LINGUIST List 22.2634 Fri Jun 24 2011 Calls: Disc Analysis, Socioling, Pragmatics/ LanguageInternet (Jrnl) Editor for this issue: Brent Miller <brentlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Irit Kupferberg , LanguageInternet Message 1: LanguageInternet Date: 24-Jun-2011 From: Irit Kupferberg <kupirmacam.ac.il> Subject: LanguageInternet E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: LanguageInternet Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 01-Aug-2011 LanguageInternet Call for Papers Special Issue on Computer-Mediated (CM) Troubled Talk Guest Editors: Irit Kupferberg Izhak Gilat Levinsky College, Israel Important Dates: Abstracts due: August 1, 2011 Manuscript submissions due: January 23, 2012 Decisions sent: April 30, 2012 Final manuscript submission deadline: August 28, 2012 Anticipated publication date: February, 2013 Issue Focus: This special issue aims to present the state-of-the-art in CM troubled talk. CM troubled talk (also known as 'troubles talk') involves problem presentation and negotiation of ways of coping and possible solutions. Participants are help seekers addressing professional help givers (e.g., psychologists, doctors and lawyers), para professional volunteers, and non-professional lay participants communicating via synchronous and asynchronous channels of communication (e.g., email, forums, chat, blogs, Facebook). We seek original discourse-oriented studies exploring dyadic and group troubled talk that occurs online. Papers may be written from data- or theory-oriented perspectives (including conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, discursive psychology, etc.) and may use qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods approaches. We welcome articles that attempt to provide answers to the following and related questions: - How do troubled and often extremely agitated participants in CM troubled talk deal with the demanding tasks of problem presentation and negotiation of candidate solutions? Are there particular language resources used by troubled participants? What is the role of narrative and metaphor? How do people whose voices are 'broken' because of an illness (Hyden & Brockmeier, 2008) manage to get along in CM troubled conversation? - What are the characteristics of troubled group interactions? - What are the characteristics of synchronous (e.g., chat) versus asynchronous (e.g., forum and email) troubled interactions? - How do professionals interact with troubled help seekers? Which language resources do they use? What are the characteristics of troubled talk when professionals do not participate, or are partially present? - How do participants overcome interactional turning-points that undermine, question or challenge their accountability as help-seekers or help-givers (Kupferberg & Green, 2008) in CM troubled talk? Guidelines for Submission: Potential authors should submit a preliminary proposal of 500 to 750 words to both guest editors (kupirmacam.ac.il, gilatinetvision.net.il) by August 1, 2011. Proposals should include the aim(s) of the study, research question(s), the theoretical and methodological frameworks (including description of the data collected and methods of analysis), findings and implications. Those interested in submitting a proposal are also encouraged to contact the guest editors with their questions and ideas. Authors whose proposals are accepted for inclusion will be invited to submit a full paper of roughly 7000 words. Authors are requested to consult the journal Author Style Guide. Non-native authors should have their manuscripts edited by professional language editors. The anticipated publication date for the issue is February 2013. Final submissions should be emailed to both guest editors: Irit Kupferberg and Izhak Gilat at kupirmacam.ac.il and gilatinetvision.net.il. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 24-Jun-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.