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Special Issue of Journal of Argumentation in Context: Argumentation in Interpersonal Relationships

Argumentation scholars from the communication field have been interested in studying arguments between friends, lovers, ex-spouses, co-workers, task group members, and family members in face-to-face, online, court-ordered mediation, and numerous other contexts. A growing number of researchers in a variety of argumentation related disciplines are paying attention to the ways in which people manage disagreements while managing their relationship. We welcome submissions from any field of inquiry using any methodology appropriate to the research question. We are especially interested in papers examining argumentation in close personal relationships such as married couples, family members, co-workers, and friends. The editor for the special issue is Harry Weger from the University of Central Florida. All submissions should be emailed to him at Harry.Weger@ucf.edu. Deadline for submissions is February 1, 2013.

Editorial Policy for the Special Issue

The following procedures should be followed when submitting manuscripts:

• Only electronic submissions will be considered.
• Manuscripts should be prepared using MS Word and should be submitted as a doc or docx file.
• The manuscript should include a title page without any information that identifies the author(s) and a separate title page that includes the names of all contributing authors, contact information, and academic affiliations.
• If the manuscript reports statistical analyses of data, the authors should follow all conventions listed in the 6^th edition of the American Psychological Association style manual for reporting reliability of measurement instruments, formatting and reporting of statistical tests, and formatting of tables and figures. All statistical tests of significance should include appropriate effect sizes, whether or not the tests meet conventional levels of significance.
• Manuscripts should not exceed about 5,000 words excluding references, notes, and tables.
• All manuscripts will be read by the editor of the special issue and at least one other scholar with expertise in the area.