This study seeks to bring a more interactionally grounded perspective to the concept of
“rapport” and its relevance for qualitative interviewing practices. Building on work within …

Background The concept of IC as it is used today traces back to Hymes's (1972) view of
communicative competence (CC) as the knowledge of how to use language appropriately in …

This edited volume investigates the nature and possible applications of an expanded and
reconceptualized theoretical construct of speaking as a dynamic socially-constructed …

This article updates the trends and developments of Japanese as a second language (JSL)
research since Mori and Mori (2011) by reviewing nearly 200 selected empirical studies …

This postscript discusses the contributions of the four articles in this issue to the field and
positions them in relation to other studies in recent CA research on L2. The articles focus on …

This chapter focuses on a number of interrelated issues that pertain to the conceptualization
of interactional competence (IC) as a theoretical construct in the body of work that uses the …

Since the interactional turn in pragmatics, it has also become widely acknowledged in
second language acquisition (SLA) research that mastery of a foreign language does not …

How do people demonstrate that they have fully appreciated the qualities of an object they
have been invited to inspect? If the features are visible, verbal assessment is comparatively …

Willingness to communicate (WTC) is one of many individual difference variables that have
been investigated in research on language learning motivation and learners' cognitive and …

This article introduces two types of choral chanting observed in correction sequences in a
performance-based setting. Drawing excerpts from video-recorded taiko ensemble …