Special issue of Text and Talk on the work of John Swales
Susan Hunston via Corpora <[email protected]>
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With apologies for cross-postings: The renowned linguist and rhetorician John Swales died in 2025 and in his honour we would like to propose a special issue of the journal Text and Talk. We invite abstracts of 400-500 words on any aspect of Linguistics related to Swales' work, with topics including but not limited to: * Genre (move) analysis, including developments in the model since its inception, and using moves to investigate novel genres. * The Michigan corpora. * The relationship between Swales and other approaches to language. * Swales and the analysis of university language / discourse communities. * Swales and English for Academic Purposes. Your abstract should make explicit the link to John Swales' legacy. Key dates: * Deadline for abstracts: 1 May 2026 * Notification of acceptance: June 2026 * Deadline for papers: 5 January 2027 * Deadline for revised papers after review: 1 June 2027 * Publication: September 2027 Please send your abstract to both Susan Hunston ([email protected]) and David Oakey ([email protected]) by the deadline of 1 May 2026. Professor Susan Hunston Department of Linguistics and Communication University of Birmingham Birmingham B15 2TT UK Tel: +44 121 414 5675 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Published September 2025: Pattern, Construction, System: A unified approach to grammar and lexis. Cambridge University Press. (Open Access) _______________________________________________ Corpora mailing list -- [email protected] https://list.elra.info/mailman3/postorius/lists/corpora.list.elra.info/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]