The bodily configuration establishes the environment for telling in conversation among three participants seating down.

Abstract

This paper address the way how persons establish the enviroment for telling with body's configurations in sitting conversation. We focus on the combination of the resting hands' position and analyses tow cases. i) In Case I, espacially participant, whose the position of the resting hands that is different from the other participants', became teller. ii) In Case I, espacially participant, whose the position of the resting hands that is different from the other participants', did not become teller. Through examining these cases, we sugget that participant use the combination of rest hand position as resouce for establishing the enviroment for telling.