33.1065, Calls: English; Applied Ling, Cog Sci, Disc Analysis, Pragmatics, Semantics/France

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Subject: 33.1065, Calls: English; Applied Ling, Cog Sci, Disc Analysis, Pragmatics, Semantics/France

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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:45:00
From: Robert Butler [robert.butler at univ-lorraine.fr]
Subject: Discourse, Authority and Manipulation in Multimodal Perspective

Full Title: Discourse, Authority and Manipulation in Multimodal Perspective 
Short Title: DAMMP 2023 

Date: 16-Mar-2023 - 17-Mar-2023
Location: Nancy, France 
Contact Person: Robert Butler
Meeting Email: robert.butler at univ-lorraine.fr
Web Site: https://idea.univ-lorraine.fr/sites/default/files/2022-03/DAMMP%202023%20-%20full%20CFP%20on%20IDEA_2.pdf 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Semantics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 19-Sep-2022 

Meeting Description:

Discourse emanates from various sources, some of which may be considered to be
more authoritative than others. The knowledge available from these sources is
“taught and learned”, “produced and used”, “sold and consumed” (Van Dijk 2011:
33). This raises the central epistemological question of the sources of
knowledge, and for what purpose knowledge is disseminated. Sources which
command authority set “knowledge standards” (Ibid.). These standards give rise
to the theory of “epistemic vigilance”, in which “interaction among
epistemically vigilant agents is likely to generate not only psychological but
also social vigilance mechanisms” (Sperber et al. 2010: 361). To what extent
do the information sources which constitute a “sociology of knowledge” reveal
a correlation between authority in discourse and access to knowledge? 

The link between the concept of manipulation and Critical Discourse Studies
(CDS) is well-established (Van Dijk 2006). Manipulation in discourse takes
place primarily “by text and talk” and “is a form of talk-in-interaction”
linked to power and abuses of power (Ibid.: 360). As manipulation occurs
within the mind, the cognitive processes that govern it lend themselves to a
cognitive approach (Ibid.). Certain genres pose increasing challenges for CDS.
Firstly, growing political scepticism, coupled with the public’s need for “a
simple and understandable world in times of uncertainty and insecurity”, has
resulted in people looking to the fictionalisation of politics in the media
(Wodak 2011: 206). Secondly, technological advances in the twenty-first
century have facilitated the development and proliferation of new forms of
media. These forms of “ephemeral media” (Grainge 2011) have changed the
rapidity with which information can be transmitted, while video-sharing
platforms can result in traditional segments of discourse becoming fragmented.

Consequently, there has been a recent turn towards multimodality in CDS, with
increasing amounts of information processed through the “visual channel” (Hart
2016: 336). A major contribution to the multimodal approach is Systemic
Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis (SF-MDA) (O’Halloran and Lim 2014;
O’Halloran et al. 2019). Inspired by Systemic Functional Linguistics (Halliday
and Matthiessen 2014), SF-MDA uses multimodal analytic methods involving
“mathematical techniques and scientific visualizations” (O’Halloran and Lim
2014: 148). Multimodal approaches have “a view of meaning as being greater
than the sum of its parts”, in which “meaning in any communicative act is not
just a product of the individual modes that contribute to it but of the
interplay between them” (Hart and Marmol Queralto 2021: 530-531).

The discursive picture can be enhanced by gesture analysis, which provides for
a coordinated message with speech (Kendon 2004; Streeck 2009). Specifically,
the “impulse to gesture” occurs “at the interface between a
cognitive-linguistic system and a face-to-face communication context”
(Harrison 2018: 214). To this extent, gestures cannot be reduced to the mere
externalisation of “pre-existing mental representations by means of body
movements” (Kita and Alibali 2017: 262). Gesture, like multimodality in
general, may demonstrate semiotic convergence with language, but does such
convergence exist in manipulative contexts? 

Although manipulation may involve an epistemic shift away from fact, how
should manipulation be analysed in genres of fiction which contain elements of
fact or reality? The concept merits further exploration (Sorlin 2016, 2017),
as fictional discourse “mirrors the ordinary functioning of language used to
mediate social interactions in everyday life” (Sorlin 2017: 143).

Call for Papers:

Keynote Speakers:
Gaëlle Ferré, Professor of Linguistics, University of Poitiers
Simon Harrison, Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, City University of
Hong Kong
Christopher Hart, Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University

The conference is open to papers which adopt a linguistic approach to
manipulative discourse through multimodal analysis, focusing on English.
Themes may include SF-MDA approaches, social semiotics or other multimodal
approaches, focusing on official or unofficial sources, specialised areas of
discourse (including, for example, political discourse, media discourse or
scientific discourse), or the use of manipulation in genres of fiction. Other
themes will be considered on merit.

We invite participants to submit an abstract (in English or French) not
exceeding 500 words, plus 5 or 6 keywords. Papers may be given in English or
French and will be allocated 20 minutes, with follow-up questions during the
session. Abstract submissions must include two separate Word formats: one
anonymised, the other containing the name(s), affiliation(s) and email
address(es) of the author(s) in addition to the title of the paper. All
abstracts will be sent for anonymous peer review by the Scientific Committee.
The Organiser and Scientific Committee reserve the right to request
modifications to the abstract as a condition of acceptance. Parallel sessions
may be used where appropriate. Some papers will be published.

The deadline for submissions is Monday 19 September, 2022. Decisions will be
communicated by e-mail by Monday 31st October 2022. Please send all
submissions with the subject “DAMMP 2023” to Robert Butler:
robert.butler at univ-lorraine.fr  

Scientific Committee: 
Robert Butler, Senior Lecturer, University of Lorraine (Nancy)
Alan Cienki, Professor of English Linguistics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gilles Col, Professor of Linguistics, University of Poitiers
Belinda Crawford, Associate Professor, University of Pisa
Nuria Edo-Marzá, Associate Professor, Universitat Jaume I
Denis Jamet, Professor of English Linguistics, Jean Moulin University – Lyon 3
Juan Carlos Palmer-Silveira, Associate Professor, Universitat Jaume I
Linda Pillière, Professor of Linguistics, Aix-Marseille University
Miguel Ruiz-Garrido, Associate Professor, Universitat Jaume I
Sandrine Sorlin, Professor of English Language and Linguistics, University of
Montpellier
Sabine Tan, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
Ronghua Wang, Associate Professor, Hunan University
Janina Wildfeuer, Assistant Professor, University of Groningen
Suwei Wu, Assistant Professor, China University of Petroleum (Beijing)

Registration: 
While it is anticipated that participants will be able to attend the
conference in person, a hybrid format will also enable participants to follow
the conference online. The University of Lorraine asks for a registration fee
than not less than 50 euros, whatever the format of the conference. A website
specifically for the conference will be available shortly. 

For further details and the full abstract, please go to:
https://idea.univ-lorraine.fr/activit%C3%A9s-recherche
https://idea.univ-lorraine.fr/sites/default/files/2022-03/DAMMP%202023%20-%20f
ull%20CFP%20on%20IDEA_2.pdf

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