LSI NCA 2013
Thursday, 11/21 2013
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM: Cultural Explorations of Discourse
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia B - Lobby Level
Chair: Russell M. Parks, University of Colorado, Boulder
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Bridging the language gap in discourse analysis: Examples in Pashto and Farsi (Mariah Yager, NSI)
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Religious Language Ideology in American Public Discourse: Traditional Holiday Greetings (Jacqueline
Bruscella, University of Oklahoma)
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Taking a Cultural Approach to People First Language (Jessica Hughes, University of Colorado,
Boulder)
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Perspectives on Language in Social and Political Contexts
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia B - Lobby Level
Chair: Robert Green, Purdue University
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Euphemisms for Terrorism: How Dangerous Are They? (Jonathan Matusitz, University of Central
Florida)
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Excentering our analytical position: The dialogicity of things (Letizia Caronia, University of Bologna &
François Cooren, University of Montreal)
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Resisting Questions on Hydrofracking: Answers and Assessments of Environmental Risk During an
Inter-governmental Hearing (Richard Buttny, Syracuse University)
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“The Country of Peasant Terikati”: Emigration and the Bulgarian National Identity Struggles
(Nadezhda Sotirova, University of Massachusetts, Amherst).
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM: Shaping Action in Interaction: Time, Memories, and Alignment
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia B - Lobby Level
Chair: Charlotte M. Jones, Carroll College
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A Taxonomy of Time Reference in Interaction (Chase Wesley Raymond, UCLA & Anne Elizabeth
Clark White, UCLA)
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Recycling topics and activities across dinner gatherings as a means for establishing social alignment
through epistemic balance (Elizabeth Strong, Alabama Public Schools & Felicia Roberts, Purdue
University)
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Reference to shared past events and memories (Hie-Jung You, University of Illinois)
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Stance as a therapeutic object in psychotherapy (Alan Zemel, Univ at Albany, SUNY, Tessa Prattos,
International Trauma Center, Tessa Prattos, International Trauma Center , & Frances Yoeli, Life
Energy Center)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM: Some Considerations of Situated Language Use
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia B - Lobby Level
Chair: Felicia Roberts, Purdue University
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Engaging the Discourse of Language Identification: A Critical Discourse Analysis of ISO 639-3 Sign
Language Change Requests (Elizabeth S. Parks, University of Washington)
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If There’s No Connection, There’s No Discussion: Design Elements in Classroom Interaction (Heidi L.
Muller, University of Northern Colorado)
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Interviewing on Talk Shows: A Comparison with Hard News Interview Practices (Laura Loeb, UCLA)
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Russian Toasting and Drinking as Symbolic Speech Act (Elena Nuciforo, University of Massachusetts)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM: Scholar to Scholar: Bodily and Embodied Communication
Sponsor: Scholar to Scholar
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Room: Hall B - Exhibit Level
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09. Cognitive relativity, gender, culture, and face needs (Tae-Seop Lim, University of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Junghyun Kim, Chung-Ang University; Sang-Yeon Kim, University
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Hiroshi Ota, Aichi Shukutoku University; Kikuko Omori,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Nathanael England, University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee)
37. Where Communication Acts Intersect the Soul (Charity Jernigan, Oklahoma Baptist
University)
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM: Cross-linguistic perspectives for managing understanding in German, Russian, and
Persian Conversation
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia B - Lobby Level
Chair: Stephen DiDomenico, Rutgers University
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"nu(n)" in Standard German: Objections and Overcoming Objections (Andrea Golato, University of
Illinois)
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Indexing Talk in Prior Turn as Assumed and Expected Knowledge: The Case of “dige” in Persian
