LINGUIST List 25.2906
Fri
Jul 11 2014
Calls: Pragmatics,
Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Applied
Linguistics/Belgium
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Date: 11-Jul-2014
From: Ilona Vandergriff
<vdgriff
sfsu.edu>
Subject: Pragmatic
Perspectives on Networked L2 Discourse
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Full Title: Pragmatic Perspectives on Networked
L2 Discourse
Date: 26-Jul-2015 - 31-Jul-2015
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Contact Person: Ilona Vandergriff
Meeting Email:
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Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics;
Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics;
Sociolinguistics
Call Deadline: 15-Sep-2015
Meeting Description:
The panel 'Pragmatic perspectives on networked
L2 discourse' will examine and discuss the
interplay between structural choice, function
and context in the practice of interactional
second/foreign language (L2) use in Web 2.0,
the second-generation web. Web 2.0 has
dramatically changed L2 practice. By connecting
people, Web 2.0 facilitates multilingual
encounters in virtual community spaces where
people can interact with others in the
language(s) of their choice.
In spite of the research interest in
computer-mediated communication, L2 linguistic
practices have received relatively little
attention for two main reasons. First of all,
the vast majority of linguistic research on
computer-mediated communication (CMC) draws on
first-language (L1) data (for notable
exceptions, see e.g., Androutsopoulos, 2007;
Warschauer & De Florio-Hansen, 2003).
Secondly, investigations of L2 CMC data
generally take a pedagogical rather than a
linguistic perspective. Often, such research is
more concerned with what L2 users can do rather
than with what they actually do, i.e., more
with affordances for L2 learning than with L2
practice. Seeking to bridge the gap between
these two CMC research strands, this panel
hopes to advance the linguistic study of
networked L2 discourse.
Call for Papers:
Papers are invited on any aspect of L2 use in
computer-mediated communication, including
issues of structure (e.g., genre
characteristics, expressivity), meaning (e.g.,
meaning of emoticons, CMC cues, silence,
non-bona fide communication), interaction
management (e.g., interactivity, timing,
coherence) and social phenomena (e.g.,
community, identity, cultural difference) in L2
networked discourse. In their empirically-based
investigations, panelists will critically
reflect (a) on the interplay between form,
function, and context and (b) on the
theoretical implications the empirical results
may have.
Please note that all presenters at
International Pragmatics Conference must be
IPRA members.
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