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 (s.e.hunston@bham.ac.uk) and David Oakey (david.oakey@liverpool.ac.uk) 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: s.e.hunston@bham.ac.ukmailto:s.e.hunston@bham.ac.uk
Published September 2025: Pattern, Construction, System: A unified approach to grammar and lexis. Cambridge University Press. (Open Access)