Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
After early forays into the fields of (i) passivization and (ii) temporal semantics, my research over the past twenty years has increasingly centered on (iii) prosody and (iv) the use of language in social interaction. The latter two fields together have come to be known as “Interactional linguistics”.
The idea is to examine language in vivo rather than in vitro, i.e. in real situations of use rather than in the laboratory, and to use the evidence provided by participants themselves to warrant analytic claims. This is the approach I am currently taking with respect to two research endeavors.
The first concerns affect and emotion as they are displayed and managed in everyday conversational storytelling: the task is to describe the verbal, vocal and gestural resources used to make affective stances accessible in storytelling and to understand the relevancies that such affect displays mobilize for particular kinds of affiliative response.
The second research endeavor relates to clause combining in talk-in-interaction: here the challenge is to understand what are typically thought of as static grammatical “constructions” as actions that unfold in time and can therefore dynamically project specific kinds of upcoming talk and/or retrospectively backlink to specific parts of earlier talk.
Fields of Science
- 6121 Languages
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
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Responsive actions
Couper-Kuhlen, E. & Thompson, S. A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Research Handbook on Social Interaction. Stevanovic, M. (ed.). Cheltenham: EEP Edward Elgar PublishingResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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‚Idea-Suggestions‘ in an Interactional Grammar: Sequential organization and grammatical formats
Couper-Kuhlen, E. & Thompson, S. A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Grammar in Action: Building Comprehensive Grammars of Talk-in-Interaction. Steensig, J., Jørgensen, M., Lindström, J., Mikkelsen, N., Suomalainen, K. & Sørensen, S. S. (eds.). Amsterdam: John BenjaminsResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Analyzing grammar in social interaction
Fox, B. A., Couper-Kuhlen, E., Raymond, C., Sorjonen, M.-L. & Thompson, S., 2024, The Cambridge Handbook of Methods in Conversation Analysis. Robinson, J. D., Clift, R., Kendrick, K. H. & Raymond, C. W. (eds.). Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 633-663Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Advice
Thompson, S. A. & Couper-Kuhlen, E., 2023, Encyclopedia of Terminology for Conversation Analysis and Interactional Linguistics. Gubina, A., Hoey, E. M. & Raymond, C. W. (eds.). International Society for Conversation Analysis (ISCA)Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia / dictionary › Professional
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Clause
Thompson, S. A. & Couper-Kuhlen, E., 2023, Encyclopedia of Terminology for Conversation Analysis and Interactional Linguistics. Gubina, A., Hoey, E. M. & Raymond, C. W. (eds.). International Society for Conversation Analysis (ISCA)Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia / dictionary › Professional
Open AccessFile
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OKAY: OKAY across languages: Comparative studies of its use in talk-in-interaction in 14 languages
Sorjonen, M.-L. (Principal Investigator), Couper-Kuhlen, E. (Principal Investigator), Harjunpää, K. (Principal Investigator) & Koivisto, A. (Principal Investigator)
01/02/2017 → …
Project: Research project
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Prosody and pragmatic function in next-turn repetitions across five languages
Rossi, G. (Principal Investigator), Couper-Kuhlen, E. (Participant), Hakulinen, A. (Participant), Huhtamäki, M. (Participant), Lindström, J. (Participant), Londen, A.-M. (Participant), Persson, R. (Participant), Stevanovic, M. (Participant) & Vatanen, A. (Participant)
09/02/2015 → …
Project: Research project
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Finnish Centre of Excellence in Research on Intersubjectivity in Interaction
Sorjonen, M.-L. (Principal Investigator), Peräkylä, A. (Principal Investigator), Laury, R. (Principal Investigator), Lindström, J. (Principal Investigator), Hirvonen, L. (Other), Couper-Kuhlen, E. (Participant), Etelämäki, M. (Participant), Frick, M. (Participant), Haakana, M. (Participant), Hakulinen, A. (Participant), Harjunpää, K. (Participant), Henricson, S. (Participant), Henttonen, P. J. (Participant), Hilmisdottir, H. (Participant), Huhtamäki, M. (Participant), Härmä, V. (Participant), Kahri, M. (Participant), Karvonen, U. (Participant), Kaukomaa, T. (Participant), Koivisto, A. (Participant), Kurhila, S. (Participant), Laakso, M. S. M. (Participant), Lehti-Eklund, H. (Participant), Leskelä, L. (Participant), Lilja, N. (Participant), Lindholm, C. (Participant), Merke, S. (Participant), Niemi, J. (Participant), Niemi, L. (Participant), Pajo, K. (Participant), Rinkinen, N. (Participant), Rouhikoski, A. (Participant), Ruusuvuori, J. E. (Participant), Salmenlinna, I. (Participant), Salonsaari, M.-E. (Participant), Savijärvi, M. (Participant), Seppänen, E.-L. (Participant), Simonen, M. (Participant), Stevanovic, M. (Participant), Vatanen, A. (Participant), Weiste, E. (Participant), Vepsäläinen, H. (Participant), Visapää, L. (Participant), Voutilainen, L. (Participant), Valkeapää, T. (Participant), Raevaara, L. (Participant), Piippo, I. (Participant), Monzoni, C. (Participant), Härmävaara, H.-I. (Participant), Heinonen, P. (Participant), Voutilainen, E. (Participant), Auranne, T. (Participant), Koski, S. (Participant), Koskinen, E. (Participant), Heinemann, T. (Participant), Arminen, I. (Participant), Lepola, M. (Participant), Nurmikari, H. (Participant), Rauniomaa, M. (Participant), Ihalainen, L. (Participant), Rossi, G. (Participant), Malaska, J. (Participant) & Viitanen, M. (Participant)
01/01/2012 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research project
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Grammar and interaction: The linking of actions in speech and writing (FiDiPro)
Couper-Kuhlen, E. (Project manager), Laury, R. (Project manager), Etelämäki, M. (Other), Savijärvi, M. (Participant), Frick, M. (Participant), Vatanen, A. (Participant), Koivisto, A. (Participant), Harjunpää, K. (Participant), Haapanen, L. (Participant) & Vepsäläinen, H. (Participant)
01/01/2009 → 31/07/2013
Project: Research project
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Emotive involvement in conversational storytelling
Couper-Kuhlen, E. (Participant) & Selting, M. (Participant)
01/10/2008 → 30/09/2011
Project: Research project
Activities
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Turn design as a locus for intersubjectivity: Imperatively formatted turns
Sorjonen, M.-L. (Speaker), Raevaara, L. A. (Speaker) & Couper-Kuhlen, E. (Speaker)
11 May 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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The interactional accomplishment of action
Couper-Kuhlen, E. (Pre-examiner)
2017Activity: Examination types › Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis
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Lapse Organization in Interaction
Couper-Kuhlen, E. (Opponent)
2017Activity: Examination types › Member of doctoral thesis committee / follow-up group
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Faculty of Humanities (External organisation)
Couper-Kuhlen, E. (Expert member)
2012Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in review committee
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Academy of Finland (External organisation)
Couper-Kuhlen, E. (Chair)
2012Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in review committee