Call for Papers

[Valerie Sultan]

Apologies for Cross-posting

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:

    *
    * Name(s) of author(s)
    * Affiliation(s) of author(s)
    * The address, phone number, and email address at which the author(s)
would like to be notified
    * The title of the paper
    * A note indicating your equipment requirements
      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.