discourse studies - call for papers first announcement and call for papers . . . . . discourse studies . interdisciplinary journal for the study of text and talk editor : teun a . van dijk ( university of amsterdam ) a new journal edited by teun van dijk entitled discourse studies is due for publication in february 1999 . this multidisciplinary forum will publish outstanding work on the structures and strategies of written and spoken discourse , reviewed by an internationally renowned editorial board . while contributing to new developments at the cutting edge of theory and method , its articles will also be accessible to students and other newcomers to each area of specialization . although intended as a broadly conceived forum for the best international work on discourse in any field and specialization , discourse studies will especially focus on cross-disciplinary studies of text and talk in linguistics , anthropology , ethnomethodology , cognitive and social psychology , communication studies and law . articles that specifically deal with critical socio-political issues are especially welcome in sage 's companion journal discourse & society . call for papers as from april 1998 , high quality papers that fall within the scope and meet the criteria outlined above are welcome . please contact the editor : teun @ let . uva . nl ( for any other information contact louise harnby at sage publications : louise . harnby @ sagepub . co . uk )