In this episode, Elliott Hoey interviews Leelo Keevallik, Professor of Language, Culture, and Interaction at Linköping University, and also associate editor for one of premiere journals in CA, Research on Language and Social Interaction.
Leelo works in the field of interactional linguistics, and has published on the interactional use of particles in different languages, as well as core features of grammar for interaction, such as projection and clause combining. In more current work, she investigates with a team of researchers non-lexical vocalizations.
In this interview, we asked Leelo to talk to us about her path into CA, about some of her current research what has inspired her over the years. We are pleased to bring you this interview, which was conducted asynchronously, meaning we sent Leelo questions and she recorded her responses.
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What a terrific interview – thank you Leelo for such an engaging insight into your career and your scholarly values.