Laura Talvineva

Short presentation

Doctoral student in Finno‑Ugric languages. I have previously worked as a translator (Estonian – Swedish and Estonian – English), including some years as authorised translator (Estonian – Swedish). Artist.

My thesis Unfolding, transforming, and closing negotiation spaces: body, talk, and codeswitching in family interaction explores interaction in multilingual families where Estonian is one of the languages spoken.

Tentative dissertation date: 2027.

Keywords

• conversation analysis
• interaction analysis
• deontics
• participation frameworks
• multilingualism
• estonian

Research

Using interaction analysis, I examine everyday human interaction in very fine detail, focusing on joint decision-making; how both verbal and embodied resources are used in interaction to align with, transform, or resist suggestions made. The thesis moves in the borderlands of our spoken languages and embodiment.

Research interests: interaction/conversation analysis, multilingualism, Estonian, atypical interaction, and pedagogy. I am very interested in what it means to be human, and in how and why we look for knowledge about life and the world we share.