37.2926, Confs: Panel at IPC20 - AI Pragmatics: Co-evolution of Human and AI Language (Finland)

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Date: 14-Sep-2026
From: Vittorio Tantucci [v.tantucci at lancaster.ac.uk]
Subject: Panel at IPC20 - AI Pragmatics: Co-evolution of Human and AI Language


Panel at IPC20 - AI Pragmatics: Co-evolution of Human and AI Language
Short Title: IPrA2027
Theme: Co-evolution of Human and AI Language

Date: 27-Jun-2027 - 02-Jul-2027
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Contact: Vittorio Tantucci
Contact Email: v.tantucci at lancaster.ac.uk
Meeting URL: https://pragmatics.international/page/CfP2027

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science;
Computational Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics

Submission Deadline: 15-Oct-2026

AI Pragmatics: Co-evolution of Human and AI Language
Panel organisers:
Vittorio Tantucci (Lancaster University)
Xi Chen (Nanyang Technological University)
Large Language Models (LLMs) are rapidly evolving, but also changing
how language is produced in everyday life. From emails and academic
writing to LLMs joining social media and health communication, AI is
increasingly shaping the way humans communicate. AI systems are
trained not only on human but also on AI interaction, meaning that
human and AI communication are now beginning to influence one another
in unprecedented ways. Surprisingly, this co-evolution of human and AI
speech has received relatively little attention in pragmatics
research.
This panel brings together researchers interested in the emerging
field of AI Pragmatics, with a focus on the two-way relationship
between human and AI communication. We welcome contributions that
explore AI evolving pragmatic competence, but also how AI, in turn,
affects human communicative behaviours, expectations, and creativity.
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
- AI (im)politeness (Anderson & McIntyre, 2024; Chen et al. 2024) and
reciprocity (Culpeper & Tantucci, 2021)
- Anthropomorphism and perceptions of AI as a social actor (Stein et
al. 2020)
- Dialogic resonance and imitation in human–AI interaction
- AI creativity and/or its effects on human creativity
- Implied meaning and inference in and by AI systems
- Emotions, rapport, and trust that humans build with and through AI
- AI’s pragmatic failure and its effects on humans
- Feedback loops (Pedreschi et al. 2025) between AI-generated and
human-generated language
- Increasing stereotypicality and standardisation in communicative
practices (Tantucci & Sparvoli, 2025)
- AI-assisted data collection and annotation.
- We also welcome work on AI ethics and safety as LLMs are found to
potentially engage in escalating impoliteness and social harms
(Tantucci & Culpeper, 2026).
Confirmed participants:
Jonathan Culpeper (Lancaster University)
Xi Chen (Nanyang Technological University)
Vittorio Tantucci (Lancaster University)
Marta Anderson (Uppsala University)
Yansheng Mao (Harbin Engineering University)
The panel is open to more submissions from IPrA members.
References:
Andersson, M., & McIntyre, D. (2025). Can ChatGPT recognize
impoliteness? An exploratory study of the pragmatic awareness of a
large language model. Journal of Pragmatics, 239, 16-36.
Chen, X., Li, J., & Ye, Y. (2024). A feasibility study for the
application of AI-generated conversations in pragmatic analysis.
Journal of Pragmatics, 223, 14-30.
Culpeper, J., & Tantucci, V. (2021). The principle of (im) politeness
reciprocity. Journal of Pragmatics, 175, 146-164.
Pedreschi, D., Pappalardo, L., Ferragina, E., Baeza-Yates, R.,
Barabási, A. L., Dignum, F., ... & Vespignani, A. (2025). Human-AI
coevolution. Artificial Intelligence, 339, 104244.
Stein, J. P., Appel, M., Jost, A., & Ohler, P. (2020). Matter over
mind? How the acceptance of digital entities depends on their
appearance, mental prowess, and the interaction between both.
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 142, 102463.
Tantucci, V., & Culpeper, J. (2026). Can ChatGPT reciprocate
impoliteness? The AI moral dilemma. Journal of Pragmatics.
Tantucci, V., & Sparvoli, C. (2025). AI, be less ‘stereotypical’:
ChatGPT’s speech is conventional but never unique. Intercultural
Pragmatics, 22(2), 231-258.



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