The conference welcomes submissions from current postgraduate researchers and recent PhD graduates (PhD award date: 2023 or later) for in-person presentations or posters. The research must use conversation analysis as its primary methodology (including interactional linguistics, multimodal CA, and/or EMCA) and be based on audio-video recordings of naturally-occurring social interaction. All presentations should include audio-video clips (unless the sensitive nature of the data prevents this for ethical reasons).
The in-person presentations will be 20-minutes followed by a 10-minute discussion period. The posters will be presented at an in-person poster session during the conference.
If you would like to present at the conference, please submit an abstract and indicate your preferred format (presentation or poster). With respect to content, the abstract should:
clearly describe the interactional phenomenon the research examines;
include a statement about the nature of the data, the size of the collection, and the specific analytic techniques used;
provide a sample analysis of the interactional phenomenon based on a short transcript;
summarise the study’s main findings or conclusions, however tentative; and
consider the wider contribution and implication of the research.
For an example of a well-structured abstract from a different field, please see the guidelines from Nature: How to construct a Nature summary paragraph. You’re not expected to follow these guidelines but may find them useful as inspiration.
Although we expect most studies presented at the conference will be based on collections of cases, we will also consider detailed single case analyses, especially where these examine rare or elusive interactional phenomena.
With respect to the format of the submission, the abstract:
should be no longer than 300 words (excluding the transcript);
should include a short transcript that uses standard CA conventions (which does not contribute to the word count); and
should not include your name, email address, or affiliation to facilitate the double-blind review process.
To submit an abstract, please complete the following form by Friday 10 April 2026: YorCCA 2026 abstract submission form.
Notification of outcomes will be sent by email in early May 2026. Early notification is provided to enable visa holders to attend.
Please contact yorcca@york.ac.uk with any queries.