35.1754, Calls: Discourse Analysis / Languages - "Current Trends in Discourse Marker Research" (Jrnl)

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Subject: 35.1754, Calls: Discourse Analysis / Languages - "Current Trends in Discourse Marker Research" (Jrnl)

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Date: 12-Jun-2024
From: Ludivine Crible [ludivine.crible at ugent.be]
Subject: Discourse Analysis / Languages - "Current Trends in Discourse Marker Research" (Jrnl)


Discourse markers (henceforth, DMs) have been the focus of countless
studies for the past 50 years or so, ranging from descriptive analyses
of their form, function, and distribution to predictive and
experimental accounts of the factors that impact their use. Because of
their diversity and high frequency, DMs such as so, like, or well in
English raise a number of questions and challenges, which can be
addressed from many angles, including those of semantics, syntax,
psycholinguistics, diachronic linguistics, and sociolinguistics. The
abundance of literature from all these disciplines, in many languages
from around the world, has led to a strong and dynamic research field.

Recent years have seen the emergence of new topics related to DMs,
such as their co-occurrence (Pons Bordería 2018), their use as
processing cues (van Bergen and Bosker 2018), their interactions with
other discourse-signaling devices (Hoek et al. 2019), or multimodal
gesture–DM combinations (Inbar and Maschler 2023). Although this
productivity is beneficial to the field, it also makes it difficult to
keep up to date with the newest developments and trends. In
particular, DMs are regularly integrated into previously unrelated
research topics and applications, such as conversational alignment
(Knudsen et al. 2020), word recognition (Bosker et al. 2021),
healthcare discourse (Han et al. 2020), or human–machine interactions
(Vasilescu et al. 2010). The purpose of this Special Issue is,
therefore, to present a selection of new trends in DM research,
focusing on studies that innovate in terms of their topic, theoretical
approach, and/or methodology. Rather than a classic state-of-the-art
overview, this Special Issue intends to draw attention to emerging
topics and possibly foster interest in under-studied areas related to
DMs. To this end, we welcome contributions that explore a new
perspective and break new ground with respect to the existing body of
research on DMs.

We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors
initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 200 words
summarizing their intended contribution. Please send it to the guest
editor (ludivine.crible at ugent.be) or to Languages editorial office
(languages at mdpi.com). Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editor
for the purposes of ensuring proper fit within the scope of the
special issue. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer-review.

Tentative Completion Schedule
Abstract Submission Deadline : 15 Sep 2024
Notification of Abstract Acceptance : 15 Oct 2024
Full Manuscript Deadline : 15 April 2025

More info on
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages/special_issues/45032KN283



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