31.2939, Calls: Pragmatics/Switzerland

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Subject: 31.2939, Calls: Pragmatics/Switzerland

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:00:23
From: Minna Nevala [minna.nevala at tuni.fi]
Subject: Self- and other-reference in social role construction in different genres and social contexts

 
Full Title: Self- and other-reference in social role construction in different genres and social contexts 

Date: 27-Jun-2021 - 02-Jul-2021
Location: Winterthur, Switzerland 
Contact Person: Minna Nevala
Meeting Email: minna.nevala at tuni.fi

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics 

Call Deadline: 25-Oct-2020 

Meeting Description:

First-person is an important locus of interpersonal and indexical work and it
often establishes the starting point of the interaction (e.g. Agha 2007: 280,
Mühlhäusler and Harré 1990). Several empirical studies show how first-person
expressions establish the interlocutor’s stance and position them vis-à-vis
the recipient but also in relation to the broader social and societal context,
its norms and hierarchies, as well as the expectations of the audience and
practices of the genre (e.g. Palander-Collin 2009, Palander-Collin & Nevala
2011, Palander-Collin & Liukkonen 2017). The communicative functions of
self-reference may also vary depending on the context (Hyland 2003). Moreover,
in addition to the first-person pronouns the self can be positioned through
the use of various other linguistic means, as well as by means of reference to
others, such as stance markers and address terms. 

This panel focuses on the ways in which the writer or speaker can position
themselves in different genres and social contexts and what kind of social
roles are then created and which linguistic means are used. Papers to be
included can relate to different genres and comparisons of genres as well as
linguistic or discursive comparisons of the same individual in different
social roles. We welcome methodologies ranging from macro to micro
perspectives, including combinations of qualitative and quantitative methods,
and synchronic and diachronic perspectives. Potential research questions might
include the role of the “self” in a public context vs. private context, e.g.
whose voices are presented in the first-person and what kind of roles are then
constructed? Or, what kind of patterns of self- and other-reference can be
detected, what are the implications for role construction, and are there
perhaps changing patterns over time? Or, how specific linguistic/pragmatic
functions, such as, reporting, reference, or politeness, are used for
positioning of the self and other interlocutors.


Call for Papers: 

Please submit your abstract through the conference webpages by October 25. For
further instructions, please see https://pragmatics.international/page/CfP. 

References: 
Agha, Asif. 2007. Language and Social Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Beeching, Kate, Chiara Ghezzi & Piera Molinelli (eds.). 2018. Positioning the
Self and Others. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Mühlhäusler, Peter & Rom Harré. 1990. Pronouns and People: The Linguistic
Construction of Social and Personal Identity. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Hyland, Ken. 2003.Self‐citation and self‐reference: Credibility and promotion
in academic publication. Journal of the American Society for Information
Science and Technology 54 (3): 251-259. 
Palander-Collin, Minna. 2009. Variation and change in patterns of
self-reference in early English correspondence. Journal of Historical
Pragmatics 10 (2): 260–85.
Palander-Collin, Minna & Ina Liukkonen. 2017. Constructing the defendant role
in the trial proceedings of the Old Bailey: Guilty or not guilty. Token: A
Journal of English Linguistics 6: 173-203. 
Palander-Collin, Minna & Minna Nevala. 2011. Sociopragmatic aspects of writer
and addressee reference in Nathaniel Bacon’s letters. In P. Pahta and A. H.
Jucker (eds.), Communicating Early English Manuscripts. Cambridge: CUP.
102–17.




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