Publications

Publications from the projects so far:

(Letters indicate project funder: VR–Veteskapsrådet; RJ–Riksbankens Jubileumsfond)

Keevallik, L., Hofstetter, E. & Lindström, J. (2025). Instructing bodies, special issue. Interactional Linguistics, 5(1-2).

Keevallik, L., Hofstetter, E., Löfgren, A., & Wiggins, S. (2025). Response cries and syntax. Journal of Pragmatics, 240, 91–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2025.02.012 RJ

Ogden, R., & Keevallik, L. (2025). Issues of phonetics and social action in human-animal interaction. Language & Communication, 104, 113–120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2025.06.007 RJ

Keevallik, L., & Amon, M. (2024). Seeing is believing: The multisensorial emergence of the Estonian näed ‘you see’ as an evidential. Interactional Linguistics, 4(1), 38–67. https://doi.org/10.1075/il.23003.kee RJ

Löfgren, A., Keevallik, L., & Hofstetter, E. (2024). Are you serious? Workplace agenda and aesthetic negotiations with depictions at opera rehearsals. Journal of Pragmatics, 231, 82–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2024.08.001 RJ

Keevallik, L., Hofstetter, E., Löfgren, A., & Wiggins, S. (2024). R epetition for real-time coordination of action: Lexical and non-lexical vocalizations in collaborative time management. Discourse Studies, 14614456231224079. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614456231224079 VR, RJ

Hofstetter, E. (2024). A novice inquiry into unique adequacy. Qualitative Research, 24(1), 81–98. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941221132959 VR

Katila, J., Hofstetter, E., & Keevallik, L. (2023). Cries of Pleasure and Pain: Vocalizations Communicating How Touch Feels in Romantic Relationships. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 56(4), 330–349. https://doi.org/10.1080/08351813.2023.2272529 RJ

Keevallik, L. (2023). Strain grunts and the organization of participation. In L. Mondada & A. Peräkylä (Eds.), Body, participation, and the self: New perspectives on Goffman in language and interaction. Routledge. VR

Löfgren, A. (2023). Bodies to suit the music: Depictions in opera rehearsals [Doctoral thesis, Linköping University]. https://doi.org/10.3384/9789180754026 VR

Robinson, F., Pelikan, H., Watanabe, K., Damiano, L., Bown, O., & Velonaki, M. (2023). Introduction to the Special Issue on Sound in Human-Robot Interaction. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 12(4), 45:1-45:5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3632185 VR

Broth, M., & Keevallik, L. (2023). Språk och kropp i samspel. In S. Ericson, I.-L. Grahn, & S. Karlsson (Eds.), Att analysera interaktion (pp. 175–192). Studentliterattur. https://www.studentlitteratur.se/kurslitteratur/sprakvetenskap-och-sprakdidaktik/svenska-och-nordiska-sprak/att-analysera-interaktion/

Pelikan, H., & Keevallik, L. (2023). Learning from Humans: How Research on Vocalizations can Inform the Conceptualization of Robot Sound. In R. Savery (Ed.), Sound and Robotics. Chapman and Hall/CRC. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003320470 VR

Pelikan, H. (2023). Transcribing human–robot interaction: Methodological implications of participating machines. In P. Haddington, T. Eilittä, A. Kamunen, L. Kohonen-Aho, T. Oittinen, I. Rautiainen, & A. Vatanen (Eds.), Ethnomethodological Conversation Analysis in Motion. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003424888 VR

Keevallik, L., Hofstetter, E., Weatherall, A. & Wiggins, S. (2023) Sounding others’ sensations in interaction. Discourse Processes 60 (1), 73-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2023.2165027 RJ

Löfgren, A. (2023). Relocating to depict: Managing interactional agenda at opera rehearsals. Research on Language & Social Interaction, 56, 209-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/08351813.2023.2235968 VR

Keevallik, L. & Hofstetter, E. (2023). Sounding for others: Vocal resources for embodied togetherness. Language & Communication 90, 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2023.02.002. See also the whole special issue here! RJ

Pelikan, H.R.M. (2023). Robot Sound-In-Interaction. In Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’23 Companion), March 13–16, 2023, Stockholm, Sweden. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 3 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3579975 VR

Pelikan, H. (2023). Robot Sound in Interaction: Analyzing and Designing Sound for Human-Robot Coordination [Doctoral thesis, Linköping University]. https://doi.org/10.3384/9789180751179. VR

Pelikan, H., & Hofstetter, E. (2023). Managing Delays in Human-Robot Interaction. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction.30 (4), Article 50, 42 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3569890 VR

Pelikan, H.R.M. & Jung, M.F. (2023).Designing Robot Sound-In- Interaction: The Case of Autonomous Public Transport Shuttle Buses. In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction(HRI ’23), March 13–16, 2023, Stockholm, Sweden. ACM, New York, USA.https://doi.org/10.1145/3568162.3576979. [Best paper nominee – Designs] VR

Wiggins, S., & Keevallik, L. (2023). Transformations of Disgust in Interaction: The Intertwinement of Face, Sound and the Body. Social Interaction. Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality, 6(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.7146/si.v6i2.134841 VR

Hofstetter, E., & Keevallik, L. (2023). Prosody is used for real-time exercising of other bodies. Language & Communication, 88, 52–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2022.11.002 RJ

Pekarek Doehler, S., Keevallik, L., & Li, X. (2022). Editorial: The Grammar-Body Interface in Social Interaction. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.875696 VR

Pelikan, H., Broth, M. & Keevallik, L. (2022). When a robot comes to life: The interactional achievement of agency as a transient phenomenon. Social Interaction. Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality, 5(3). https://doi.org/10.7146/si.v5i3.129915 VR