Conversation (Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm, Ohio State University)
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Negotiating understanding in “intercultural moments” in conversation (Galina Bolden, Rutgers
University)
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The scope of confirmation: Responsive 'stimmt', 'richtig', and 'eben' in German (Emma Betz,
University of Waterloo)
Friday, 11/22 2013
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM: Affiliation in interaction: Managing stance displays in conversation and
institutional talk
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Maryland B - Lobby Level
Chair: Joshua Raclaw, Metropolitan State University of Denver
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Affective affiliation in speed-dating interactions (Neill Korobov, University West Georgia)
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Affiliation after disaffiliation: Practices for managing incongruent stance displays (Joshua Raclaw,
Metropolitan State University of Denver)
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Exploring the clinical heterogeneity of schizophrenia in talk-in-interaction: Extended turns and
minimal responses as practices of disaffiliation (Lisa Mikesell, Rutgers University)
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“I thought”-initiated turns: Addressing discrepancies in first and second-hand knowledge and
remediating disaffiliative events in interpersonal relationships (Mick Smith, UCLA)
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Language and Social Interaction Division Business Meeting
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Marriott Salon 1 - Lobby Level
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM: Language and Social Interaction: Top Four Papers
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Marriott Salon 1 - Lobby Level
Chair: Heidi Kevoe-Feldman, Northeastern University
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Doing ‘How I’m Coming Here’: Displaying a State of Being when Opening Face-to-Face Interaction
(Danielle Pillet-Shore, University of New Hampshire)
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“Can I ask you a question?”: Confronting ethnographer identity in “interview flipping” (Lydia Reinig,
University of Colorado, Boulder)
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How to do things with requests: Requesting at the family dinner table (Jenny S. Mandelbaum,
Rutgers University)
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Identity, Authenticity and Political Discussion as Performed in the Israeli Online Commenting Arena
(Gonen Dori Hacohen, University of Massachusetts, Amherst & Nimrod Shavit, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM: Exploring the DNA of social interaction: Celebrating the career of Anita Pomerantz
on the occasion of her retirement
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Marriott Salon 1 - Lobby Level
Chairs: Jenny S. Mandelbaum, Rutgers University & Gene Lerner, University of California, Santa Barbara
Respondent: Anita Pomerantz, Univ at Albany, SUNY
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Grappling with Particulars: Turning from Theory to Noticing and Inductive Claim Building (Karen
Tracy, University of Colorado, Boulder)
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Looking Under the Surface of the Term “Message” and Finding There’s Nothing There (Robert
Sanders, University at Albany)
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Second Thoughts about Second Assessments (John Heritage, UCLA)
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Self-repair and the normative character of (the design of) social actions (Paul Drew, Loughborough
University, UK)
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM: The impact and legacy of Gerry Philipsen: Ethnography of communication from
1972 into the future
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia A - Lobby Level
Chair: Kristine Munoz, University of Iowa
Presenters:
 Donal A. Carbaugh, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
 Daniel Chornet, Saint Louis University, Madrid
 Lisa Coutu, University of Washington
 Tabitha Hart, San Jose State University
 Evelyn Y Ho, University of San Francisco
 Tamar Katriel, Haifa University
Respondent
 Gerry F. Philipsen, University of Washington
Saturday, 11/23 2013
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM: The Crafting of Action in the Design of Adjacency-Pair Firsts and Seconds
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Delaware A - Lobby Level
Chair: Jeffrey Robinson, Portland State University
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Epistemic Presupposition and Action Formation: The Practice of 'Or'-Terminating Solicitations of
Information in Ordinary and Medical Contexts (Jeffrey D. Robinson, Portland State University)
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Preference Organization in Question Design (John Heritage, UCLA).
