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Mon Jun 15 13:43:08 GMT 2009
Pragmatics ? Call for Papers ? Special issue on
?The pragmatic study of language and the challenge of poststructuralism?
Call for papers
The fields of study labelled under the headers of
post-structuralism and pragmatics are hard to
distinguish from each other in disciplinary
terms. The poststructuralist insights from
theorists such as Michel Foucault, Jacques
Derrida, Jacques Lacan, Gilles Deleuze, Judith
Butler, Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, have
proliferated throughout the humanities in fields
as diverse as linguistics, anthropology,
geography, sociology, and political philosophy.
The same can be said of a variety of approaches
which fall under the category of pragmatics.
These stem from a number of formative traditions
which include the Wittgensteinian programme that
resonates in speech act theory (e.g. John Austin,
John Searle), in works on the logic of
conversation (e.g. Grice), in ethnomethodology
and conversation analysis, in psycholinguistics,
in the French school of enunciation theory and in
social theory (Harold Garfinkel, Erving Goffman,
Jürgen Habermas, Niklas Luhmann). Both pragmatics
and poststructuralist thought consider meaning as
the unstable product of social and discursive
practices. Yet, there is a great deal of
discussion on what these perspectives mean and on
what kind of theoretical and methodological
practices are indexed by them. As with any
over-coded, over-determined, and politicized
signifier, it is highly unlikely that one
definition will provide a definitive answer or
hegemony that fixes any one meaning once for all.
Given that both pragmatics and post-structuralism
stress the reflexivity, heterogeneity and
contingence of meaning production, we want to
explore the common ground for a dialogue between
the traditions under investigation. It is the aim
of this special issue to provide a platform for
the historical, theoretical, methodological,
empirical and political points of exchange. While
all of the contributions to this special issue of
Pragmatics focus on the historical, the
theoretical, the methodological and/or the
empirical implications of a (re)articulation of
pragmatic and poststructuralist authors and
perspectives, we would especially welcome
contributions which apply theoretical insights to empirical objects.
Bionotes of the initiators of this call for papers
Jan Zienkowski
Jan Zienkowski is currently employed at the
Department of Linguistics at the University of
Antwerp. He is working on a Phd dissertation
wherein he aims to analyze evolving political
identities in the Moroccan community of Antwerp
by means of an approach which rearticulates
linguistic pragmatic and poststructuralist
insights. He was previously assigned as lector at
the Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel where he taught
communication studies, communication research and
media sociology. Contact information:
institutional address Rodestraat 14 S.R.217, 2000
Antwerp, Belgium; telephone ++32 (0)494.716.661;
fax number ++32 (0)3.220.4570; e-mail
<mailto:(jan.zienkowski /at/ ua.ac.be)>(jan.zienkowski /at/ ua.ac.be)
Johannes Angermüller
Johannes Angermüller is Assistant Professor at
the University of Magdeburg. In 2003, he obtained
his PhD from the Universities of Paris 12 and
Magdeburg. Since 2006 he has coordinated the
German-language network MeMeDa (?Methodologies
and methods of discourse analysis?, see
http://www.discourseanalysis.net). His
publications include After Structuralism. The
Discourse of Theory and the Intellectual Field in
France (2007 in German, to come out in English
and French in 2009). More information:
http://www.johannes-angermueller.de. Contact
information: institutional address
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg Institut
für Soziologie; telephone +4916097623314 (cell.);
e-mail <mailto:(jan.zienkowski /at/ ua.ac.be)>(johannes.angermueller /at/ ovgu.de).
Procedure
Authors who are interested in writing a
publication that falls within the scope of this
call for papers may fill out the form at
<http://discourseanalysis.net/wiki.php?wiki=specialissue>http://discourseanalysis.net/wiki.php?wiki=specialissue
. The form will automatically be mailed to
Johannes Angermueller
(<mailto:(johannes.angermueller /at/ ovgu.de)>(johannes.angermueller /at/ ovgu.de))
and to Jan Zienkowski
(<mailto:(jan.zienkowski /at/ ua.ac.be)>(jan.zienkowski /at/ ua.ac.be)).
The bionote should include some information on
previous work and on current research interests.
