Dr. Leelo Keevallik

Professor

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Biography

Leelo Keevallik works in the field of interactional linguistics and multimodal interaction analysis, exploring the sequentiality of social action and the temporal nature of grammar. Her research interests include emergent grammar, interactional linguistics, and conversation analysis. Keevallik has published extensively on the development and use of pragmatic particles, features of grammar, projection, clause combining, clitics, reduplication, and prosody in interaction. She has also reinterpreted the function of pro-forms and deixis in real-time embodied contexts, currently investigating practices that coordinate grammar and the body. Her focus includes non-lexical vocalizations such as strain grunts, pain cries, and sounds used by dance instructors and robots. Keevallik's work is at the intersection of language, movement, and embodiment, and she actively engages with methods that reveal how people make sense of communication beyond traditional spoken language.

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Professor

2015-01-01 — Present

Linköping University • Linköping, Sweden

Leelo Keevallik is a professor specializing in interactional linguistics and multimodal analysis.

Requirements for Linköping University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:5.5
Reading
Required:5.5
Writing
Required:5.5
Speaking
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:90
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree with a major relevant to the program At least 30 ECTS credits in mathematics/applied mathematics and/or application of mathematics
Application Checklist
  • Certificates and diplomas from previous university studies
  • Transcript of records
  • Proof of English proficiency
  • Copy of passport/ID
  • Syllabus for relevant courses
Specialization Notes

Requirements are standardized across the Faculty of Science and Engineering (Institute of Technology) for international Master's programs.