31.3885, Calls: Applied Linguisticcs / Language and Dialogue (Jrnl)

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Subject: 31.3885, Calls:  Applied Linguisticcs / Language and Dialogue (Jrnl)

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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:09:56
From: Anja Müller-Wood [wood at uni-mainz.de]
Subject: Applied Linguisticcs / Language and Dialogue (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: Language and Dialogue 


Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 23-Dec-2020 

“When Dialogue Fails”: Special Issue of Language and Dialogue, edited by Anja
Müller-Wood (Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz)

For much of the twentieth century, “dialogue” has been a prized concept in
academic and public discourse alike. Various models of social interaction and
communication have been constructed, in disciplines like psychology
(Vygotsky), philosophy (Merleau-Ponty, Levinas) and sociology (Bell), on
dialogic principles; often – but not always – drawing on the formative ideas
of Michail Bakhtin. Across the humanities and social sciences this commitment
manifests itself in a focus on concepts such as alterity, interaction,
intersubjectivity and relationality. Yet the cultural conflicts and aspersions
by which the 21st century has been beset tell a somewhat different story. The
surge of extremism across the political spectrum, the splintering of the
public sphere into a patchwork of hostile tribes and the social media hysteria
that kindles both, suggest that these are very undialogical times. Whether
this situation is the result of a momentary lapse, or evidence that dialogic
communication is intrinsically challenging, are questions that deserve to be
pursued – not least because that pursuit also promises to lead to a firmer
grasp of the dazzling and elusive concept of dialogue itself.

This special issue of Language and Dialogue aims to contribute to the
discussion of the nature, scope and indeed the failure of dialogue by zeroing
in on the following areas of interest: 

- When does dialogue fail – and why?
- The foundations of dialogic communication: Cognition, Language, Performance
- Dialogue and human nature
- Dialogue in an age of identity (politics)
- Dialogue between ideal and reality
- (Re-)conceptualising dialogue

Proposals are invited for articles that address these or related topics from
various disciplinary angles (linguistic, literary, neurobiological,
pedagogical, philosophical, psychological, sociological). Please send
abstracts of c. 250 words, accompanied by a brief biographical note, to Anja
Müller-Wood, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (wood at uni-mainz.de) by 23
December 2020. Notification of acceptance by early January 2021. The issue is
scheduled for publication in January 2022.




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