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      <div align="left"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Apologies
            for cross-posting.<br>
            <br>
          </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></b></div>
      <b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br>
          THE FIRST MEETING
          OF THE LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION WORKING GROUP (LANSI)</span></b></div>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span
          style="font-family: Georgia;">TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA
          UNIVERSITY</span></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span
          style="font-family: Georgia;">New York City</span></b><b><span
          style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span
          style="font-family: Georgia;">OCTOBER 14-15,
          2011</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
        style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">PLENARY SPEAKERS</span></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
        style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Anita Pomerantz
          (University at Albany)<span style="">                </span></span></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
        style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Joan Kelly Hall
          (Pensylvania State University)</span></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
        style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">CALL for Proposals</span></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">LANSI
        brings together scholars and students working
        on naturally-occurring data within the broad area of language
        and social
        interaction. 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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">
        should include
        descriptions of the following aspects of the study: (1)
        problem(s) being
        addressed; (2) central claim(s); (3) data source(s) analytic
        approach(es); (4)
        implications of the findings. </span><span style="font-family:
        Georgia;">Papers
        will be presented within a 15-minute slot with an additional ten
        minutes for
        discussion.</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Deadline
          for electronic submission is</span></b><span
        style="font-family: Georgia;"> <b>May 15, 2011.</b> <b style="">Notification
          of acceptance or
          non-acceptance will be sent via email by July 1, 2011.</b></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">For
        additional information, please visit:</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.tc.edu/lansi/">www.tc.edu/lansi/</a></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Questions
        can be sent to: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lansi@tc.columbia.edu">lansi@tc.columbia.edu</a></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Conference
        Co-chairs:</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Hansun
        Zhang Waring</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Drew Fagan</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Sarah
        Creider</span></p>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Dr. Hansun Zhang Waring 
Box 66, Program in TESOL/Applied Linguistics 
Department of Arts & Humanities 
Teachers College, Columbia University 
525 W. 120 Street New York, NY 10027 
Phone: (212)678-8128
Fax: (212)678-3428
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/index.htm?facid=hz30">http://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/index.htm?facid=hz30</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tc.edu/lansi/">http://www.tc.edu/lansi/</a></pre>
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