LINGUIST List 22.791 Wed Feb 16 2011 Calls: Discourse Analysis/USA Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.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.     Hansun Waring , 1st Meeting of Language and Social Interaction Working Group Message 1: 1st Meeting of Language and Social Interaction Working Group Date: 14-Feb-2011 From: Hansun Waring <hz30columbia.edu> Subject: 1st Meeting of Language and Social Interaction Working Group E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 1st Meeting of Language and Social Interaction Working Group Short Title: LANSI Date: 14-Oct-2011 - 15-Oct-2011 Location: New York, NY, USA Contact Person: Hansun Waring Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.tc.edu/lansi/ Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis Call Deadline: 15-May-2011 Meeting Description: 1st Meeting of the Language and Social Interaction Working Group (LANSI) Teachers College, Columbia University New York City October 14-15, 2011 LANSI brings together scholars and students working on naturally-occurring data within the broad area of language and social interaction. Plenary Speakers: Anita Pomerantz (University at Albany) Joan Kelly Hall (Pennsylvania State University) For additional information, please visit: www.tc.edu/lansi/ Call for Papers: We welcome abstracts from colleagues using a variety of discourse analytic approaches that include but are not limited to conversation analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and critical discourse analysis. Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words with a 50 word summary and should include descriptions of the following aspects of the study: (1) problem(s) being addressed; (2) central claim(s); (3) data source(s) and analytic approach(es); (4) implication(s) of the findings. Papers will be presented within a 15-minute slot with an additional ten minutes for discussion. Deadline for electronic submission is May 15, 2011. Notification of acceptance or non-acceptance will be sent via email by July 1, 2011. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 16-Feb-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.