<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 11.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Call for Papers</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 11.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Special Issue: "Institutional Discourse and the Covid-19 Pandemic:
Challenges and Opportunities"</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear colleagues,</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Covid-19 pandemic that has held the world in its grip since the
spring of 2020 has introduced major shifts in the ways we communicate with
others – in informal everyday encounters as well as in formal institutional or
workplace settings. Lockdowns have required people – sometimes whole families
in far from ideal circumstances – to work from home for prolonged periods of
time. From the moment face-to-face communication with non-household members
became impossible, the search for digital alternatives and technical
innovations to facilitate remote communication took on a new urgency. Since new
tools had to be introduced at very short notice, there was little time to pause
and reflect on the practical, social and cultural impact of these technical
innovations on the lived experiences of people interacting in institutional
environments.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This issue aims to investigate the findings of experts and users with
respect to the different forms of remote or technologically-mediated
communication that were adopted on the spot. There are important questions that
need to be addressed. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Has the pandemic-induced tech revolution opened new vistas with respect
to the way specific tasks in schools, offices, hospitals, and other workplace
ecologies can be performed? Or has it mainly been a source of concern, anxiety
or frustration because it turned out to be very difficult to effectively compensate
in online settings for the lack of shared space and body language feedback in
engaging participants? And perhaps more importantly, since both positive and
negative effects may apply simultaneously:  what types of tasks/people in
what situations typically do – or do not – respond well to online communication
formats?</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This Special Issue seeks to draw together research from a variety of
theoretical angles and methodological approaches to the study of institutional
discourse data. These range from, but are not limited to, conversation
analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, pragmatics, (critical) discourse
analysis, ethnography of communication and linguistic anthropology. We welcome
original data-based research articles, methodological articles, and perspective
articles from researchers investigating the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic on
language use and communication in a wide range of institutional settings in the
field of e.g. education, medicine, politics, traditional/social media, and
business.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors
initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 400-600 words summarizing
their intended contribution. Please send it to the guest editors (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:e.a.bannink@uva.nl" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">e.a.bannink@uva.nl</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">; </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:h.r.vandamvanisselt@uva.nl" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">h.r.vandamvanisselt@uva.nl</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">) or to
/Languages/ editorial office (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:languages@mdpi.com" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">languages@mdpi.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">). Abstracts
will be reviewed by the guest editors for the purposes of ensuring proper fit
within the scope of the special issue. Full manuscripts will undergo
double-blind peer-review.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The tentative completion schedule is as follows:</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Abstract submission deadline: 1
October 2020</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Notification
of abstract acceptance: 1 November 2020;</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Full manuscript deadline: 1 May 2021</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dr. Anne Bannink<br>
Dr. Jet Van Dam<br>
<i>Guest Editors</i></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Call for papers:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><div><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages/special_issues/Institutional_Discourse" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:blue"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages/special_issues/Institutional_Discourse</span></a> <br></div></div>