Interactional Linguistics

Editors

Ilana Mushin | University of Queensland, Australia | interactional.linguisticsgmail.com

Simona Pekarek Doehler | University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland | interactional.linguisticsgmail.com

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CiteScore: 3.3
SNIP: 1.136 SJR: 0.697

This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: Bibliography of Pragmatics Online (BoP ) ; CNKI Scholar ; Dimensions ; IBR/IBZ ; Linguistic Bibliography/Bibliographie Linguistique ; Linguistics Abstracts Online ; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA ) ; MLA International Bibliography ; Scopus

In the past two decades, usage-based approaches to linguistic inquiry have forged an empirically grounded comprehension of language as locally contingent, temporal, and ever-adaptive. Interactionally-oriented approaches to the study of language have evidenced both how linguistic structures function as resources for organizing social interaction, and, conversely, how social interaction shapes linguistic structures.

Interactional Linguistics aims to advance our understanding of this symbiotic relationship between language and social interaction, contributing to a more encompassing comprehension of what language is, in light of its use within the dynamics of social interaction. This fully peer-reviewed journal publishes original research that demonstrates how close scrutiny of linguistic structures as they occur in social interaction can deepen our appreciation of the functional and formal aspects of language, be it within a single language or cross-linguistically. The journal publishes qualitative and quantitative research and welcomes empirical as well as theoretical arguments.

Interactional Linguistics publishes its articles Online First.

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ISSN: 2666-4224 | E-ISSN: 2666‑4232

https://doi.org/10.1075/il

17 February 2026

Tentative questioning turns and their responses

Rasmus Persson

18 December 2025

Initiating answers with en fait (‘in fact’) in L2 French interaction: A multimodal study

Melissa Juillet | IL 6:1 (2026) p. 95

10 December 2025

Marking pedagogical saliency with honh in Taiwan Mandarin interaction

Ann Tai Choe & Shu-Yu Huang | IL 6:1 (2026) pp. 66–94

19 September 2025

Phonetic features in the interactional management of laughter

Richard Ogden, Marina N. Cantarutti & Jürgen Trouvain | IL 6:1 (2026) pp. 34–65

17 July 2025

Instructions in the photography studio: How photographers treat and orchestrate the bodies of the clients

Burak S. Tekin | IL 5:1-2 (2025) pp. 201–228

12 June 2025

Accountability and type-fittedness as indicators of conditional relevance in interaction: Evidence from German proposals for joint action

Alexandra Groß & Malte Rosemeyer | IL 6:1 (2026) pp. 1–33

Japanese turn-initial particle hai in instruction-compliance sequences in boxing

Misao Okada | IL 5:1-2 (2025) pp. 127–166

5 June 2025

Marking action accomplishment with non‑lexical vocalizations

Oliver Ehmer | IL 5:1-2 (2025) pp. 22–68

Ole hyvä (‘please’) + imperative: A multimodal analysis of Finnish police directive turns

Antti Kannisto, Samu Pehkonen & Maria Frick | IL 5:1-2 (2025) p. 99

Accomplishing choral and collectively performed multi-modal self-defence actions

Ann Weatherall & Ann Doehring | IL 5:1-2 (2025) pp. 167–200

Vocal resource of effort and force in interaction: Japanese yoisho/iyoisho in dance instructions

Eiko Yasui | IL 5:1-2 (2025) pp. 69–98

Linguistic and other vocal resources of instructing bodies

Leelo Keevallik, Emily Hofstetter & Jan Lindström | IL 5:1-2 (2025) pp. 1–21

3 June 2025

Storytelling, lists, and the role of Catalan final particle i au

Natàlia Server Benetó

23 May 2025

Multimodally aligning with projected continuation in Peninsular Spanish

Paul Sbertoli-Nielsen

21 January 2025

Achieving multi-unit turns: The versatile token khob in Persian extended tellings

Reihaneh Afshari Saleh, Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm, Elham Monfaredi & Parvaneh Rezaee

10 January 2025

When excuse me means excuse you! : On sanctioning others by ‘excusing’ oneself and relationships between form-based practices of speaking

Uwe-A. Küttner | IL 4:2 (2024) pp. 158–192

20 December 2024

Grounding lists: Building common ground as a multimodal practice in interaction

Philipp Dankel, Simon Titze & Ulrike Schröder | IL 4:2 (2024) pp. 193–224

10 December 2024

Indexing pragmatic functions of kiss-teeth through embodiment and viewpoint construction: Insights from a Surinamese participant

Tatjana Schnellinger | IL 4:2 (2024) pp. 257–283

6 December 2024

A multimodal approach to grammatical aspect: Embedded depictions and their aspectual characteristics as interactional resources

Rosario Neyra, Matthew Butler, Emilie Munch Nicolaisen, Paul Sbertoli-Nielsen, Catherine L. Tam, Barbara A. Fox & Chase Wesley Raymond | IL 4:2 (2024) pp. 225–256

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Editorial info

Editors

Ilana Mushin | University of Queensland, Australia | interactional.linguisticsgmail.com

Simona Pekarek Doehler | University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland | interactional.linguisticsgmail.com

Editorial Board

Rebecca Clift | University of Essex, UK

Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen | University of Helsinki, Finland

Arnulf Deppermann | Leibniz-Institute for the German Language, Mannheim, Germany

Mark Dingemanse | Radboud University, Netherlands

Barbara A. Fox | University of Colorado, USA

Rod Gardner | University of Queensland, Australia

Makoto Hayashi | Nagoya University, Japan

Kobin H. Kendrick | University of York, UK

Leelo Keevallik | Linköping University, Sweden

Yael Maschler | University of Haifa, Israel

Richard Ogden | University of York, UK

Marja-Leena Sorjonen | University of Helsinki, Finland

Jürgen Streeck | University of Texas, Austin, USA

Hongyin Tao | University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Sandra A. Thompson | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

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Current issue: 6:1, available as of February 2026

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Volume 6 (2026): 2 issues; ca. 250 pp.	EUR 177.00	EUR 235.00

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Complete backset (Vols. 1‒5; 2021‒2025)	10 issues; 1,250 pp.	EUR 825.00	EUR 968.00
Volume 5 (2025)	2 issues; 250 pp.	EUR 172.00	EUR 222.00
Volume 4 (2024)	2 issues; 250 pp.	EUR 167.00	EUR 202.00
Volume 3 (2023)	2 issues; 250 pp.	EUR 162.00	EUR 184.00
Volumes 1‒2 (2021‒2022)	2 issues; avg. 250 pp.	EUR 162.00 per volume	EUR 180.00 per volume

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