Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 13:56:59 -0500
From: Shari Kendall KENDALLS[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GUVAX.ACC.GEORGETOWN.EDU
Subject: Discourse Analysis Conference Call for Papers
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* * CALL FOR PAPERS * *
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* The Georgetown Linguistics Society *
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* GLS 1996 *
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* DISCOURSE AS MOSAIC: *
* linguistic re/production *
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* identities & ideologies *
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* October 11-13, 1996 at Georgetown University *
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mosaic i.a. Pertaining to that form of art in which
pictures and patterns are produced by the joining
together of minute pieces of glass, stone, or other
hard substances of different colors.
The theme of GLS 1996, Discourse as Mosaic: linguistic re/production
of identities and ideologies, captures the multiple ways in which
linguistic features and strategies create and reflect coherent social
meanings. We encourage papers which illuminate how local linguistic
practices produce and reproduce identities and ideologies, and how,
in turn, identities and ideologies simultaneously constrain those
practices. The metaphor of mosaic stems from this relationship:
the interaction of small and large patterns to yield a coherent whole.
Works submitted may include, but are not limited to, such areas as
discourse in the media, the workplace, the classroom, everyday
conversation, and in medical, political, legal, religious, and other
institutional contexts. Papers should be based on natural language data.
SUBMISSIONS. Abstracts must be received by GLS no later than Friday,
March 18, 1996. Individual presentation of papers will be 20 minutes
long with 10 additional minutes for discussion. Please send three
copies of an anonymous 500-word double-spaced abstract (hard copy
preferred, e-mail accepted). On a separate sheet, provide your name,
paper title, mailing and e-mail addresses, phone number, and institutional
affiliation. In addition, please submit a 100-word summary of the paper for
the conference program.
For further information, please contact:
GLS 1996
Georgetown University
Department of Linguistics, Box 571051
Washington, DC 20057-1051
telephone: (202) 687-6166
e-mail: gls[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.georgetown.edu