[Cadaad] CfP: Corpora & Discourse Conference 2020

[Charlotte Taylor]

With apologies for cross-posting

Call for Papers: Corpora & Discourse International Conference
When: 17-19 June 2020
Where: University of Sussex
Deadline for abstracts: 25 January 2020
Details: https://corporadiscourse.com/

We invite proposals which combine corpus linguistics and discourse analysis in all forms and under all names. This might include work that self-describes as: corpus-assisted discourse studies, corpus-based (critical) discourse studies, corpus-based sociolinguistics, corpus-driven discourse studies, corpus pragmatics, corpus stylistics, or corpus & discourse work that does not go under any particular label. Our aim is to bring together all researchers who are interested in how discourse/s are structured, patterned or received and who use corpus linguistics in their work.
We encourage different kinds of paper. Please specify in your abstract which you are proposing.

A. Research papers
Topics of interest may include, but are not limited to:

*           discourse organisation including cohesion and coherence

*           language ideology

*           language policy

*           discourse analyses of socially important issues

*           discourse analyses of ecological issues

*           discourse/s and identity

*           discourse/s in translation studies

*           stylistic analyses of discourse

*           discourse/s in literary texts

*           discourse/s in language learning

*           discourse/s in language teaching

*           discourse/s in languages for specialised purposes

*           organisational discourse/s

*           investigations of non-literal language in discourse (e.g. metaphor, metonymy, irony)

*           comparative studies of different discourse/s and discourse types

*           comparative studies of discourse/s over different periods of time

*           investigations of cultural and cross-cultural topics

B. Research posters
For work-in-progress, projects in the early stages of development or descriptions of new corpora, we encourage poster presentations. There will be a dedicated poster session on the first day of the conference.

C. Position papers
We also welcome papers which include reflective considerations on theoretico-methodological issues. These might include discussion of questions such as:

*           How is the combination of corpus and discourse analysis developing?

*           What is the future of corpus and discourse analysis?

*           What counts as best practice and are there any practices best avoided?

*           How can we increase our awareness and reflexivity as researchers in this field?

*           What forms can triangulation in corpus and discourse take?

*           What future directions should we be aware of / consider?

*           How might recent developments in (critical) discourse studies impact the combination?

*           What new software may be of particular relevance to the area?

*           What challenges do particular forms of corpus and discourse face? (e.g. analysis of social media, responsive analysis of fast-moving topics, analysis of historical discourse/s etc.)

*           What can a corpus and discourse approach do with big data that was not collected/designed for corpus work?

D. Practical sessions
Proposals for workshops show-casing and providing hands-on experience with new software or methods are also encouraged. Please label your abstract clearly to indicate if you are proposing a workshop.

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Senior Lecturer in English Language & Linguistics
Course Leader, MA Applied Linguistics
School of English, Arts B245
University of Sussex, BN1 9QN

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