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Constructing Resistant Responses in Russian Conversation: An Investigation into the Turn-Initial
Particle nu (Galina Bolden, Rutgers University)
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Action Interruption as a Practice and Resource: On the Post-Beginning Reformation of Responding
Actions in Conversation (Gene Lerner, UCSB)
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9:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Medical Interaction: Inquiries, Treatment, and Uncertainty
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia B - Lobby Level
Chair: Galina Bolden, Rutgers University
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The Blood Sugar Solicitation Sequence: An Opening Inquiry to the Diabetic Patient about Relative
Blood Sugar (Leah Wingard, San Francisco State University; David Olsher, San Francisco State
University; Christina Sabee, San Francisco State University; Ilona Vandergriff, San Francisco State
University; Christopher J. Koenig, Univ of California, San Francisco)
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Uncertainty as an Emergent Process: Providers’ Discursive Practices and Patient Uncertainty (Elaine
Hsieh, University of Oklahoma & Alaina Zanin, University of Oklahoma)
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM: Moving the conversation forward: Bridging studies of new media and
interaction research using LSI principles and approaches
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Thurgood Marshall Ballroom North - Mezzanine Level
Chair: Stephen DiDomenico, Rutgers University
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Communication Technology as a Resource for (Meta)discourse (Jessica S. Robles, University of
Washington)
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Coordinating affordances, bridging modalities: Managing mobile devices and the “text-based”
summons during co-present conversation (Stephen DiDomenico, Rutgers University)
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Digital discourse in context: The evolution of "like" on Facebook (Laura West, Georgetown
University)
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Some considerations regarding natural language processing in designing argumentation support
(Mark Aakhus, Rutgers University)
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“He’s got a right to be upset if your phone is in your face when he’s trying to spend time with you”:
Intertextuality and cultural discourses in a weight-loss app’s online discussion forum (Cynthia
Gordon, Syracuse University)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM: Making Connections: Stories and Narratives in Public and Private Discourse
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Washington Room 4 - Exhibit Level
Chair: Jessica S. Robles, University of Washington
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It’s like, ‘I’ve never met a lesbian before!' Personal Narratives and the Construction of Diverse
Femininities in a Lesbian Counterpublic (Natasha Shrikant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
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Re-connecting with the Ummah through personal storytelling: “Piety Stories” by Muslim Tatar
Women (Liliya Karimova, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
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Small Stories as Group Resources in Public Deliberation (Leah Sprain, University of Colorado, Boulder
& Jessica Hughes, University of Colorado, Boulder)
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Speaking like a queen in RuPaul's Drag Race: Towards a speech code of American drag queens
(Nathaniel Simmons, Ohio University)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM: Scholar to Scholar: Education, Leadership and Social Support
Sponsor: Scholar to Scholar
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Room: Hall B - Exhibit Level
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18. LIWC Validation Study: The OSLO I Accords (William A. Donohue, Michigan State
University; Daniel Druckman, George Mason University; Yuhua (Jake) Liang, Chapman
University)
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM: How Narratives Facilitate Personal, Cultural, and Societal Change
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia B - Lobby Level
Chair: Julien C. Mirivel, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
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Accounting for Success: The Narrative Dilemma of Achieving Major Weight Loss (Jone Brunelle,
University of Colorado, Boulder)
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Negotiating Intercultural Differences in Narrative: A Comparison of Quaker and Blackfeet Spiritual
Stories (Donal A. Carbaugh, University of Massachusetts, Amherst & Elizabeth Molina-Markham,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
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Packaging and Positioning Personal Experience in Public Arguments: Uses of Citizen Storytelling in
Media Discourse (Kathleen C. Haspel, Fairleigh Dickinson University)
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Storied-Arguments and Societal Change: The Case of Legislative Hearings about Marriage Laws (Ruth
L. Hickerson, University of Colorado, Boulder & Karen Tracy, University of Colorado, Boulder)
Sunday, 11/24 2013
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM: Codes and Rituals in Organizational and Family Settings
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia A - Lobby Level
Chair: Evelyn Y Ho, University of San Francisco
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Language and social interaction of routines: Embodiment, power and fluidity (Alex Wright, The Open
University Business School)
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Talk, family, and nationhood: The Spanish ritual of la sobremesa (Kristine Munoz, University of Iowa
& Daniel Chornet, Saint Louis University, Madrid)
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The artful use of shared codes: A case study of the work of one communication organization (Louisa
Edgerly, University of Washington)
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The Grip of Language Ideology in Communication Education of Deaf Children (Madeline M. Maxwell,
University of Texas, Austin)
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Conversation Analysis Data Session
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia A - Lobby Level
Chair: Charlotte M. Jones, Carroll College
Presenters:
 Wayne A. Beach, San Diego State University
 Galina Bolden, Rutgers University
 Phillip J. Glenn, Emerson College
 Charlotte M. Jones, Carroll College
 Mardi J. Kidwell, University of New Hampshire
 Jeffrey Robinson, Portland State University
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