Ethno/CA News: Conferences
Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT) 2011
Discourse 2.0: Language and New Media
March 10-13, 2011
Deadline for submission of abstracts:
November 10th, 2010
Plenary Speakers
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Jannis Androutsopoulos, University
of Hamburg
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Naomi Baron, American University
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Susan Herring, Indiana University
at Bloomington
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Deborah Tannen, Georgetown University
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Crispin Thurlow, University of Seattle
Workshops
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Deborah Schiffrin, Georgetown University
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and more....
We invite submissions in all areas relevant to language and new media,
including:
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The language of facebook, twitter, and other new media
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The language of texting, hypertext, and other new technologies
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Identity, Indexicality, and Intertextuality
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Language and gender, performance, and narrative
Possible themes may include:
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How the medium shapes language and social interaction
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How language and social interaction affect media
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Intergenerational/intercultural communication
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Language in medical, educational, legal, workplace, and other contexts
We welcome a range of approaches, including:
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Anthropological Linguistics
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Conversation or Discourse Analysis
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Interactional Sociolinguistics
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Multimodality
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Variation Analysis
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Visual Analysis
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