31.2476, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Philosophy of Language, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics / I-LanD: Identity, Language and Diversity Journal (Jrnl)

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Subject: 31.2476, Calls:  Applied Linguistics, Philosophy of Language, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics / I-LanD: Identity, Language and Diversity Journal (Jrnl)

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2020 13:55:48
From: Sole Alba Zollo [solealba.zollo at unina.it]
Subject: Applied Linguistics, Philosophy of Language, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics / I-LanD: Identity, Language and Diversity Journal (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: I-LanD: Identity, Language and Diversity Journal 


Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Philosophy of Language; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 18-Oct-2020 

Call for Papers:

''Hybrid Dialogues: Transcending Binary Thinking and Moving Away from Societal
Polarizations''
edited by Cornelia Ilie and Sole Alba Zollo 

Authors wishing to contribute to this issue are invited to send an extended
abstract of their proposed article ranging between 600 and 1.000 words
(excluding references) in MS Word format to the two editors by the 18th
October 2020. Proposals should not contain the authors' name and
academic/professional affiliation and should be accompanied by an email
including such personal information and sent to: cornelia.ilie at gmail.com and
solealba.zollo at unina.it. Please put as subject line ''I-LanD Special Issue
2/2020- abstract submission'', and include the Journal e-mail address -
ilandjournal at unior.it - by using the Cc option. 

Description 
Binary or dichotomous thinking is responsible for producing and/or maintaining
historically unsustainable hierarchies and inequitable power relations. While
cyberspace communication environments can trigger and stimulate creative and
productive dialogues that can be integrated with face-to-face dialogues, we
are still witnessing a growing proliferation of dichotomy-based misperceptions
and misrepresentations of world phenomena and societal events (Beaufort 2018),
which involve the mismanagement and manipulation of interpersonal relations
and institutional power networks, leading to an environment of apprehension,
suspicion and insecurity, strongly amplified and aggravated in recent times by
anti-social discourse and behavior, extremist movements, and hate speech. 

As a counterbalance of dichotomy-based beliefs and ways of thinking, new and
hybrid forms of dialogue are needed to cross the frontiers of established
dichotomies, questioning the legitimacy of increasingly conflictual,
aggressive and divisive encounters (Sunstein 2007; Mason 2015) conducted both
offline (in public meetings, TV debates, political and parliamentary debates,
etc.) and online (on social media, such as Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat).

A wide range of analytical tools pertaining to multi-disciplinary frameworks
of analysis can effectively contribute to identifying and critically examining
dichotomy-based conceptualisation strategies that undermine existing
democratic norms and practices, giving rise to polarized, confrontational and
downright violent off- and on-line discourses. The questions researchers are
called upon to consider, analyse and debate include, but are not limited to,
the following: 
- Has the increasing use of social media had a noticeable impact on the
proliferation of the use of aggressive language and person-targeted attacks? 

- How have radicalised, polarized, confrontational and downright violent
discourses of extreme political movements given rise to institutional
confrontations and the use of violence in both face-to-face and online
interactions? 
- To what extent is gender an impactful element in adversarial discursive
behaviour? Are women and men equally inclined to initiate confrontational
types of dialogue? 
- How can new, hybrid dialogues help to address the polarization which
reinforces the current social and political crises in a vicious circle of
multiplying conceptual dichotomies, deceptive binary thinking and
fearmongering slogans or 'shockvertising'? 

Researchers are warmly welcome to propose contributions from diverse fields of
enquiry, including linguistics, media studies, journalism, cultural studies,
psychology, rhetoric, political science, sociology, pedagogy, philosophy and
anthropology.




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