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Becoming a Member in Social Worlds

: The interface of learning and socialization in L2 interactions
Edited by Klara Skogmyr Marian and Simona Pekarek Doehler
[Language, Interaction and Acquisition 16:1] 2025
► pp. 168–191

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Discussion paper

A critical appreciation of the special issue

ORCiD logo with link | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Published online: 9 October 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lia.24016.mar
Abstract
In this paper, I develop a critical appreciation of how conversation analytic research on second language acquisition (CA-SLA) sheds light on the ways participants’ shared interactional histories shape second language learning behavior. I do this by: (1) examining whether this special issue has achieved its stated editorial goals, and (2) evaluating how this collection expands our emerging understanding of this topic. Specifically, I develop a critical but constructive respecification of the themes developed in this collection, inspired by the work of (2009). Embodied hearers and speakers constructing talk and action in interaction. Cognitive Studies, 16(1), 51–64.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar, in which I show how the groundbreaking research agenda outlined in this publication could be further expanded to develop an even more sophisticated research program on these exciting new ideas.
Résumé
Cet article propose une appréciation critique de la manière dont les recherches en analyse conversationnelle sur l’acquisition d’une langue seconde (CA-SLA) nous permettent de mieux comprendre comment les histoires interactionnelles partagées des participants façonnent leurs conduites d’apprentissage. L’article (a) examine si le numéro thématique a atteint ses objectifs éditoriaux déclarés et (b) évalue comment la présente collection enrichit notre compréhension de ce sujet. Plus précisément, je développe ici une re-spécification critique mais constructive des thèmes abordés dans le volume, inspirée par les travaux de (2009). Embodied hearers and speakers constructing talk and action in interaction. Cognitive Studies, 16(1), 51–64.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar. Celle-ci vise à montrer comment le programme de recherche novateur qui est proposé dans cette publication pourrait être élargi afin de développer un programme encore plus sophistiqué sur ces idées passionnantes.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Overview of the paper
  • 3.CA and CA-SLA
    • 3.1Competent performance
  • 4.Does the special issue achieve its stated editorial goals?
    • 4.1An empirical demonstration of the claims made in the previous section
  • 5.The significance of the volume in its own terms
  • 6.Understanding socially distributed cognition (SDC)
  • 7.How do format tying or cannibalization and recycling sequences structure socially distributed cognition and the co-construction of members’ interactional histories?
  • 8.Analysis of the data
    • 8.1Analysis of E&W’s, N&M’s and SM&PD’s data
    • 8.2Analysis of G&N’s data
  • 9.What I learned from this special issue
  • 10.General implications and conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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