Kobin Kendrick
@kobin
Conversation analyst at the University of York. I post about CA methods, turn-taking, multimodality, the recruitment of assistance, and other topics—e/acc
The new ChatGPT 4o image generation is transformative for multimodal conversation analysis. It creates anonymized illustrations in any style while preserving relevant details of embodied conduct—useful when you lack ethical approval to include frame grabs in publications.



Lorenza is giving a talk on Multimodal Conversation Analysis at YorCCA.
🚀 The programme for the York Conference on Conversation Analysis is now live! 📅 Join us in York on 18-19 July for two days of insightful sessions. Check out the full programme and register now 👉 sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/yor…
Rosario Neyra has just published the first article from her PhD research: "How students get help: Institutional identities as a resource for recruitment". Co-authored with Merran Toerien and yours truly. Access it free here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Registration is now open for the York Conference on Conversation Analysis (YorCCA). The conference is on Fri 18 July (in-person or online) with Paul Drew and Lorenza Mondada as invited speakers. Workshops by Paul and Lorenza for PhD students (in-person) on Sat 19 July.
💡 York Conference on Conversation Analysis — Registration is OPEN! 18 July — Main Conference (PhD presentations + invited speakers Paul & Lorenza) 19 July — CA Workshop with Paul & Lorenza £20 conference | £35 conf + workshop | £10 online ⏳ Register: store.york.ac.uk/product-catalo…
🐋✨ Registration for the York Conference on Conversation Analysis 2025 is opening soon! Come and enjoy amazing presentations — and meet Paul and Lorenza in person at our workshop! 🐬☕ Follow us for updates! #YorCCA
New paper #EMCA A sequential approach to simultaneity in social interaction: The emergent organization of choral actions sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
New book by Steve Levinson on social interaction, human communication, cross-cultural universals, and the evolution of language. It's open-access, so go grab the PDF now! cambridge.org/core/books/int…
New review out on facial signalling in conversation, making the argument that the notion of ‘speech acts’ is outdated due to its unimodal focus, especially in the light of the fundamental contributions of the face towards social action communication sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
📅 We’re still accepting abstracts until Monday, 28 April! If your research uses CA — including interactional linguistics, multimodal CA, and/or EMCA — we’d love to hear from you! 🎤 Our invited speakers are Paul Drew and Lorenza Mondada. 🚀 Submit your abstract today!
📢 Deadline Extended! Abstract submissions for the York Conference on Conversation Analysis (YorCCA) are now open until Monday 28 April. 🗓️ We welcome abstracts from currently-enrolled PhD researchers for in-person presentations or online posters! sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/yor…
📢 Deadline Extended! Abstract submissions for the York Conference on Conversation Analysis (YorCCA) are now open until Monday 28 April. 🗓️ We welcome abstracts from currently-enrolled PhD researchers for in-person presentations or online posters! sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/yor…