Second Call for Papers for Language, Interaction and Social Organization Conference

[Valerie Sultan]

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2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
11th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction and Culture
May 12-14,  2005
University of California, Santa Barbara

Presented by
The Language, Interaction, and Social Organization (LISO) Graduate Student
Association at the University of California, Santa Barbara
and
The Center for Language, Interaction and Culture (CLIC) Graduate Student
Association at the University of California, Los Angeles

Plenary Speakers

Paul Drew
University of York
Sociology

Lanita Jacobs-Huey
University of Southern California
Anthropology

Michael Silverstein
University of Chicago
Anthropology

Catherine Snow
Harvard University
Education

Submissions should address topics at the intersection of language,
interaction, and culture from theoretical perspectives which employ data
from recorded, spontaneous interaction. This includes but is not limited
to conversation analysis, discourse analysis, ethnography of
communication, ethnomethodology, and interactional sociolinguistics.  We
welcome abstracts from graduate students and faculty working in the areas
of Anthropology, Applied Linguistics, Education, Linguistics, Psychology,
and Sociology.  Speakers will have 20 minutes for presentation and 10
minutes for discussion. Selected papers will be published in the
conference proceedings.

Abstracts are due no later than February 15, 2005, by e-mail submission
only.
Please see submission guidelines below and the LISO webpage at
http://www.liso.ucsb.edu/conferences/LISOConf2005/ for more information.

The Language, Interaction, and Social Organization (LISO) Conference
Organizing Committee:
Jennifer Garland and Melissa Kwon, Co-Chairs; Valerie Sultan, Treasurer;
Jesse Gillespie, Webmaster; Kevin Whitehead and Annette Harrison.

University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Linguistics
South Hall 3605, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
LISOconf05 at linguistics.ucsb.edu
http://www.liso.ucsb.edu/conferences/LISOConf2005/



SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

This year we are accepting submissions by e-mail only:

The 500 word abstract should be sent to LISOconf05 at linguistics.ucsb.edu
with "Conference Submission" in the subject line. The abstract should be
attached in Rich Text Format (.rtf), and should contain no information
which identifies the author(s). In a second attached document, please
include the following information:
„X    Name(s) of author(s)
„X Affiliation(s) of author(s)
„X The address, phone number, and email address at which the author
(s) would like to be notified
„X    The title of the paper
„X A note indicating your equipment requirements
„X Any additional comments

In the case of an abstract longer than 500 words, only the first 500 words
will be read. Papers will be selected based on evaluation of the anonymous
abstract.

In your abstract, make sure to clearly state the main point or argument of
the paper.  Briefly discuss the problem or research question situated by
reference to previous research and by the work¡¦s relevance to developments
in your field. You may wish to include a short example to support your
main point or argument. State your conclusions, however tentative.

Deadline for the receipt of abstracts is February 15, 2005. Late
submissions will not be accepted. Notification of acceptance or non-
acceptance will be sent via email by March 31, 2005.