LINGUIST List 8.1120

Fri Aug 1 1997

Calls: Computer-Mediated Conversation

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <martylinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Susan Herring, Computer-Mediated Conversation

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 Call for Manuscripts: 
 
 COMPUTER-MEDIATED CONVERSATION


There is room for one or two additional high-quality chapters in a
collection I am editing entitled COMPUTER-MEDIATED CONVERSATION. This
will be the first book devoted entirely to linguistic and conversation
analytic approaches to computer- mediated communication. The
collection is currently being considered for publication by Oxford
University Press. At the present time, contributions are specifically
sought which analyze some form of computer-mediated communication from
a Conversation Analysis (CA) perspective.


Contents:

Contributions may analyze any genre of verbal exchange that takes
place via computer networks, including private e-mail, Listserv
discussion groups, bulletin board systems, computer conferencing
systems, chat, MUDs and MOOs, and multi-media systems. Contributions
should report empirical, data-driven research carried out using
methods of conversation analysis. Possible areas of focus include
speech acts and act sequences, turn taking, adjacency pairs,
responses, alignment, repairs, and topic organization. In addition,
all contributions should address in some way the question: to what
extent are the observed properties of the discourse conditioned by the
computer medium, and to what extent do they reflect social or other
factors that may also be present in face-to-face communication?


Submission information:

Manuscripts should be 15-20 single-spaced pages in length, including
references and appendices, and should follow the formatting style for
the Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics series (for example, Biber and
Finnegan's _Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Register_, published in
1994). Submissions should be in the form of a hard copy plus a 3 1/2"
Macintosh- readable diskette containing the file saved in its original
format, as well as in MS Word for Macintosh (version 4 or 5). The
hard copy and the diskette should be mailed to the volume editor,
Susan Herring, at the following address:

	Susan Herring
	Program in Linguistics
	University of Texas
	Arlington, TX 76019 USA


Deadlines:

Potential authors are requested to inform the volume editor of their
intention to submit by e-mail prior to August 30, and to submit their
manuscripts by September 15, 1997.


About the editor:

Susan Herring is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the
University of Texas at Arlington who has published numerous articles
on computer-mediated communication since she first began presenting
her research in this area in 1992. She is also the editor of an
interdisciplinary collection entitled _Computer-Mediated
Communication: Linguistic, Social and Cross-Cultural Perspectives_
(John Benjamins, 1996) and guest editor of a special issue of the
_Electronic Journal of Communication_ (vol. 6, no.3) on the topic of
"Computer-Mediated Discourse Analysis".


For further information:

Inquiries regarding this project may be e-mailed to the editor at
susanling.uta.edu.

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Please forward this call to anyone who might be interested!