Bodily Practices in Action Formation and Ascription in Multilingual Interaction

This special issue brings together empirical studies that investigate how bodily practices feature in action formation and ascription multilingual interaction (Schegloff, 2007; Levinson, 2013). Grounded video-based conversation analysis drawing on data from diverse sociomaterial settings, the articles contingent interactional processes through which speakers different language backgrounds accomplish actions achieve intersubjectivity. They demonstrate specific constellations of linguistic resources, conduct, spatial configurations, material ecology are built into accomplishment at levels organization. Collectively, illustrate participants draw each other’s expertise, including languages (code-switching, translanguaging) conduct as an integral part “web resources” mobilized when formulated managed interaction.