The deadline for sending in abstracts is Oktober,
1, 2009. The decision for admission will not be
taken on the basis of the abstracts. This
decision will be taken in a peer-reviewed
process. The first deadline is just to give a
feedback to those who wish to have some thematic
orientation before writing up their papers. It is
not obligatory to send in any abstract before you send in your paper
The deadline for the actual papers is May, 31,
2010. Please follow the guidelines of the style
sheet for contributions to Pragmatics included
below. The papers should be sent in two-fold to
Johannes Angermueller
(<mailto:(johannes.angermueller /at/ ovgu.de)>(johannes.angermueller /at/ ovgu.de))
and to Jan Zienkowski
(<mailto:(jan.zienkowski /at/ ua.ac.be)>(jan.zienkowski /at/ ua.ac.be)).
The collected articles will be sent to Pragmatics
for a peer review. The refereeing process usually
takes between two and four months after which
feedback will be given to the individual
contributors. The remainder of the process is matter of weeks.
The publication of this special issue on
poststructualism and the pragmatic study of
language will take place as soon as there is room
for publication in Pragmatics, preferrably at the
end of 2010. Additional information on the
journal Pragmatics: quarterly publication of the
International Pragmatics Association can be
consulted at the Ipra (International Pragmatics
Association) website:
<http://ipra.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=*HOME&n=1267>http://ipra.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=*HOME&n=1267
.
Style sheet for the journal Pragmatics
<http://ipra.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=*HOME&n=1269&ct=1142&e=1459>Style
sheet for PRAGMATICS: Quarterly Publication of
the International Pragmatics Association
PRAGMATICS is a peer-reviewed journal. Please
allow for two to four months for full processing.
In preparing the manuscript for publication,
follow the conventions below as closely as possible.
Offprints are not provided, but a pdf-file of the
published text can be made available.
1. E-versions should contain minimal formatting;
avoid all sophisticated and personalized text processing!
2. Use the following format:
* font: Times New Roman pt 12
* single spacing
* do not number the pages
* the title is followed by an abstract and a number of key words
* the right margin should be fully justified
* all sections and subsections in the text
should be numbered with Arabic numerals (1. /
1.1. / 1.1.1.; preferably no distinctions beyond
three digits); different font types should be
used for section titles at the different levels:
* 1. Bold roman
* 1.1. Number in bold roman but title in bold italic
* 1.1.1. Number in roman but title in italic
* section titles should be preceded by two
blank lines and followed by one blank line
* do not use extra white space between
paragraphs; rather, indent all paragraphs except
for the first one of each new section
* drawings, tables, figures should be integrated in the text
* quotations should be given between double
quotation marks; longer quotes should be indented
and set apart from the main body of the text by
leaving one blank line before and after; they may
also be printed in a smaller font size (point 10)
3. Words or phrases in languages other than the
language of the article (usually, but not
necessarily always English) should be underlined
or (preferably) in italics and accompanied by a
translation between single quotes. E.g., omukazi ?woman.?
4. Examples should be numbered with Arabic
numerals between parentheses and set apart from
the main body of the text by leaving spaces
before and after. They may or may not be
indented. For long examples a smaller font size
(point 10) may be used. Examples from languages
other than the language of the article should be
underlined or (preferably) in italics, and they
should be accompanied by a translation between
single quotes and, if necessary, by a word-by-word gloss as well. E.g.:
(6) Non lo so
?I don't know?
(7) !ou ke fa!amaalie atu
I TNS make-agree DX
?I apologize (to you)?
Any abbreviations in the glosses should be listed
and explained in a note or appendix. (E.g: TNS =
tense/aspect marker; DX = deictic particle.)
Excerpts from transcripts of conversations should
also be numbered, as well as individual lines )
if necessary. Explain transcription conventions
(in a note or appendix) or refer to a well-known
and authoritative source. E.g.:
(9) ("People scare me" -- Staron 1976)
1 A: Have you ever had any other experiences lately that made you more afraid?
2 F: um (.2) well ) nothing like stuff like that,
but jus' like my litt sister would hide
3 ?n scare me
5. References should directly follow the text (do
not start a new page!), entitled References (left
justified), and printed in a smaller font size
(point 10). Alphabetize by author's last name,
adding postscripted a, b, etc. to the date of
publication for two or more publications by the
same author in the same year; e.g.: Gumperz
(1982a), Gumperz (1982b). Titles of articles and
books should only have the first word capitalized
(and words for which the spelling rules of the
language in question require capitalization), all
other words in lower case. Titles of books and
journals should be underlined or (preferably) italicized. E.g.:
Grice, H. Paul (1975) Logic and conversation. In
P.Cole & J.L. Morgan (eds.), Syntax and
semantics, vol 3: Speech acts. New York: Academic Press, 41-58.
