[KS] Call for Papers - Special issue of East Asian Pragmatics

[Narah Lee]

Hello colleagues,



I am forwarding this Call for Papers on behalf of my friends in Japanese Studies.





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CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue


Journal: East Asian Pragmatics (Equinox Publishing Ltd) h8ps://journal.equinoxpub.com/EAP


Special Issue Title: From Tea Houses to Izakayas: Social Interaction in East Asian Small Hospitality Establishments


Guest Editors: Dr. Todd J. Allen & Dr. Xiangdong Liu



Hospitality establishments serve as vibrant hubs of social activities, encompassing everything from everyday transactional exchanges to more profound interpersonal dialogues (Ohnishi et al., 2012; Futamura & Sugiyama, 2018). These locations not only hold social and historical significance (Farrer, 2021) but are also facing disappearance due to economic, demographic, and social shifts (Futamura & Sugiyama, 2018).

While researchers have explored similar spaces in contexts such as Europe and the United States (for example, see Félix-Brasdefer, 2015), minimal a8enIon has been given to investigating thesespaces from pragmatic and sociolinguistic perspectives in Asia. Recent studies in Japan by Allen and Liu (2022) and Liu and Allen (2022) have explored the pragmatic and sociolinguistic elements inJapanese, revealing routine-like behaviours and various interactional activities related to politeness, gender, storytelling, interpersonal talk, and more. More recent work has involved psychological social studyresearch, for example, food, geographic, and economic studies (Ohnishi et al., 2012; Farrer, 2022). Moreover, there is a scarcity of cross-cultural analyses of these spaces (for example, see Wessendorf& Farrer, 2021).

This special issue aims to bridge these research gaps by examining these spaces across Asian cultures and seek to capture both transactional and interpersonal communication instances. Additionally,we aim to account for variations across language and culture in the East Asian context before the inevitable disappearance of these spaces by addressing the following broad research question:


What pragma*c ac*vi*es occur in small hospitality spaces in East Asia?



The topics that contributors may explore include, but are not limited to:

•     Conversation analytic approaches to interactions in these contexts (e.g., turn-taking).

•     Discourse analytic approaches to interactions in these contexts (e.g., identity).

•     Speech acts, rituals, and routines.

•     The cross-cultural or intercultural aspects within these spaces.

•     (Im)politeness analyses of interactions in these contexts.

•     Service encounter communication.

•     Interpersonal talk, joking, trouble-telling, storytelling, and other linguistic and social activities that occur in these contexts.

•     Sociopragmatic perspectives on language use in these contexts.

•     Non-verbal communication and cultural influences in this context.

•     Meta-pragmatic analyses and awareness.

An9cipated Timeline:

•     Abstract Deadline: March 31, 2024

•     Abstract acceptance/rejection Notification: April 31, 2024

•     Full Paper Submission Deadline: July 31, 2024

•     Acceptance/Rejection Notification: September 30, 2024

•     Publication Time: April 2025



Abstract Submission Requirements:

•     Ensure the abstract is between 300-400 words, providing a concise overview of your manuscript, including objectives, methodology, and key findings.

•     Please add 3-5 words and up to 5 key references.

•     Use the APA referencing style for in-text citations and the reference list.

•     Please submit your abstracts via email to: tjallen at kansai-u.ac.jp<mailto:tjallen at kansai-u.ac.jp> & X.Liu at westernsydney.edu.au<mailto:X.Liu at westernsydney.edu.au>



Notes:

•     After initial abstract screening, all full manuscript submissions will go through a standard double-blind peer-review.

•     All submissions should follow the journal’s guidelines, which can be found here: https://journal.equinoxpub.com/EAP/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/67



Inquires:



For inquiries, please contact Dr Todd J. Allen or Dr Xiangdong Liu at the above email address.






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