This paper introduces the integration of psycholinguistic frameworks of language use and psychology of language research to understand conversational dynamics with generative Artificial Intelligence (AI). An argument is advanced that suggests psycholinguistics research from Clark (1996), particularly the idea of language as joint action and the establishment of common ground, combined with Pennebaker’s (2011) approach toward understanding the psychological meaning behind words, offers opportunities and challenges for analyzing human-AI interactions. Upon articulating such benefits and potential risks by combining perspectives for this purpose, the paper concludes by proposing future research directions, including comparative studies of human-human versus human-AI turn-taking patterns and longitudinal analyses of online community conversations. This theoretical integration provides a foundation for understanding emerging forms of human-AI communication while acknowledging the need for new theoretical frameworks specific to AI.