iMean 4 will host a number of panels such as:

Convenor: Marcel Burger

Panellists:

Craft and codification: Highlighting journalism practice to understand language ideologies

Colleen Cotter

Realist Social Theory in the Research of Newswriting
Aleksandra Gnach and Daniel Perrin

How and when is institutional authority questioned? Analysing metadialogues as a means to impact on journalistic practices
Marcel Burger and Laura Delaloye

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Convenors: Erika Darics and Louise Mullany

Panellists:

Professional Communication and Linguistics: a case of missed opportunity

Erika Darics

The impact of ‘consultancy’ on professional discourse and identity research

Louise Mullany
Authentication and denaturalization: Speaking like a flight attendant

Barbara Clark
Neural processing of plain and complex language: the impact on judgments of leaders

Ellen Hake
Seven Ways to Knit Your Portfolio: Is Investor Communication Neutral?

Cecilia Boggio

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Convenors: Andrew Merrison and Jack Wilson

Panellists:

Discursive approaches to the analysis of politeness

Sara Mills

A Neo-Brown and Levinson Approach to Courtroom Data

Karen Grainger

Mediatising and evaluating politeness: a critical discourse analytic approach

Bethan Davies

The indexical scope of de Soto’s use of Adios: a relevance theoretical approach

Chris Christie

"We are not in a club now": A multimodal analysis of the co-construction of appropriate behaviour

Jack Wilson, Hazel Price and Andrew Merrison

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Convenors: Dave Sayers and Robert Lawson

Panellists:

Sociolinguists in reactive mode: can media involvement ever have a positive spin?

Paul Kerswill

Thinking outside the tick-box: why ‘impact’ is not ‘empowerment’, and vice-versa

Deborah Cameron

Cart or horse? Sociolinguistics, Impact and Refugee Status Determination

Peter Patrick

Where did all the teachers go? Confronting the divisive implications of impact, community engagement, etc.

Crispin Thurlow