28.4725, Calls: English, Sociolinguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics/Finland

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Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:27:18
From: Sofia Rüdiger [sofia.ruediger at uni-bayreuth.de]
Subject: Discourse Markers in the Outer and Expanding Circles

 
Full Title: Discourse Markers in the Outer and Expanding Circles 

Date: 30-May-2018 - 30-May-2018
Location: Tampere, Finland 
Contact Person: Sofia Rüdiger
Meeting Email: sofia.ruediger at uni-bayreuth.de
Web Site: http://www.uta.fi/ltl/en/ICAME2018/programme/workshops.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 15-Dec-2017 

Meeting Description:

ICAME 39 Pre-conference Workshop: Discourse Markers in the Outer and Expanding
Circles - A Corpus-linguistic Perspective

Convenors: Sven Leuckert (TU Dresden) & Sofia Rüdiger (University of Bayreuth)

Discourse markers, generally defined as “sequentially dependent elements which
bracket units of talk” (Schiffrin 1987: 31), have been studied extensively
with regard to their diachronic development (Traugott 2016), their function(s)
in spoken discourse (Pichler 2013), and as features resulting from language
contact (e.g. lah in Singapore English, cf. Kwan-Terry 1992; Wong 2004).
Discourse markers may express epistemic and interpersonal stance (Tan 2010),
but they can also be reflections of social rank (Fischer 1998; Lutzky 2012).
While some research has been carried out on the use and origins of discourse
markers in L2 varieties (e.g. Valentine 1991; De Klerk 2005; Lange 2012;
Amador-Moreno, McCafferty & Vaughan 2015; Gilquin 2016), much work needs to be
done in order to fully understand the functions and origins of discourse
markers in the Outer and Expanding Circles. This concerns not only the
syntactic and discourse-pragmatic constraints which affect discourse markers,
but also the potential social implications of discourse marker usage. In the
wake of more and more spoken (learner) corpora being available for research,
corpus-linguistic perspectives may shed new light on the study of discourse
markers. For this reason, the workshop addresses the following questions: 

- Which roles do discourse markers play in the Outer and Expanding Circles and
what can they tell us about (a) proficiency, (b) cultural and social aspects,
(c) the impact of language contact, and (d) variety status (Schneider 2007;
Buschfeld 2013) 
- How can we systematically assess and statistically evaluate the forms and
functions of discourse markers (in particular in learner corpora)
- How does register affect the usage of discourse markers in the Outer and
Expanding Circles and do speakers in these circles only employ discourse
markers in spoken interaction or also in computer-mediated communication and
other forms of mediated language
- In which ways do sociolinguistic variables such as age, gender, and
ethnicity affect the use of discourse markers by L2 and L3 speakers?


Call for Papers:
 
We invite the submission of abstracts for full papers. Proposed topics
include, but are not limited to, the various issues mentioned in the workshop
description. Abstracts of 400-500 words, excluding references, should be
submitted in pdf-format by email to sven.leuckert at tu-dresden.de and to
sofia.ruediger at uni-bayreuth.de. The deadline for abstract submission is 15
December 2017. 

Notification of acceptance will be sent out by the end of December.




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