Language and Social Interaction | Division of National Communication Association

2014 Top Paper

Danielle Pillet-Shore, University of New Hampshire for the paper: Criticizing another’s child: Regular ways teachers manage evaluating students during parent-teacher conferences.

Gene H. Lerner (UCSB, Dept of Sociology) (2013). On the place of hesitating in delicate formulations: A turn-constructional infrastructure for collaborative indiscretion. In J. Sidnell, M. Hayashi & G. Raymond (Eds.), Conversational Repair and Human Understanding. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

NCA Convention 2015

Welcome

Welcome to the Language and Social Interaction division of NCA The purpose of the Language and Social Interaction (LSI) website is to promote the understanding and development of speech and language processes. LSI scholars in this division are concerned with the utilization of speech, language, or gesture in human communication including studies of discourse processes,…

Awards 1982-2006

Recipients of the LSI Dissertation Award (an incomplete list) 2006 Galina Bolden (UCLA): Delayed and incipient actions: The discourse markers “-to” and “so” in Russian and English conversation 2005 Mariaelena Bartesaghi (University of Pennsylvania): Explanatory paths, therapeutic directions, conversational destinations: Accountability and authority in therapeutic interaction 2004 Mardi Kidwell (UCSB): Looking to see someone is…

2007 Outstanding Scholarship

Richard Buttny was awarded the Outstanding Scholarship Award for a Classic Work, also known as the “Old Chestnut” award, for his 1993 books entitled, “Social Accountability” (Sage).

2007 Top Four Panel

Emma Beitz for her paper entitled “Syntactic Resources for Managing Speakership and Recipiency in Everyday Interaction: Pivots in German Conversation”. Curtis LeBaron, Phillip J. Glenn, and Thompson Michael for their paper entitled, “Micro-Practices of Knowing During Employment Interviews: Situated Interplay Between the File-Self and the Embodied-Self” Jack Sidnell for his paper entitled, “The design and…

2007 Top Paper

Emma Beitz was awarded Top Paper and Top Debut Paper for her paper entitled “Syntactic Resources for Managing Speakership and Recipiency in Everyday Interaction: Pivots in German Conversation”.

2008 Top Four Panel

Danielle Pillet-Shore for her paper entitled “Making way and making sense for arrivers: Pre-present parties’ previous activity formulations”. Heidi Kevoe-Feldman for her paper entitled, “What is the Status of ‘Status’?: Understanding the Action of Soliciting an Update On Equipment being Repaired” Mardi Kidwell for her paper entitled,”What Happened?: An Epistemics of Before and After in…

2008 Outstanding Scholarship

Kristine Fitch was awarded the Recent Scholarship Award for her 2006 article entitled, “Cultural Persuadables” published in Communication Theory 13(1): 100-123.