We invite reflections on English-language narratives in professional settings from different research areas and disciplines. We particularly welcome contributions from PhD students and emerging scholars from a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, such as, but not limited to, conversation analysis, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, genre analysis, corpus linguistics, contrastive linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and ethnography of communication.

 

Possible topics to be explored include, but are not limited to:

 

– Academic writing and speaking

– Corporate and organizational communication

– Culture, cultural studies, cultural promotion, cultural mediation

– Education

– Environment and environmentalism

– Health and medicine

– Legal practice

– News, mass media, social media

– Politics

– Science and technology

– Social work and welfare

– Travel and tourism

Important dates:

 

• Abstract submission: from February 1 to March 15, 2024

 

• Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2024