Katharina Meissl

KU Leuven | ku leuven · Department of Linguistics

Although research into multimodal stance-taking has gained momentum over the past years, the multimodal construction of so-called stacked stances has not yet received systematic attention in the literature. Mocking enactments are a prime example of such complex social actions as they are layered both interactionally and stance-related, and they rel...

In this contribution, we examine the way in which orchestra conductors use the space around them to convey aspects of musical dynamics. In music, dynamics refers to the intensity of volume of notes and sounds and its interpretation is highly context-bound. We approach dynamics as a phenomenon of emergent and construed meaning in interaction, induce...

On the background of the increased interest in the phenomenon of stance- taking (i.a. Englebretson 2007, Debras 2015) this contribution explores the notion of contrast pairs (Weeks 1996, Messner 2020) as it is instantiated in orchestra instruction during rehearsal, an inherently stance-laden activity given its focus on evaluating and improving the...

Stance-taking, the public act of positioning oneself toward objects, people or states of affairs, has been studied in many fields of research. Recently, its multimodal realization in interaction has received increasing attention. The current contribution aims to take stock of research on multimodal stance-taking so far, and to present possible aven...

In October 2017, the Austrian actress Nina Proll published a Facebook post, criticizing the #MeToo campaign and its participants for ›weakening women‹. The post instigated supportive and critical reactions. This Critical Discourse Study analyzes the reactions to Proll's post in six Austrian newspapers between October 25 th 2017, and March 31 st , 2...

Stance-taking, the public act of positioning oneself towards objects, people or states of affairs, has been studied in many fields of research. Recently, its multimodal realization in interaction has received increasing attention. The current contribution aims to take stock of research on multimodal stance-taking so far, and present possible avenue...

Im Zentrum des folgenden Beitrags steht die Frage, wie gesellschaftliche Zusammenhänge im Kontext ihrer sprachlichen Realisierung für das Thema der Europabildung fruchtbar gemacht werden können . Konkret wird anhand der Vorstellung der Vorgehensweise sowie der Ergebnisse einer kritisch diskursanalytisch orientierten Studie zur #MeToo-Bewegung und d...

Identity is assumed to be a discursive construct, often showing a close connection to notions of ethnicity and language. In this paper, we investigate the identity construction of three young Italians living in Vienna. We examine which factors contribute to their (non-)identification with Italy and Austria with a special regard to language. Embedde...

The research investigates Austria’s printed media reaction to the #MeToo campaign and details the discursive strategies they use to formulate the discussions about survivors and perpetrators.