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This special issue targets the relationship between language and the body, in cases where the local emergence of grammar and lexicon is embedded in trajectories of instruction. The contributions document how the body comes into use in sequences of verbal interaction, as well as how the language system systematically embraces the body. The natural habitat for grammar lies within a multimodal ecology of speakers engaging not only with each others’ mental spheres but also with each others’ bodies.

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Keywords: embodied interaction ; syntax-in-interaction ; intractional linguistics ; vocalization ; multimodality ; instruction

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