RT list: 5th International Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics (EPICS V)

Dear colleagues:

The research group "Intercultural Pragmatic
Studies (English-Spanish): Pragmatic and Discourse Aspects" is pleased
to announce the celebration of the _FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
INTERCULTURAL, COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL PRAGMATICS_ (EPICS V, the Spanish
acronym for "Encuentros de Pragmática Intercultural, Cognitiva y
Social"). This Symposium will be held in March 14-16, 2012, at Pablo de
Olavide University, Seville, Spain.

After addressing issues related to
(im)politeness, intercultural pragmatics or interlanguage pragmatics in
previous editions, this fifth edition of the Symposium turns its
attention to Relevance-theoretic pragmatics. Under the topic "RELEVANCE
THEORY: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS",
we hope that this 5th edition of EPICS gathers practitioners of
Pragmatics and other neighbouring fields to discuss and present works on
their latest research in the field of relevance-theoretic pragmatics, as
well as to share experiences and suggest new avenues for research within
this theoretical paradigm in the near future. EPICS V also wishes to
create awareness among graduate students not only of the growing
interest in an area of linguistic expertise such as Pragmatics, but also
of one of its most vibrant paradigms, namely Relevance Theory.

For
this edition, we will be honoured with the presence of PROF DEIRDRE
WILSON and PROF ROBYN CARSTON (UCL, London and CSMN, University of
Oslo), as keynote speakers. The titles of their lectures will be
announced in due course.

1. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS TYPES

We
welcome original presentations in English, which can be made any of the
following types:

A) ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Oral presentations on any of
the subjects that come within the list of conference topics below or on
any other topic related to Relevance-theoretic pragmatics. These must be
20 minutes in length, followed by 10 minutes for questions and
discussion.

B) POSTERS

Printed posters on any of the subjects that
come within the list of conference topics below or on any other topic
related to Relevance-theoretic pragmatics. Participants presenting a
poster must obey the following norms:

        *

Posters should be no larger
than 118,9 x84,1 cm (A0).
        *

They may be printed in colour or in
black and white. * Poster presenters must bring a printed copy of
their poster with them to the conference. Note that there will not be
printing facilities at the conference venue. Presenters will also be
responsible for displaying the poster and turning it down at the time
and in the place designated by the conference organisers.

 2. TOPICS:

The Symposium especially covers, but is not limited to, works that
present recent developments, implications and applications of Relevance
Theory, and propose further paths for future research in the following
areas (obviously, the list is not exhaustive):

         * Relevance and
communication
         * Relevance and understanding
         * Pragmatic processes in
understanding
         * Relevance theory and syntax
         * Relevance theory and
morphology
         * Relevance theory and prosody
         * The
conceptual-procedural distinction
         * Lexical pragmatics
         *
Metarepresentational dimensions of language use
         * Relevance theory and
figures of speech (metaphor, irony, simile, hyperbole, etc.)
         *
Relevance and discourse
         * Relevance and humour
         * Relevance theory
and translation and interpreting
         * Relevance theory and (im)politeness
or relational work
         * Relevance theory and the architecture of mind
         *
Epistemic vigilance
         * Experimental testing of specific theoretical
claims
         * Contrasts between relevance-theoretic and other pragmatic
approaches to specific phenomena

3. SUBMISSIONS:

Contributors to
EPICS V, regardless of whether they give an oral presentation or present
a poster, must submit a one-page abstract no longer than 350 words,
accompanied by a step-by-step outline of the presentation and the
following information:

1. Author's name(s) and affiliation
2. Title of
paper
3. Audio-visual equipment required (computer, VHS video, OHP,
cassette, etc.)

4. E-mail address(es)
5. Postal address(es)

Proposals
must be sent as email attachment to both Manuel Padilla Cruz
(mpadillacruz@us.es [1]) and Reyes Gómez Morón (rgommor@upo.es [2]).

4. DATES:

Deadline for receipt of abstracts is NOVEMBER 1ST, 2011.
Proposals will be peer-reviewed and notification of acceptance will be
sent by December 15th. The organising committee will plan the programme
as soon as it has selected the successful abstracts, so please indicate
on the abstracts if you cannot present your paper on any day of the
conference (March 14-16), as it is very difficult to reschedule papers
after the programme has been planned.

5. PUBLICATION:

After the
Symposium, EPICS V participants are invited to submit revised and
extended versions of their work for publication at an international
publisher. The final text (maximum 10000 words) can be submitted (Word
or RTF format) after the Symposium but no later than June 1st, 2011.
Style guidelines will be provided in due course.

6. CONFERENCE
FEES:

UNTIL JANUARY 30TH, 2011

FROM JANUARY 30TH, ONWARDS

Attendants
...................................100 EUR

Attendants
..................................... 125 EUR

Speakers
......................................150 EUR

Speakers
......................................... 175 EUR

These fees are for
the full conference 14-16 March and include the conference pack, coffee
breaks and lunches. There will be a conference dinner, whose price is
NOT included in the conference fee. The account to deposit the
registration fee will be announced in the second call for papers.
Presentations will not be included in the final program if registration
fees have not been prepaid. Please note that payment on site will NOT be
possible. In the next call for papers, information about accommodation
will also be included.

We hope you will circulate this Call for Papers
to your colleagues and others in your professional network, and to any
discussion groups to which you may subscribe. For more information, feel
free to contact us. We hope to see you in March 2011, here inSeville.

Thank you for your interest.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

Reyes Gómez
Morón (rgommor@upo.es [3])

Manuel Padilla Cruz (mpadillacruz@us.es
[4])

Lucía Fernández Amaya (lferama@upo.es [5])

María de la O
Hernández López (mariolahl@upo.es [6])

Manuel Mejías Borrero
(mmejbor@upo.es [7])

Mariana Relinque Barranca (mrelbar@upo.es
[8])

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:

Katarzyna Bromberek-Dyzman, Adam
Mickiewicz University, Poznan

Billy Clark, Middlesex University

María Victoria Escandell Vidal, UNED

Thorstein Fretheim, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology

Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Elly Ifantidou, University
of Athens

Agnieszka Piskorska, University of Warsaw

Iwona
Witczak-Plisiecka, University of Lodz

Begoña Vicente Cruz, University
of the Basque Country

Francisco Yus Ramos, University of Alicante

Vladimir Žegarac, University of Bedfordshire

-- 
Dr. Manuel Padilla
Cruz
Departamento de Filología Inglesa (Lengua Inglesa)
Facultad de
Filología
UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
c/ Palos de la Frontera, s/n.
41004
Sevilla (Spain)
mpadillacruz@us.es
  
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