Call for papers - Studies of Talk-in-Interaction: Revisiting Paradigms, Tools, and Methodologies (vol. 2, 2026)

2025-07-21

The manuscripts sent to this call must be submitted under the section : Estudos de fala-em-interação

Os manuscritos enviados a essa chamada devem ser submetidos para a seção Estudos de fala-em-interação.

 

Talk-in-interaction has been established as a fruitful field of linguistic inquiry, notably due to its commitment to the detailed examination of the social practices that structure our everyday lives. Research grounded in conversation analysis, ethnomethodology, interactional linguistics, gesture studies, among other related approaches, has shown that our interactions are co-constructed in situ, from the participants’ perspective (the so-called emic perspective), and through the use of multiple resources, including vocal, embodied, and material ones.

 

Research in this area has increasingly highlighted the fundamentally multimodal nature of human interaction, which demands new theoretical and methodological perspectives, as well as the ongoing development and revision of analytical tools capable of addressing the complexity of empirical data (Heath; Hindmarsh; Luff, 2010; Garcez; Bulla; Loder, 2014; Mondada 2019; Cruz; Ostermann; Andrade; Frezza, 2019; Robinson; Clift; Kendrick; Raymond, 2024; Drew; Ostermann; Raymond, 2024; Schröder, 2025). The use of video recordings, advances in automatic transcription techniques, the incorporation of AI-based tools, the role of physical artifacts in the course of interactions, as well as contemporary technological challenges related to the coupling of humans and technologies, pose crucial questions for researchers of talk-in-interaction (Ostermann; Frezza; Perobelli, 2020; Haddington; Eilittä; Kamunen; Kohonen‑Aho; Oittinen; Rautiainen; Vatanen, 2024).

 

Faced with the challenges these questions present—for example, decisions on how to adopt specific transcription conventions (Jefferson, 1984; Gago, 2002, Loder, 2008; Selting et al., 2016; Mondada 2016; Viterbo Lage; Schröder; Alves, 2019; Schröder; Nascimento; Silva, 2019; Haddington; Eilittä; Kamunen; Kohonen‑Aho; Oittinen; Rautiainen; Vatanen, 2024)—this special issue aims to bring together works that focus on paradigms, methodologies, and tools in the study of talk-in-interaction. We are particularly interested in receiving theoretical reflections, methodological proposals, empirical analyses, and discussions on the impact of technological innovations in the field, with the goal of contributing to the advancement and renewal of research that views language as a situated social practice (cf. Perobelli; Lemos, 2022; Cruz, 2021; Soto Rodríguez; Dankel; Satti, 2022; Mondada; Cruz; Ribeiro 2024; Haddington; Eilittä; Kamunen; Kohonen‑Aho; Oittinen; Rautiainen; Vatanen, 2024; Schröder 2025, among others).

 

We invite contributions from the following research areas (among others):

  • Conversation analysis
  • Interactional linguistics
  • Ethnomethodology
  • Gesture and embodiment studies

 

We welcome papers that address (among other topics):

  • Theoretical, methodological, and conceptual reflections within the relevant fields
  • Issues related to methodological blending
  • Presentation of analytical tools accompanied by examples of their application in research
  • Discussion and exemplification of concrete problems encountered in empirical studies
  • Comparison of transcription approaches applied to the same interactional sequence, illustrating advantages and disadvantages
  • Formulation of new questions and emerging challenges in the field

 

Languages accepted: Portuguese, English, and Spanish.

 

 

Timeline

  • Submissions: September 25 – January 30
  • Notification of acceptance: By May 30
  • Publication: By July 31

 

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