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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span
style="font-family: Georgia;">THE FIRST MEETING
OF THE LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION WORKING GROUP (LANSI)</span></b></p>
<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>
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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>
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