Wiggins, S. (2022). Beyond the battles of the dinner table. The Psychologist, 35, 36-41. VR

Keevallik, L. (2022). The Body in Social Interaction. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.135

Pelikan, H., Robinson, F. A., Keevallik, L., Velonaki, M., Broth, M., & Bown, O. (2021). Sound in Human-Robot Interaction. Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 706–708. https://doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3444871 VR

Weatherall, A., Keevallik, L., La, J., Dowell, T. & Stubbe, M. (2021). The multimodality and temporality of pain displays. Language & Communication, 80, 56-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2021.05.008 VR

Keevallik, L. (2021). Vocalizations in dance classes teach body knowledge. Linguistic Vanguard, 7(4). https://doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2020-0098 VR

Wiggins, S. & Keevallik, L. (2021). Parental lip-smacks during infant mealtimes: Multimodal features and social functions. Interactional Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1075/il.21006.wig VR

Hofstetter, E., Keevallik, L. & Löfgren, A. (2021). Suspending syntax: Bodily strain and progressivity in talk. Frontiers in Communication. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.663307 VR

Hofstetter, E. & Keevallik, L. (2021). ‘More than meets the eye’: Accessing senses in social interaction. Social Interaction: Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.7146/si.v4i3.128152 VR

Hofstetter, E. (2021). Analyzing the researcher-participant in EMCA. Social Interaction: Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.7146/si.v4i2.127185 VR

Pelikan, H. (2021). Why Autonomous Driving Is So Hard: The Social Dimension of Traffic. In Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’21 Companion), March 8–11, 2021, Boulder, CO, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5 pages. https: //doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3447133 VR

Löfgren, A. & Hofstetter, E. (2021). Depictions in opera rehearsals: Introversive semiosis in action. Social Semiotics, 33(3) 601-620. https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2021.1907180 VR

Keevallik, L. & Weidner, M. (2021). OKAY projecting embodied compliance to directives. In E. Betz, A. Deppermann, L. Mondada & M.-L. Sorjonen (Eds.), OKAY Across Languages: Towards Comparative Approach to its use in talk-in-interaction (pp.331-356). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. VR

Keevallik, L. (2021). When a dance hold becomes illegitimate. In A. Cekaite & L. Mondada (Eds.), Touch in Social Interaction: Touch, Language, and Body (pp.124-149). Routledge: New York. VR

Wiggins, S. & Keevallik, L. (2020). Enacting gustatory pleasure on behalf of another: The multimodal coordination of infant tasting practices. Symbolic Interaction, 44(1), 87-111. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.527 VR

Hofstetter, E. (2020). Thinking with the body: Embodying thinking as a practice in board games. In S. Wiggins & K. Osvaldsson (eds) Embodiment and discursive psychology (pp.247-273). London: Palgrave. VR

Kontogiorgos, D. & Pelikan, H.R.M. (2020). Towards Adaptive and Least-Collaborative-Effort Social Robots. In Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’20 Companion), March 23–26, 2020, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 3 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378249 VR

Hofstetter, E. & Keevallik, L. (2020). Embodied interaction. In Östman & Verschueren (eds.), Handbook of Pragmatics. Online. VR

Hofstetter, E. (2020). Achieving Preallocation: Turn Transition Practices in Board Games. Discourse Processes, 58(2), 113-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2020.1816401 VR

Keevallik, L. & Ogden, R. (2020). Sounds on the margins at the heart of language. Research on Language & Social Interaction, 53(1), 1-18. [Special issue introduction] VR

Hofstetter, E. (2020). Nonlexical ‘moans’: Response cries in board game interactions. Research on Language & Social Interaction, 53(1), 42-65. VR

Keevallik, L. (2020). Multimodal noun phrases. In T. Ono & S. Thompson (Eds.), The ‘Noun Phrase’ across Languages: An Emergent Unit in Interaction (pp. 153–176). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. VR

Keevallik, L. (2020). Linguistic structures emerging in the synchronization of a Pilates class. In C. Taleghani-Nikazm, E. Betz & P. Golato (Eds.), Mobilizing Others: Grammar and Lexis within Larger Activities (pp. 147–173). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. VR

Pelikan, H.R.M., Broth, M., & Keevallik, L. (2020). ‘Are You Sad, Cozmo?’ How Humans Make Sense of a Home Robot’s Emotion Displays. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’20), March 23–26, 2020, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 10 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3319502.3374814 Video presentation also available! VR

Keevallik, L. (2020). Grammatical coordination of embodied action: The Estonian ja ‘and’ as a temporal coordinator of Pilates moves. In Y. Maschler, S. Pekarek Doehler, J. Lindström, & L. Keevallik (eds), Emergent syntax for conversation: Clausal patterns and the organization of action (pp.221-244). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. VR

Wiggins, S. (2019). Moments of pleasure: A preliminary classification of gustatory mmms and the enactment of enjoyment during infant mealtimes. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01404 VR

Keevallik, L. (2018) What Does Embodied Interaction Tell Us About Grammar?, Research on Language and Social Interaction, 51:1, 1-21, DOI: 10.1080/08351813.2018.1413887 [with commentary from E. Couper-Kuhlen & J. Streeck] VR

Keevallik, L. (2018) Sequence Initiation or Self-Talk? Commenting on the Surroundings While Mucking out a Sheep Stable, Research on Language and Social Interaction, 51:3, 313-328, DOI: 10.1080/08351813.2018.1485233 VR

Keevallik, L. (2018) The temporal organization of conversation while mucking out a sheep stable. In A. Deppermann & J. Streeck (Eds.), Time in Embodied Interaction: Synchronicity and sequentiality of multimodal resources (pp. 97–122). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. VR