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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">***Apologies for cross-posting; please
distribute widely.***<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <wbr> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The 5th
annual meeting of the</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Language and Social
Interaction Working Group</span>
(LANSI)</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Teachers
College, Columbia University</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">New York
City</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">October 16-17 (Fri & Sat),
2015</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">INVITED
SPEAKERS</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN">Courtney Cazden (Harvard
University)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN">Frederick Erickson (University of California,
Los Angeles)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN"> </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">LANSI brings together scholars and students
working on
naturally-occurring data within the broad area of language and
social
interaction. In keeping with the LANSI spirit of diversity and
dialog, we
welcome abstracts from colleagues working on a variety of topics
using
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 300 words
and
should include descriptions of the following aspects of the study:
(1) problem(s) being addressed; (2) central claim(s); (3) data
source(s) and analytic approach(es); (4) a short piece of data to
support the
main argument; (5) implication(s) of the findings. Please also
include a
50-word summary. Abstracts will be blind-reviewed on the basis of
clarity,
specificity, originality, and the inclusion of the required
components. Papers
will be presented within a 15 or 20-minute slot with an additional
10 or 5
minutes for discussion.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Deadline for electronic submission is <b>May
30, 2015</b>.
Notification of acceptance or non-acceptance will be sent via
email by July 15,
2015. For additional information and to submit an abstract, please
visit: <a href="http://www.tc.edu/lansi" target="_blank">www.tc.edu/lansi</a>
</span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>Conference Co-chairs<br></span>Hansun Zhang Waring<br>Elizabeth Reddington<br>Nadja Tadic<br> </div></body>
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