28.2119, Calls: General Linguistics / Punctum (Jrnl)

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Date: Mon, 08 May 2017 11:00:45
From: Evangelos Kourdis [ekourdis at frl.auth.gr]
Subject: General Linguistics / Punctum (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: Punctum 


Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Jun-2017 

>From Theory to Methodology 

Special issue of Punctum International Journal of Semiotics
Editors: Karin Boklund-Lagopoulou and Alexandros Ph. Lagopoulos
A scientific field incorporates four levels of operations, hierarchically
related and leading from the more abstract to the more concrete. The first
level is that of epistemology, the integration, explicit and conscious or
implicit and empirical, of a theory into one of the larger paradigms marking a
historical period. On the second level, the theory thus founded on the
paradigm defines the key concepts and axes of investigation. From theory
follows methodology, the third level, specifying the procedures that allow the
researcher to perform concrete operations on the basis of the framework
installed by theory. Finally, from methodology follow the techniques that give
their final form to the above operations and allow us to arrive at the
formulation of concrete results. The value of a theory is demonstrated only by
the results obtained by concrete analysis following this process. Debates, of
course, are possible on the level of theory and their outcome may be more or
less convincing, but this is only intellectually reassuring. The final
determination of the value of a theory are its empirical results and their
alignment with the available data. 

The domain of semiotics is today an evolving, fragmented and conflicting
kaleidoscopic domain. These different and heterogeneous tendencies rarely
communicate with each other. Many researchers make eclectic choices, combining
methods from irreconcilable approaches. 

The present issue of Punctum does not aspire to any kind of synthesis, which
does not seem possible under current conditions. But its editors feel that the
explicit formulation of the manner in which different semiotic approaches deal
with the basic requirements of theory-building can represent a step towards a
better mutual understanding of both differences and possible bridges.
Epistemological and theoretical arguments are welcome and inevitable, but
authors are invited to focus particularly on questions of methodology and
technique: how do we get from theory to specific, systematic, verifiable
results?

Certain matters are of particular interest in the above context:
- Papers based on any of the four levels of theory-making are of interest for
this issue, but the main emphasis should be on methodology and techniques,
while clearly defining the theoretical and technical concepts used. 
- Closely connected to the aims of the volume is the issue of the general and
specific objects of semiotic enquiry and how they affect the approach adopted.
- Two other important questions are the results that the use of a particular
methodology has led to so far, and the results that may be expected in the
future.
- We welcome in addition comparisons between different methodological
approaches which throw light on their differences and/or similarities.

Prospective authors should submit an abstract of approximately 300 words by
mail to Karin Boklund-Lagopoulou (boklund at enl.auth.gr) and Alexandros Ph.
Lagopoulos (phaidon at arch.auth.gr), including their affiliation and contact
information. Acceptance of the abstract does not guarantee publication, given
that all research articles will be put through the journal's peer review
process.

Deadline for abstracts: June 15, 2017
Notification of acceptance of the abstract: July 10, 2017 
Deadline for submission of full papers (6.000-8.000): October 1, 2017
Reviewers' report: November 1, 2017
Final revised papers due: December 1, 2017




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