Social coordination of verbal and non-verbal behaviours

Social coordination of verbal and non-verbal behaviours Interpersonal coordination is key to our everyday experiences. This is apparent in iconic acts of coordination like dancing, but even everyday communication is an intensely coordinative act. From what we say to how we sit, conversation weaves together numerous verbal and nonverbal systems. The diverse behaviours that contribute to communication are distributed across multiple timescales and across physical, cognitive and social systems. The interconnectedness of these systems slips into the background during effortless conversation, but in this chapter we will bring them to the fore. We argue that the interdependence of these systems during communication should be reflected in our study of interpersonal coordination.