Labov, William (1972a) Language in the inner
city: Studies in the Black Vernacular.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Labov, William (1972b) Sociolinguistic patterns.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Sacks, H., Schegloff, E.A., Jefferson, G. (1974)
A simplest systematics for the organization of
turn taking in conversation. Language 50: 697-735.
6. Use footnotes rather than endnotes. Reference
to notes in the text should be given with a superscripted Arabic numeral.
Information on the journal Pragmatics: quarterly
publication of the International Pragmatics Association (Ipra)
PRAGMATICS is a peer-reviewed publication.
Reviewers are mainly, but not exclusively,
members of the IPrA Consultation Board and
members of the Editorial Board (see below).
Articles are indexed and/or abstracted in
* the MLA International Bibliography
* (from volume 15, 2005) in Elsevier Bibliographic Databases
* and ( from volume 18, 2008) in ISI Web of
Knowledge (Institute for Scientific Information, Thomsen):
* Social Sciences Citation Index
* Social Research
* Arts and Humanities Citation Index
* Journal Citation Reports / Social Sciences Edition
PRAGMATICS is the Association's quarterly
publication. In addition to regular peer-reviewed
scientific articles, it also contains a bulletin
section with book notices, and occasional
announcements. It is available to libraries and
institutions, and it reaches all of IPrA's
individual members (on average 1400) directly. It
is not a commercial publication, which has two major advantages:
* it does not build up a serious backlog, so
that articles can be published relatively quickly
upon acceptance; when too many manuscripts come
in, they are passed on to other journals
* it also reaches a significant number of
non-paying members directly in countries with
serious currency restrictions, as a minor remedy against the information gap
Four issues are published every calendar year,
due in March, June, September, and December.
Every annual volume counts roughly 600 pp. ISSN: 1018-2101
The journal is currently edited by:
* Adriana Bolívar, Apartado 47075, Los
Chaguaramos, 1041-A Caracas, Venezuela; e-mail abolivar [at] reacciun.ve
* Charles Briggs, Center for Iberian and
Latin American Studies, University of California,
San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA
92093-0528, USA; fax: 1-858-5347175; e-mail:
clbriggs [at] calmail.berkeley.edu
* Walter De Mulder, Université d'Artois,
Centre de Recherche/Grammatica, 9 rue du Temple,
BP 665, Arras Cedex 62030, France; e-mail: walter.demulder [at] ua.ac.be
* Helmut Gruber, University of Vienna,
Department of Linguistics, Berggasse 11, A-1090
Vienna, Austria; e-mail: helmut.k.gruber [at] univie.ac.at
* Sophia Marmaridou , Dept. of Language and
Linguistics, Fac. of English, University of
Athens, University Campus Zografou, GR 157 84
Greece; e-mail: smarmari [at] netor.gr
* Editor-in-Chief Gunter Senft,
Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics, PB
310, NL-6500 AH Nijmegen, The Netherlands; e-mail gunter [at] mpi.nl
Editorial Board
Jannis Androutsopoulos (London), Peter Auer
(Freiburg), Richard Bauman (Bloomington,
Indiana), Carol Berkenkotter (Minneapolis), Piotr
Cap (Lodz), Louise Cummings (Nottingham), Frances
D. Erlich (Caracas), Martina Faller (Manchester),
Irene Fonte (Ottawa), Ad Foolen (Nijmegen), Luisa
Granato (La Plata, Argentina), Marianne Gullberg
(Nijmegen), Elly Ifantidou (Athens), Konstanze
Jungbluth (Frankfurt/Oder), Kuniyoshi Kataoka
(Aichi, Japan), Maria Sifianou (Athens), Ken
Turner (Brighton), Angeliki Tzanne (Athens),
Rodney Williamson (Ottawa), Ruth Wodak (Lancaster)
Additional information
Additional information on the journal Pragmatics
can be found at
<http://ipra.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=*HOME&n=1267>http://ipra.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=*HOME&n=1267
.
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