36.2122, Calls: Frontiers in Communication - "Beyond Sequence Analysis: Integrating Quantitative Methods into Conversation Analysis" (Jrnl)

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Date: 09-Jul-2025
From: Elisabeth Zima [elisabeth.zima at germanistik.uni-freiburg.de]
Subject: Frontiers in Communication - "Beyond Sequence Analysis: Integrating Quantitative Methods into Conversation Analysis" (Jrnl)


Journal: Frontiers in Communication
Issue: Beyond Sequence Analysis: Integrating Quantitative Methods into
Conversation Analysis

We invite submissions for a Research Topic in Frontiers of
Communication which addresses the opportunities and challenges of
integrating quantitative methods in the study of social interaction.
Over the past few decades, the quantification and statistical analysis
of linguistic data have gained significant traction across various
subfields of linguistics. More recently, scholars within Conversation
Analysis (CA) and related disciplines such as Interactional
Linguistics have begun to question the field’s traditionally exclusive
reliance on qualitative methods, particularly sequential analysis.
They argue that to strengthen the empirical basis of findings and
increase the visibility and impact of interactional research, it is
essential to incorporate larger datasets and state-of-the-art
quantitative methods.
With this Research Topic, we aim to bring together contributions that
explore how qualitative and quantitative methods can be fruitfully
combined in the analysis of social interaction. We welcome empirical
studies that demonstrate innovative mixed-methods approaches, critical
reflections on the methodological and epistemological implications of
quantification in CA, as well as theoretical contributions that
address the potential tensions between analytic depth and
generalizability. In addition, we are further interested in work that
engages with the practical challenges of implementing such approaches,
such as increased workload, the development of reliable coding
schemes, and the need for interdisciplinary collaboration and
computational tools. Our goal is to foster dialogue across
methodological boundaries and to advance a more robust, scalable, and
reflexive form of interaction research; one that remains grounded in
the core principles of CA and keeps an open mind to the opportunities
and challenges of mixing methods.
Relevant subtopics include, but are not limited to:
 - challenges and strategies for coding interactional data
 - quantitative and corpus-based approaches to visual and embodied
meaning-making
 - the integration of multimodal cues (e.g., gaze, gesture, and
posture) into pattern analysis
 - the role of sequence analysis in identifying and validating
recurrent interactional patterns
 - mixed-methods approaches in the analysis of preference structures,
repair, turn-taking, or action formation
 - cross-linguistic or cross-cultural comparisons of interactional
practices using large datasets.
We particularly encourage submissions that reflect on the
epistemological implications, practical hurdles, and analytical
affordances of quantification in the context of richly situated
interactional practices. Studies that draw on technological
innovations (e.g., mobile eyetracking, AOI technology, pupillometry,
and motion capturing) to record and analyze interactional data are
particularly welcome.
For more information on the Call for papers and the submission of
Frontiers in Communication, please visit
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/70123/beyond-sequence-analysis-integrating-quantitative-methods-into-conversation-analysis
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact the editors
Elisabeth Zima (elisabeth.zima at germanistik.uni-freiburg.de), Barbara
Laner (Barbara.laner at germanistik.uni-freiburg.de), and Bert Oben
(bert.oben at kuleuven.be)

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Pragmatics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics




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