<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Apologies in advance for any cross-posting. More info on this year’s CLASP Conference will be available shortly at </span><a href="http://www.colorado.edu/clasp/conference.html" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">http://www.colorado.edu/clasp/conference.html</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">CLASP IV - Call for Papers</span></b></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">The program in Culture, Language and Social Practice (CLASP) at the University of Colorado at Boulder is pleased to invite submissions to its graduate-student-run interdisciplinary conference. Abstracts for 20 minute papers covering topics in various areas of sociocultural linguistics are invited and are due by June 15th, 2015. We encourage papers that focus on the broad connections between language, culture and society and are grounded in empirical research. Examples of possible frameworks or analytic traditions may include, but are not limited to:</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Sociolinguistics </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Linguistic anthropology</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Narrative studies </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Critical discourse analysis</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Conversation analysis </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Language and identity</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Discourse pragmatics </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Computer-mediated discourse</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Ethnography of speaking </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Language and literacy</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Verbal art and performance </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Bilingualism and code-switching</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Language and globalizatio </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Intercultural communication</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Language socialization </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Interactional linguistics</span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Conference Details:</span></b></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">The conference will take place on October 3-5, 2015. Our confirmed plenary speakers are:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Dr. Benjamin Bailey – University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Communication)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Dr. Kevin O’Connor – University of Colorado, Boulder (Education)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Dr. Lal Zimman – University of California, Santa Barbara (Linguistics)</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class=""> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">The conference website can be found at: </span><a href="http://www.colorado.edu/clasp/conference.html" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">http://www.colorado.edu/clasp/conference.html</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class=""></span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Submission Guidelines</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Please email a 500 word abstract to </span><a href="mailto:abstract.clasp2015@gmail.com" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">abstract.clasp2015@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class=""> by </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: red;" class="">June 15th, 2015</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">. The conference this year will include a paper competition for graduate students (see details below). The abstract should be attached in Microsoft Word (.doc) or PDF format and should contain NO information identifying the author(s) of the paper. Abstracts are evaluated on an anonymous basis (before preparing your submission, you might want to consult these annotated model abstracts: </span><a href="http://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/model-abstracts" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">http://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/model-abstracts</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">). In the body of the email, please include the following information:</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">-Name(s) of author(s)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">-University or other affiliation(s) of the author(s)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">-Email address(es) of the author(s)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">-Title of proposed paper</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">-3-5 keywords describing the paper</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">-Equipment requirements</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">-Any additional comments</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Notification of acceptance or non-acceptance will be sent via email by August, 15th, 2015.</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Student plenary competition</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">This year we will promote a competition for the best Graduate Student Paper in Culture, Language, and Social Practice. The winner of this competition will have their name mentioned in the official conference program and will be offered a student plenary spot at the conference. This student plenary will be approximately 45 minutes and will provide an opportunity for the winner to share their research in more depth than a typical presentation slot. Note, however, that the plenary spot is a potential honor and depends on the quality of submissions received.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">For consideration in the competition for the student plenary, authors (graduate students only) should submit a paper of up to 8,000 words plus references. Your submission email should indicate whether you would like to be considered for a regular conference presentation if you do not win the plenary spot.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">Please email your (up to) 8,000 word-paper to </span><a href="mailto:abstract.clasp2015@gmail.com" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">abstract.clasp2015@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class=""> by </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: red;" class="">June 15th, 2015</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class="">. The paper should be attached in Microsoft Word (.doc) or PDF format and should contain NO information identifying the author(s) of the paper.</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 13.553333282470703px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">-- <br class=""></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 13.553333282470703px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);" class="">Best regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 13.553333282470703px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);" class="">The CLASP IV Abstract Committee.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 13.553333282470703px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: red;" class="">Please use the </span></i></b><a href="mailto:abstract.clasp2015@gmail.com" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 13.553333282470703px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(91, 155, 213);" class="">abstract.clasp2015@gmail.com</span></i></b></a><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 13.553333282470703px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(91, 155, 213);" class=""> </span></i></b><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 13.553333282470703px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: red;" class="">address to submit abstract-related questions only. You might want to direct all other conference-related queries to </span></i></b><a href="mailto:clasp.conference@gmail.com" target="_blank" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 13.553333282470703px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(91, 155, 213);" class="">clasp.conference@gmail.com</span></i></b></a><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 13.553333282470703px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: red;" class=""> .</span></i></b></p></div>
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