Dear all,
I am delighted to inform you that the next version of the Intercultural
Pragmatics and Communication conference will be hosted by the University of
Malta next year (30 May - 1st June 2014). Assuming that this will be of
interest to the members of the list, I am forwarding you the call for
papers below. For more detailed information visit the conference website:
http://www.um.edu.mt/events/interculturalpragmatics2014
All the best,
Stavros
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Intercultural Pragmatics 2014 - Call for papers
Abstracts (max. 300 words) are invited for papers on any topic relevant to
the fields of pragmatics and intercultural communication. Three parallel
sessions will be held on the following topics:
(i) Pragmatics theories: neo-Gricean approaches, relevance theory, theory
of mind, meaning, role of context, semantics-pragmatics interface,
explicature, implicature, grammaticalisation, speech act theory,
presuppositions, im/politeness, experimental pragmatics, etc.
(ii) Intercultural, cross-cultural and societal aspects of pragmatics:
research involving more than one language and culture or varieties of one
language, lingua franca, technologically mediated communication,
bilinguals’ and heritage speakers’ language use, intercultural
misunderstandings, effect of dual language and multilingual systems on the
development and use of pragmatic skills, language of aggression and
conflict, etc.
(iii) Applications: usage and corpus-based approaches, pragmatic
competence, teachability and learnability of pragmatic skills, pragmatic
variations within one language and across languages, developmental
pragmatics, etc.
An anonymous copy of your abstract should be submitted alongside your name,
affiliation and contact details via email to:
interculturalpragmatics2014@um.edu.mt . All abstracts will be double-blind
peer-reviewed, and should include sufficient details to allow reviewers to
judge the scientific merits of the work. Paper presentations will be
allowed 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions. All presentations will
be in English.
Abstract submission deadline: 20 December 2013
Notification of acceptance: 20 January 2014
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Confirmed plenary speakers:
- Robyn Carston (University College London & CSMN, University of Oslo)
- Jonathan Culpeper (Lancaster University)
- Istvan Kecskes (State University of New York, Albany)
- Kepa Korta (University of the Basque Country)
Conference fees (including lunches, coffee breaks, wi-fi access, a
conference pack and transportation to/from the conference venue):
Regular participants: 200 euros (early bird until the 28th of February: 180
euros)
Students (with valid ID): 150 euros (early bird until the 28th of February:
120 euros)
Contact e-mail: interculturalpragmatics2014@um.edu.mt
-- Stavros Assimakopoulos Institute of Linguistics University of Malta ------------------------------------ http://staff.um.edu.mt/stavros.assimakopoulos/Received on Tue May 28 13:55:09 2013
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