33.2596, Calls: Sociolinguistics/Germany

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Subject: 33.2596, Calls: Sociolinguistics/Germany

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Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 07:02:33
From: Tobias-Alexander Herrmann [sslac-info at uni-koeln.de]
Subject: 45th DGfS AG 04: Creativity and routine in linguistic feedback

 
Full Title: 45th DGfS AG 04: Creativity and routine in linguistic feedback 
Short Title: DGfS 2023 

Date: 07-Mar-2023 - 10-Mar-2023
Location: Cologne, Germany 
Contact Person: Tobias-Alexander Herrmann
Meeting Email: DGfS-2023 at uni-koeln.de
Web Site: https://dgfs2023.uni-koeln.de/en/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 12-Sep-2022 

Meeting Description:

With the topic of the 45th Annual Conference of the German Linguistic Society
at the University of Cologne, Linguistic Creativity and Routine, we would like
to shed light on the communication system language from the perspective of the
interplay of these two forces. On the one hand, the cognitive and social
system of language is highly flexible and adaptable. On the other hand, it is
based on conventions, norms and rules, without which successful communication
is not possible.

Interlocutors may and must be creative in order to achieve their communicative
goals efficiently. At the same time, they must use routines to understand each
other. Creativity can test the limits of routines, disregard routines, and
change routines, for example during historical language change. Routines
support creativity and can challenge it, for example, when they have or appear
to have fuzzy boundaries.

The interplay of linguistic creativity and linguistic routines can favour but
also endanger the success of communication. The second aspect represents an
interesting, less considered perspective in the study of language that we want
to explore. Central questions arising here are, on the one hand, which aspects
of the interplay between creativity and routine cause or can cause problems in
communication, and, on the other hand, which resources and strategies are used
to overcome problems. Both sets of questions – problem creation and problem
solving – have individual-specific, language community-specific, and cultural
components. For instance, creative deviations from or extensions of routines
may be perceived or tolerated differently depending on individual abilities
and preferences. Problem solving may also differ individually, for example,
depending on cognitive resources or on (multi-)linguistic backgrounds.

At the 45th Annual Meeting of the German Linguistic Society we will focus on
the interplay between linguistic creativity and routine. The topic offers the
opportunity to intensively discuss language in a broad spectrum of, among
others, linguistic-systemic, cognitive and social aspects with regard to
successful and also unsuccessful communication. The 16 workshops at the
meeting will address this topic but also other cutting-edge research topics in
linguistics.


Call for Papers:

Workshop at the 45th Annual Conference of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS)
2023

AG 04: Creativity and routine in linguistic feedback

Coordinators: Jana Hosemann, Anastasia Bauer, Sonja Gipper, Tobias-Alexander
Herrmann
(University of Cologne)

Time: 8th - 10th March 2023; Location: University of Cologne

Workshop Description:

Feedback is central to interaction. It is omnipresent in interpersonal
communication and reflects interlocutors’ perception and monitoring of the
success (or potential failure) of communication. Any given interaction is rife
with feedback mechanisms, from interjections like huh? and exclamations like
really? to verbal repetitions as well as smiles, frowns, nods, directed eye
gaze and gestures. Feedback signals serve to coordinate interaction, direct
the advancement of narrative, manage attention and establish common ground.
Looking at communicative interaction, the two fundamental forces creativity
and routinization make language a highly flexible and adaptable communication
system, offering routines for repair and managing trouble, as well as opening
up avenues for innovative language use. Feedback signals play a central
regulatory role within this interplay between individual skills and shared
structures and norms, in line with creativity and routinization.
In this workshop, we want to gain an understanding and discuss topics that
address feedback signals in the following contexts: (a) language- and
individual-specific use of feedback cues in multimodal conversation
interaction (e.g., head nods, eye gaze, gestures, interjections); (b) feedback
signals in language acquisition contexts; (c) the potential impact of feedback
mechanisms on linguistic structures; (d) feedback as a phenomenon beyond
linguistics in “macroscopic” discourses on the level of institutions,
societies and cultures. We invite participants to present their research
related to one of these or other relevant contexts and aim to gain new
insights into the function of feedback signals in the interplay of linguistic
creativity and routine.

Abstract submission:
- Abstracts should be at most 2 pages in length (max. 1 page of text, 12 pt,
and a second page for images, examples and references).
- Title, name and affiliation should be included in the abstract.
- Talks will be 20 minutes + 10 minutes discussion.
- Please send your abstracts as PDF file electronically to:
sslac-info at uni-koeln.de

Deadline for abstracts: September 12th, 2022
Notification: September 15th, 2022

Invited speakers:
Connie de Vos (Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Science, Department
Communication and Cognition)
Judith Holler (Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition & Behaviour, Radboud
University & MPI, Nijmegen

We are very much looking forward to your submissions and to an exciting
workshop,
Jana Hosemann, Anastasia Bauer, Sonja Gipper, & Tobias-Alexander Herrmann




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