31.2925, Calls: Disc Analysis/Switzerland

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Subject: 31.2925, Calls: Disc Analysis/Switzerland

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:04:36
From: YAN ZHOU [yz007 at g.ucla.edu]
Subject: Language of inclusion and exclusion: intersubjectivity in conversation and the negotiation of identities in social interaction

 
Full Title: Language of inclusion and exclusion: intersubjectivity in conversation and the negotiation of identities in social interaction 

Date: 27-Jun-2021 - 02-Jul-2021
Location: Winterthur, Switzerland 
Contact Person: YANE ZHOU
Meeting Email: yz007 at g.ucla.edu

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis 

Call Deadline: 25-Oct-2020 

Meeting Description:

This panel takes a multilevel approach to explore the semiotic practices of
inclusion/exclusion against the current sociopolitical background: at the
micro-level, how inclusion/exclusion are encoded in linguistic systems and in
non-verbal behaviors in interaction; at the macro-level, how
inclusion/exclusion in speech communities are reflected in speakers’ choices
of language codes. 

Previous studies (e.g. Filimonova 1999) have touched on “clusivity” features
at the microlevel, for instance, first-person pronouns are often cited as a
common way to index inclusion/exclusion (e.g. La Polla 2005, Bull and Fetzer
2006). Beyond pronominal systems, non-verbal behaviors, especially shifting
gaze direction, are also shown to index membership in social interaction
(Goodwin 1979, Tao 1999). At the macro-level, sociolinguists have extensively
examined language codes chosen and perceived by speakers from different speech
communities based on distinctions such as race (linguistic profiling, Baugh
2003), gender (Coates 1986), social class (Labov 1986), ethnicity (e.g. Bond
and Cheung 1984) and other in-group/out-group memberships. Evidence has also
been found in experimental linguistics that stereotype-congruent events are
described differently from stereotype-incongruent behaviors, and such language
biases can reinforce the existing biases in our societies (Maass and Arcuri
1992). 

The past few decades have seen dramatic changes in the sociopolitical
landscape, especially the recent worldwide call for equity, diversity, and
inclusivity, which have led to reflections on linguistic biases and have
brought possible changes to languages. Yet, the existing proposals, such as
replacing the traditional binary gender-marked pronominal system with
gender-neutral pronouns in English, have not addressed new challenges on
linguistic biases, nor explored the issues of inclusion in real-time
interactional sequences. 
Against such a background, this panel seeks to explore a number of critical
issues: how to understand linguistic biases at multiple levels simultaneously;
how ordinary speakers display and negotiate inclusion/exclusion in everyday
conversation; and what implications there may be for inclusive discourse in
practical/professional settings. First, for conversational interaction, we
explore the preference for intersubjectivity (Schegloff 1992, Heritage 2007)
and common ground (Clark 1992) between speakers through recipient design
(Sacks 1992) as a precondition for inclusion, alignment, and affiliation in
social interaction. Second, we explore the negotiation of identity in
multilingual and multicultural interactions on a macrolevel. We welcome papers
that focus on the issues outlined above and from a wide range of languages.


Call for Papers: 

This is a panel on the special theme, The Pragmatics of Inclusion. Check out
more info on the special theme here:
https://pragmatics.international/page/Theme2021

The general Call for Papers and instructions can be found here:
https://pragmatics.international/page/CfP

All abstracts (300-500 words) will have to be submitted individually through
the IPrA website: https://ipra2021.exordo.com/

Please prepare your abstract according to the IPrA call for papers &
submission guidelines (https://pragmatics.international/page/CfP), and make
sure to select “Language of inclusion and exclusion: the preference for
intersubjectivity and the negotiation of identities in social interaction” as
the panel for your submission.




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