Interactional Linguistics

Editors

Ilana Mushin | University of Queensland, Australia | interactional.linguistics

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Simona Pekarek Doehler | University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland | interactional.linguistics

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In the past two decades, usage-based approaches to linguistic inquiry have forged an empirically grounded comprehension of language as locally contingent, temporal, and ever-adaptive. Interactionally-oriented approaches to the study of language have evidenced both how linguistic structures function as resources for organizing social interaction, and, conversely, how social interaction shapes linguistic structures.

Interactional Linguistics aims to advance our understanding of this symbiotic relationship between language and social interaction, contributing to a more encompassing comprehension of what language is, in light of its use within the dynamics of social interaction. This fully peer-reviewed journal publishes original research that demonstrates how close scrutiny of linguistic structures as they occur in social interaction can deepen our appreciation of the functional and formal aspects of language, be it within a single language or cross-linguistically. The journal publishes qualitative and quantitative research and welcomes empirical as well as theoretical arguments.

Interactional Linguistics publishes its articles Online First.

Information on Open Access publication can be found under the button Submission below.

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ISSN: 2666-4224 | E-ISSN: 2666-4232

https://doi.org/10.1075/il

20 December 2024

Grounding lists : Building common ground as a multimodal practice in interaction

Philipp Dankel , Simon Titze & Ulrike Schröder

10 December 2024

Indexing pragmatic functions of kiss-teeth through embodiment and viewpoint construction : Insights from a Surinamese participant

Tatjana Schnellinger

6 December 2024

A multimodal approach to grammatical aspect : Embedded depictions and their aspectual characteristics as interactional resources

Rosario Neyra , Matthew Butler , Emilie Munch Nicolaisen , Paul Sbertoli-Nielsen , Catherine L. Tam , Barbara A. Fox & Chase Wesley Raymond

1 October 2024

Giving space for self-direction : Trouble-flagging declaratives in sanctioning problem behavior

Laurenz Kornfeld

11 July 2024

Editorial

IL 4:1 (2024) pp. 1–2

30 April 2024

Meaning as referential work : Reflections on the research object of Interactional Semantics

Tom Koole | IL 3:1-2 (2023) pp. 167–177

25 April 2024

Ad-hoc-compounds in spoken German : (When) do we need compositionality?

Henrike Helmer | IL 3:1-2 (2023) pp. 67–92

23 April 2024

Escalating prosody : The vocal depiction of mobile action sequences

Beatrice Szczepek Reed | IL 4:1 (2024) p. 97

5 April 2024

From doing work on your own talk to doing work on others’ talk : The longitudinal development of also ‘so’ in L2 German

Sam Schirm | IL 4:1 (2024) pp. 68–96

18 March 2024

Meaning in interaction

Arnulf Deppermann & Elwys De Stefani | IL 3:1-2 (2023) pp. 1–12

12 January 2024

Displaying a negative stance by questioning meaning : The Italian format Che cosa vuol dire X? (‘What does X mean?’)

Elwys De Stefani | IL 3:1-2 (2023) pp. 40–66

11 January 2024

The semantics of taste in interaction : Body, materiality and sensory lexicon in tasting sessions

Lorenza Mondada | IL 3:1-2 (2023) p. 93

Self-repeat as a multimodal retraction practice : Evidence from Hebrew conversation

Leon Shor & Michal Marmorstein | IL 3:1-2 (2023) pp. 132–166

9 January 2024

Meta-semantic practices in social interaction : Definitions and specifications provided in response to Was heißt X (‘what does X mean’)

Arnulf Deppermann | IL 3:1-2 (2023) pp. 13–39

23 October 2023

Seeing is believing : The multisensorial emergence of the Estonian näed ‘you see’ as an evidential

Leelo Keevallik & Marri Amon | IL 4:1 (2024) pp. 38–67

Longitudinal change in linguistic resources for interaction : The case of tu vois (‘you see’) in L2 French

Klara Skogmyr Marian | IL 4:1 (2024) pp. 3–37

Issues

Online-first articles

Board

Editorial Board

Rebecca Clift | University of Essex, UK

Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen | University of Helsinki, Finland

Arnulf Deppermann | Leibniz-Institute for the German Language, Mannheim, Germany

Mark Dingemanse | Radboud University, Netherlands

Barbara A. Fox | University of Colorado, USA

Rod Gardner | University of Queensland, Australia

Makoto Hayashi | Nagoya University, Japan

Kobin H. Kendrick | University of York, UK

Leelo Keevallik | Linköping University, Sweden

Yael Maschler | University of Haifa, Israel

Richard Ogden | University of York, UK

Marja-Leena Sorjonen | University of Helsinki, Finland

Jürgen Streeck | University of Texas, Austin, USA

Hongyin Tao | University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Sandra A. Thompson | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

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Subjects

Linguistics

Theoretical linguistics

Discourse studies

Pragmatics

Functional linguistics

Main BIC Subject

CF: Linguistics

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General