ABSTRACT
Modal density refers to the modal intensity and/or the modal complexity through which a higher-level action is constructed.
The intensity, weight, or importance of specific modes in interaction are determined by the situation, the social actors, and other social and environmental factors involved. Therefore, the weight of any specific mode changes
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The complexity and multiplicity of modes in interaction is dependent upon the participants’ lower-level actions that construct the higher-level actions. Any higher-level action is constructed through interplay among a multiplicity of communicative modes. Social actors draw on certain embodied modes such as spoken language, gaze, gesture, posture, and proxemics. At the same time, the social actors may employ disembodied modes, such as listening to recorded music or reading magazines together.
