bodily conduct in Japanese and English speakers Gaze in human-robot communication, Broz, Frank, Hagen Lehmann, Bilge Mutlu and Yukiko Nakano (eds.), pp. 366–389 | Article

This paper reports on a quiz robot experiment in which we explore similarities and differences in human participant speech, gaze, and bodily conduct in responding to a robot’s speech, gaze, and bodily conduct across two languages. Our experiment involved three-person groups of Japanese and… read more

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