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Body Torque

Body Torque, configured as "twisting of the upper trunk relative to the planted position of the legs" (Scheglof 1998:544). This, together with "body twist" (Cekaite, 2010), both "index divergent interactional involvements through postural instability" (Cekaite, 2010:9)

Cited in: 

Cekaite, A. (2010). Shepherding the child: embodied directive sequences in parent–child interactions. Text & Talk, 30(1), 1–25.

Source: 

Schegloff, E. A. (1998). Body Torque. Social Research, 65(3), 536–596.

C-Formation (Control Formation)

An embodiment of control, involving for example a parent positios behind a child as an embodied directive, e.g. shove the child to brush teeth.

cf. Kendon 1990 on F-formation (facing formation)

Source: Cekaite, A. (2010). Shepherding the child: embodied directive sequences in parent–child interactions. Text & Talk, 30(1), 1–25, p.7.