Pekarek Doehler et al. 2022: The Grammar-Body Interface in Social Interaction

Pekarek Doehler, Keevallik, Li have edited a special issue at Frontiers in Communication on The Grammar-Body Interface, with an introduction here. Abstract: Human communication rests on a complex ecology of multiple resources that are orchestrated for collaborative meaning-making and coordination of social action. The aim of this Research Topic is to analyze how grammar and …

Scandinavian interactional linguistics in Switzerland: Keevallik

Keevallik will be presenting at the closing event for the Scandinavian Linguistics research area at University of Basel's Department of Languages and Literatures. Keevallik is presenting with Prof. Lorenza Mondada on 'Interactional linguistics in Sweden and Scandinavia: A subjective Ueberblick'. She is also presenting the keynote lecture, 'Embodied Swedish syntax'. More information on the event …

Keevallik: Linguistic structures emerging in synchronization in Pilates classes

Keevallik is publishing an article in a collection on mobility and grammar: 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. Abstract: This chapter targets grammar in the interactive process …

IPrA Keevallik – Grammatical coordination of embodied action in Pilates classes

Keevallik presented at IPrA2019 in Hong Kong on 'Grammatical coordination of embodied action in Pilates classes', as part of a panel she organized with Pekarek Doehler. Abstract: Language is but one resource of sense-making and action formation. As interacting human beings we cannot merely rely on our earlier experiences of lexicon and grammar, because this …

Keevallik: Grammatical coordination of embodied action- The Estonian ja ‘and’ as a temporal coordinator of Pilates moves

Forthcoming chapter! 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. Abstract: This paper looks at the Estonian …