28.136, Calls: Pragmatics / Journal of Asian Pacific Communication (Jrnl)

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Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2017 20:40:22
From: Vahid Parvaresh [vparvaresh at gmail.com]
Subject: Pragmatics / Journal of Asian Pacific Communication (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 


Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics 

Call Deadline: 20-Feb-2017 

''Vague item 'sort of' across languages of the Asia-Pacific region''
(Special Issue of the Journal of Asian Pacific Communication)

Guest Editors: 

Dr. Vahid Parvaresh (Anglia Ruskin University)
Prof. Grace Zhang (Curtin University)

It has been widely established that, without vague language (e.g. 'things',
'sort of'), interactants would not be able to achieve the same range of
interactional goals (e.g. Jucker, Smith & Lüdge, 2003). However, despite the
recent rise in the number of studies devoted to vague language (e.g. Channell,
1994; Cutting, 2007; Parvaresh & Ahmadian, 2016; Zhang, 2011, 2014, 2015;
Zhang & Sabet, 2016), a gap still exists when it comes to the investigation of
vague expressions cross-linguistically. The proposed special issue would be a
step in this direction. It will focus on the vague item 'sort of', which plays
an important role in mitigation and the like. While there have been studies on
the item (e.g. Aijmer, 1984; Fetzer, 2010; Holmes, 1988), the current project
aims to provide a comprehensive account of the use of 'sort of' from
cross-linguistic and Asia Pacific perspectives. We are interested in
contributions that address one of the languages spoken in the Asia-Pacific
region (e.g. Australian English, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese). To make
cross-linguistic comparisons possible, we have decided to (a) encourage
contributions whose data sources are similar (i.e. data from TV discussions on
social issues), and (b) focus exclusively on the vague language item 'sort
of'. The studies published in this special issue will investigate the
pragmatic functions of 'sort of' in TV discussion discourse, although other
issues such as frequency, form and clustering may also be investigated. 

Timeline

Potential contributors are encouraged to send an abstract of 300-500 words and
a 200-word bio blurb to Dr. Vahid Parvaresh (Anglia Ruskin University):
Vahid.Parvaresh at anglia.ac.uk 

Abstracts are expected to be submitted not later than 20 February 2017
Draft papers are expected to be submitted not later than December 2017
The first round of reviews is expected to be completed by April 2018 
Accepted papers are expected to be submitted for publication by October 2018

Please note that all papers will undergo a strict peer review process. If you
have any questions, please contact Dr Vahid Parvaresh at
Vahid.Parvaresh at anglia.ac.uk

References

Aijmer, K. 1984. ''Sort of'' and ''Kind of'' in English Conversation. Studia
Linguistica 38: 118-128.
Channell, J. 1994. Vague Language. Oxford: OUP.
Cutting, J., ed. 2007. Vague Language Explored. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Fetzer, A. 2010. Hedges in context: Form and function of 'sort of' and 'kind
of'. In Gunther Kaltenböck et al. (eds.), New Approaches to Hedging. Bingley:
Emerald.
Holmes, J. 1988. 'Sort of' in New Zealand women's and men's speech. Studia
Linguistica 42: 85-121.
Jucker, A. H., S. W. Smith and T. Lüdge 2003.Interactive aspects of vagueness
in conversation. Journal of Pragmatics 35: 1737-1769.
Parvaresh, V. and M. J. Ahmadian 2016.The impact of task structure on the use
of vague expressions by EFL learners. The Language Learning Journal 4:
436-450.
Zhang, G. 2011. Elasticity of vague language.Intercultural Pragmatics
8:571-599.
Zhang, G. 2014. The elasticity of 'I think': Stretching its pragmatic
functions. Intercultural Pragmatics 11:225-257.
Zhang, G. 2015. Elastic Language: How and Why We Stretch Our Words. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Zhang, G. and P. Sabet 2016. Elastic 'I think': Stretching over L1 and L2.
Applied Linguistics 37: 334-353.




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