Until quite recently studies of writing in real-life contexts have focused largely on the final product of the writing process- the written texts. Research on writing processes has, on the other hand, mainly taken place in experimental settings- perhaps because of a certain dominance of experimental psychology within the field, but also due to the need of theoretical and methodological development in a relatively novel research area. However, during recent years, writing process research has come to include not only experimental studies but widened its scope to various social contexts and writing tools. Linguistic studies of writing processes (e.g. idea generation, formulating, reading and revision) and their relation to the final texts by means of real-time recordings, such as keystroke-logging or screen recordings, and/or ethnographic studies, can increase our understanding of the communicative activities and strategies that writers in different contexts engage in during text production, not only on the word or sentence levels, but also on a discourse level. Hence they can contribute to further our knowledge about the relation between various writing strategies and text characteristics, but also about applications such as writing instruction or professional writing. In this symposium we welcome all proposals related to ongoing real-time writing processes that are not necessarily visible in the final written texts.
Until quite recently studies of writing in real-life contexts have focused largely on the final product of the writing process- the written texts. Research on writing processes has, on the other hand, mainly taken place in experimental settings- perhaps because of a certain dominance of experimental psychology within the field, but also due to the need of theoretical and methodological development in a relatively novel research area. However, during recent years, writing process research has come to include not only experimental studies but widened its scope to various social contexts and writing tools. Linguistic studies of writing processes (e.g. idea generation, formulating, reading and revision) and their relation to the final texts by means of real-time recordings, such as keystroke-logging or screen recordings, and/or ethnographic studies, can increase our understanding of the communicative activities and strategies that writers in different contexts engage in during text production, not only on the word or sentence levels, but also on a discourse level. Hence they can contribute to further our knowledge about the relation between various writing strategies and text characteristics, but also about applications such as writing instruction or professional writing. In this symposium we welcome all proposals related to ongoing real-time writing processes that are not necessarily visible in the final written texts.
Room 1 AILA 2021 aila2021@gcb.nl
Lise Fontaine
Xiaojun Lu
Airlie Rose
Minkyung Kim
Hugh Escott
Rafael Petermann
Jeremie Seror
Guillaume Gentil
Stefania Torri 
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