<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Dave, </span><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">You are hilarious. Really, the funniest academic ever. I have thought that for many years at this point, but I feel compelled to share my opinion this time.</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">cheers,</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Rachael Allbritten</span></div><div class="yj6qo ajU" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><div id=":33n" class="ajR" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="Hide expanded content" data-tooltip="Hide expanded content" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); clear: both; line-height: 6px; outline: none; position: relative; width: 20px; background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><br></div></div>On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 8:57:03 AM UTC-5, Dave Sayers wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">Four years ago, my esteemed colleague Rob Lawson and I set out our stall to put 

<br>together an edited volume about sociolinguistic research that has been 'applied' in 

different ways: <a href="https://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-1680.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="this.href='https://www.google.com/url?q\75https%3A%2F%2Flinguistlist.org%2Fissues%2F23%2F23-1680.html\46sa\75D\46sntz\0751\46usg\75AFQjCNFVdU4L1iA6q8_wF8HQc4NeJV63Yg';return true;" onclick="this.href='https://www.google.com/url?q\75https%3A%2F%2Flinguistlist.org%2Fissues%2F23%2F23-1680.html\46sa\75D\46sntz\0751\46usg\75AFQjCNFVdU4L1iA6q8_wF8HQc4NeJV63Yg';return true;">https://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-1680.html</a>.

<br>

<br>Little did we know quite what a cord we'd struck, and how stunning the response would 

<br>be! We had stacks of excellent submissions, which left us in the luxurious position 

<br>of selecting only the very best ones. 'All killer no filler', as Sum 41 put it 

<br>(anybody?). We even managed to convince the one and only John Rickford to write us a 

foreword!

<br>

<br>Now, at long long last, with unending thanks to our patient and punctual 

<br>contributors, we're finished on schedule! Yes that really is how long it takes to 

complete an edited volume if you meet all your deadlines!

<br>

<br>Here's the book page in all its sparkly delight: 

<a href="https://www.routledge.com/products/9780415748520" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="this.href='https://www.google.com/url?q\75https%3A%2F%2Fwww.routledge.com%2Fproducts%2F9780415748520\46sa\75D\46sntz\0751\46usg\75AFQjCNHasf1Fm0CtlabpmNzsjOps_wArOA';return true;" onclick="this.href='https://www.google.com/url?q\75https%3A%2F%2Fwww.routledge.com%2Fproducts%2F9780415748520\46sa\75D\46sntz\0751\46usg\75AFQjCNHasf1Fm0CtlabpmNzsjOps_wArOA';return true;">https://www.routledge.com/products/9780415748520</a>.

<br>

<br>And now, in the finest academic tradition, it falls to me and Rob to put together a 

<br>schmooze & booze celebration event, thinly disguised as a panel discussion - or maybe 

vice versa.

<br>

<br>Three of our distinguished contributors - Peter Patrick, Nicci MacLeod, and Hywel 

<br>Coleman - will be there to reflect on their chapters and discuss the meaning of 

<br>'impact' in contemporary academia. My co-editor and I will also give a talk about the 

<br>historical rise of 'impact' in academia. I'm sure there will also be lots of exciting 

<br>attendees with whom to rub shoulders. And as if all that wasn't tempting enough, 

there will be wine and snacks! All for free!

<br>

<br>It's Monday 13 June, in Birmingham (UK), two days before the Sociolinguistic 

<br>Symposium in Spain - so if you're heading to the Symposium from abroad, how about 

coming to our event en route?

<br>

<br>The address is:

<br>Room C087, Curzon Building

<br>Birmingham City University

<br>Cardigan Street

<br>Birmingham, B4 7BD

<br>

<br>We even made a fancy flyer for the event which you can print out and stick to your 

<br>office door, circulate among colleagues, pass round the family dinner table, and 

staple to your clothes: <a href="https://goo.gl/LQ9pid" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="this.href='https://goo.gl/LQ9pid';return true;" onclick="this.href='https://goo.gl/LQ9pid';return true;">https://goo.gl/LQ9pid</a>.

<br>

<br>PLEASE REGISTER (for free) here: <a href="https://slximpactlaunch.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="this.href='https://www.google.com/url?q\75https%3A%2F%2Fslximpactlaunch.eventbrite.co.uk%2F\46sa\75D\46sntz\0751\46usg\75AFQjCNGYURhRnqmHMXFEUlhXJNDWDlvssA';return true;" onclick="this.href='https://www.google.com/url?q\75https%3A%2F%2Fslximpactlaunch.eventbrite.co.uk%2F\46sa\75D\46sntz\0751\46usg\75AFQjCNGYURhRnqmHMXFEUlhXJNDWDlvssA';return true;">https://slximpactlaunch.<wbr>eventbrite.co.uk/</a>. Note: it 

<br>will tell you to print and bring your ticket but don't worry about that - this is 

only to help us keep track of numbers.

<br>

<br>And of course, please feel free to circulate this email to anyone who might be 

interested - and to send the Eventbrite link out through more attention-intolerant media.

<br>

See you there!

<br>

<br>Dave

<br>

<br>--

<br>Dr. Dave Sayers

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