LINGUIST List 23.1076: Calls: Pragmatics/USA

LINGUIST List 23.1076
Sat Mar 03 2012 Calls: Pragmatics/USA Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 03-Mar-2012 From: Lucía Fernández-Amaya <lferamaupo.es> Subject: Service Encounters Panel E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Service Encounters Panel Short Title: I AMPRA / V ICUP Date: 19-Oct-2012 - 21-Oct-2012 Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Contact Person: Lucía Fernández-Amaya Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics Call Deadline: 01-Apr-2012 Meeting Description: Service encounters have been widely studied from a pragmatic point of view. These studies have shown that the interaction between customer and service provider is essential for the success of the service encounter. Additionally, in the case of intercultural service encounters, there may be differences in what is considered appropriate communicative behavior - i.e. what (non)verbal actions may be conducive to customer satisfaction - which may hinder the success of the encounter. To further the study of verbal interaction in service encounters, we are proposing a specialist panel for practitioners of pragmatics and related fields to present work on their latest research. Call for Papers: The panel topic can be approached from different angles such as, but not exclusively: - Telephone service encounters - Online service encounters - Intercultural service encounters - (Im)politeness in service encounters - Conversational structure of service encounters - Negotiation in service encounters - Receptionist-guest interactions at hotels - Communication at information desks - Corner-shop interactions - Reception desks in medical consultations, academic contexts, companies, etc. If you are interested, please send an abstract (max 350 words), title and brief bio by April 1, 2012 to the convenors Lucía Fernández-Amaya (lferamaupo.es), Mª de la O Hernández-López (mariolahlupo.es) and Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich (pgblitviuncc.edu). Please feel free to circulate this call for papers among those who may be interested. For more information, feel free to contact us. We hope to see you in Charlotte in October 2012. This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year. See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund Drive 2012 site! http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/ There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST! You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so, go to: https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation/ The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor. Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates such a program. Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST! Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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