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      align="center"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">The 8th
        annual meeting of</span></p>
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          style="font-variant:small-caps">The Language and Social
          Interaction Working
          Group</span> (LANSI)</b></p>
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        College, Columbia University</span></p>
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        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">October 12-13 (Fri & Sat),
        2018</span></p>
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        ZH-CN" lang="EN">Rebecca Clift (University of Essex)</span></p>
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      text-autospace:none">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
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      text-autospace:none">Deadline for electronic submission is <b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
        normal">May 31, 2018</b>. Notification of acceptance or
      non-acceptance will be
      sent via email by July 15, 2018. For additional information and to
      submit an
      abstract, please visit: <a href="http://www.tc.edu/lansi"><span
          style="color:#852302">www.tc.edu/lansi</span></a></p>
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      text-autospace:none">Di Yu</p>
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      text-autospace:none">Carol Lo</p>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Dr. Hansun Zhang Waring 
Director of Applied Linguistics and TESOL
Associate Professor of Linguistics and Education
Box 66, 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/tesolal/">http://www.tc.columbia.edu/tesolal/</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tc.edu/lansi/">http://www.tc.edu/lansi/</a>; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/lansi_tc">https://twitter.com/lansi_tc</a>
<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>
NEW BOOK: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138657441">https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138657441</a></pre>
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