Cries of Pleasure and Pain: Vocalizations Communicating How Touch Feels in Romantic Relationships

Figures & data

Figures 1.1–1.2 Ritva approaches and puts arm around Leena.

Figures 1.3–1.5 Ritva and Leena embrace, vocalizing ‘mm’s (Figure 1.4), and gaze at each other.

Figures 1.6–1.9 Ritva and Leena kiss, sounding as each kiss ends.

Figures 2.1–2.4 Matti and Frida establish a hug, and Matti makes a choking sound.

Figures 2.5–2.8 Matti makes a choking sound again, and they pull apart.

Figures 2.9–2.12 Frida and Matti hug and pull apart again.

Figures 3.1–3.2 The first squat.

Figures 3.3–3.4 The second squat.

Figures 3.5–3.6 The third squat.

Figures 3.7 A mutual smile.

Figures 3.8–3.9 The fourth, stronger squat, with Hilda moving back and forth, and then standing up out of the squat.

Table A1. Mondada Transcription Symbols

* *	Descriptions of embodied movements are delimited between.
+ +	Two identical symbols (one symbol per participant’s line of action, can also include & ^ @) and are synchronized with corresponding stretches of talk/lapses of time.
* – >	The action described continues across subsequent lines.
– >*	Until the same symbol is reached.
≫	The action described begins before the extract’s beginning.
–≫	The action described continues after the extract’s end.
… .	Preparation.
—	Full extension of the movement is reached and maintained.
,,,,,	Retraction.
ava	Participant doing the embodied action is identified when (s)he is not the speaker.
fig	The exact moment at which a screen shot has been taken is indicated
#	With a symbol showing its temporal position within turn at talk/segments of time.