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Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 20h

A (now-defunct) AI bot makes calls to restaurants etc.

It was apparently pretty successful at call openings, second summonses, uh(m)s that precede a reason for the call, and other-initiated self-repair.

Authors: test actions, not intelligence. #EMCA

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ISCA @iscaupdates.bsky.social · 4d

Online Course

Starting 13 Oct: an online, asynchronous 10-week course for learning how to do conversation analysis.,https://bedsidemanners.thinkific.com/products/courses/conversation-analysis

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Teija Ahopelto @teijah.bsky.social · 5d

Call for Papers!

The Conference on Conversation Studies takes place at Tampere University, 29–30 Jan 2026.

Proposals are warmly welcome in Finnish, Swedish, or English.

Theme: Time and Space in Interaction
Submission deadline: 30 Oct 2025
More info: events.tuni.fi/keskustelunt...

Keskusteluntutkimuksen päivät 2026 | Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisö

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 10d

It's the 25th Arbeitstagung zur Gesprächsforschung / Conference on Discourse and Conversation Analysis in Mannheim, 25-27 March 2026. I'll be running a phonetically-oriented workshop -- details to be confirmed! www.ids-mannheim.de/aktuell/vera...

AGF 2026 | IDS

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 14d

Our paper on how phonetic resources help to coordinate laughter draws on cases of joint laughter from conversations in English, Spanish and Finnish. Here's a summary of some of our findings (which rely heavily on Chafe, 2007), along with acoustic records of a laughter bout in Spanish.

There are three main phases to laughter: the initiating pulse, the exhalation sequence, and a final inhalation (Chafe, 2007). Each phase has its own phonetic potential, with the exhalation sequence being the most complex.

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Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 19d

Our paper with @marinanc.bsky.social and Jürgen Trouvain on Phonetic features in the management of laughter has just come out in Interactional Linguistics #phonetics #EMCA doi.org/10.1075/il.2...

Phonetic features in the interactional management of laughter | John Benjamins

Abstract This paper investigates the phonetic and social organisation of laughter in spoken conversation. Building on conversation analytic research that highlights laughter as a complex interactional...

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · 23d

The rest of the table of contents of the special issue of Przegląd Socjologiczny (Sociology Review) devoted to the work of Harvey Sacks

Part of the table of contents of the special issue of Przegląd Socjologiczny (Sociology Review) devoted to the work of Harvey Sacks (2)

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · 23d

EM/CA resear hers will be interested in this journal special issue on the work of Harvey Sacks, with articles in English

Vol. 74 No. 3 (2025) | Przegląd Socjologiczny

Part of the table of contents of the special issue of Przegląd Socjologiczny (Sociology Review) devoted to the work of Harvey Sacks (1)

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · 29d

The articles in the Special Issue on Coding, now out online:

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · 29d

New issue of ROLSI out online: a Special Issue of articles exploring the use of coding in conversation analysis

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Research on Language and Social Interaction

Counting practices and actions: Coding social interaction. Volume 58, Issue 3 of Research on Language and Social Interaction

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · 29d

The Abstract to the introductory article to the Special issue on Coding, edited by Tanya Stivers and Arnulf Deppermann

Abstract for Stivers and Deppermann introductory article to the ROLSI Special Issue on Coding and CA

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · 29d

The articles in the Special Issue on Coding, now out online:

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · 29d

New issue of ROLSI out online: a Special Issue of articles exploring the use of coding in conversation analysis

www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/c...

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Counting practices and actions: Coding social interaction. Volume 58, Issue 3 of Research on Language and Social Interaction

www.tandfonline.com

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · Sep 4

Scientists whose US govt. climate-monitoring website was shut down by the Trump administration have restarted it as a public service, funded by donations.

Climate.us @climate.us · Sep 4

EXCITING NEWS!
The Climate.us page has officially launched.

Here you will be able to read more about us, our plan, updates, see what real people are saying, view our news coverage, and of course find ways to take action.

We look forward to your continued support.

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ISCA @iscaupdates.bsky.social · Aug 29

CA Day 2025 - 15th December 2025 at Loughborough and Online

It's the #CADay2025 Call for Papers! Deadline: 3rd October, Event: Loughborough ,UK & hybrid, 15th December with keynotes by Chase Wesley Raymond and Deborah Chinn. Papers on any aspect of interaction illuminated by CA are welcome! #EMCA,https://darg.lboro.ac.uk/event/ca-day-2025-monday-15th-december-hybrid/

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Charlotte Albury @charlottealbury.bsky.social · Aug 21

💬How can #ConversationAnalysis research underpin communication training💬

🧵1. In our new paper we share examples of how conversation analysis has underpinned training in the context of risk communication in high-stakes settings.

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Identifying, communicating, and de-escalating risk in high-stakes settings: How conversation analysis research can underpin communication training

Communicating risk in high-stakes settings can prevent avoidable deaths. Communicating, assessing and managing risk is a critical part of many healthc…

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Mark Dingemanse @dingemansemark.bsky.social · Aug 20

Reminder! Less than a week left to apply for PhD and postdoc positions in Futures of Language — 🔁 for folks interested in the intersection of language, social interaction, and technology

Vacancies: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...
FAQ: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...

#emca #linguistics #sts

View of Radboud Campus in Nijmegen, brutalist Erasmus building hosting the Faculty of Arts & the Futures of Language project in the foreground

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Galina Bolden @galinabolden.bsky.social · Aug 19

Very excited to announce this faculty search at Rutgers! Looking for a wonderful new colleague to join us in Communication #EMCA #LSI @ica-lsi.bsky.social @lansi2024.bsky.social
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Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Position in Language, Interaction, and Interpersonal Communication (Open Rank)

The Department of Communication at Rutgers University’s School of Communication and Information seeks a full-time faculty member in language, interaction, and interpersonal communication. The search i...

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Katie Carmichael @drkatcarm.bsky.social · Aug 8

Another lovely Labov obit by @betsysneller.bsky.social @laurelmack.bsky.social and Meredith Tamminga. This one takes a birds eye view of how Labov has contributed to where the field is going, which is a nice forward-looking complement to Eckert's obit onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Bill Labov: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Bill Labov passed away peacefully at home on December 17, 2024, with his wife and fellow Penn linguist Gillian Sankoff by his side. He leaves behind a legacy so large that it is hard to put into word....

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Aug 15

PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky

Expression of Interest in Serving as a PsyArXiv Moderator

As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · Aug 5

A well-evidenced warning that science is being corrupted by actors who contribute no scientific work but gain the rewards of publication.

A paragraph from Reese Richardson's blog summarising his ans colleagues' paper on systematic corruption amongst some editors and authors

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · Aug 2

A useful and enlightening survey of members of the EM/CA community, especially of those whose voices are less often heard.

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · Jul 25

A further experiment by @kobinkendrick.bsky.social suggested by @glerner.bsky.social .

Kobin Kendrick @kobinkendrick.bsky.social · Jul 25

I asked ChatGPT o3 to replicate the findings of Pomerantz (1984). I gave it a summary and a set of 10 transcripts (NB).

Results were mixed: the evidence it presented was clear in some cases, but less so in others, and some observations were superficial.

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · Jul 23

"Review mills" - reviewers whose empty comments bear little relation to the paper, and seem designed to make authors cite the reviewers' work.

A new blogpost by the indefatigable @deevybee.bsky.social on an investigation by Maria Ángeles Oviedo-García.

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Trouble at t' (review) mill: How MDPI lets down authors

I guess many readers will have had peer reviews where the reviewer doesn't appear to have understood, or even properly read, the paper they...

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