The conference welcomes research approaching CMC from a sociolinguistic or discourse analytic perspective, and Crispin Thurlow will be a plenary. ---------------------------------------------------- CFP: Interdisciplinary Conference on Culture, Language, and Social Practice The program in Culture, Language and Social Practice (CLASP) at the University of Colorado at Boulder is pleased to invite submissions to its first graduate student-run interdisciplinary conference. Abstracts for 20 minute papers covering topics in various areas of sociocultural linguistics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociocultural_linguistics) are invited for either the General Session or the Theme Session (see below) and are due by April 15, 2007. For both Sessions, we encourage papers that focus on the broad connections between language, culture and society and are grounded in empirical research. Examples of possible frameworks or analytic traditions for either Session may include, but are not limited to: Sociolinguistics Linguistic anthropology Narrative studies Critical discourse analysis Conversation analysis Language and identity Discourse pragmatics Computer-mediated discourse Ethnography of speaking Language and literacy Verbal art and performance Bilingualism and code-switching Language globalization Intercultural communication Language socialization *Conference Details: The conference will take place from Oct 5 - Oct 7, 2007. Our confirmed plenary speakers are Mary Bucholtz (Linguistics, UC Santa Barbara), Kathy Escamilla (Education, University of Colorado), Norma Mendoza-Denton (Anthropology, University of Arizona), and Crispin Thurlow (Communication, University of Washington). The Friday of the conference will consist of workshops held by plenary speakers and CLASP faculty, while Saturday and Sunday will be devoted to paper presentations and plenary talks. The conference website can be found at: http://www.colorado.edu/linguistics/faculty/kira_hall/clasp/conf/ *Theme Session Papers for the Theme Session should focus on a topic or issue dealing with interdisciplinary approaches to doing research on language, society and culture. Papers for consideration in the Theme Session may address issues dealing with crossing (inter)discipinary boundaries in both theoretical and applied research. Possible topics for the Theme Session might include: dialogues between linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics; the use of feminist and queer conversation analysis; ethnographic approaches to doing critical discourse analysis; etc. *Submission Guidelines Please email a 500 word abstract to clasp.conference@gmail.com by April 15, 2007. The abstract should be attached in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Rich Text (.rtf) format and should contain NO information identifying the author(s) of the paper. Abstracts are evaluated on an anonymous basis. In the body of the email, please include the following information: -Name(s) of author(s) -University or other affiliation(s) of the author(s) -Email address(es) of the author(s) -Title of proposed paper -Whether you'd like to be considered for the General or Themed session -Equipment requirements -Any additional comments -3-5 keywords describing the paper Notification of acceptance or non-acceptance will be sent via email by August 1, 2007. *About CLASP More information about CLASP can be found here: http://www.colorado.edu/linguistics/faculty/kira_hall/requirements.html