RT list: 6th International Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics (EPICS VI) - 2nd cfp's

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_ _UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE

12-14 MAY 2014

(SECOND CALL FOR
PAPERS)

Dear colleagues:

The research group "Intercultural Pragmatic
Studies (English-Spanish): Pragmatic and Discourse Issues" is pleased to
announce the upcoming _SIXTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTERCULTURAL,
COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL PRAGMATICS_ (EPICS VI, after the Spanish acronym
for "Encuentros de Pragmática Intercultural, Cognitiva y Social"). EPICS
VI will be held on 12th-14th May 2014, at the University of Seville,
Spain.

After having addressed issues related to (im)politeness,
intercultural pragmatics, interlanguage pragmatics and relevance theory
in previous editions, the sixth EPICS Symposium turns its attention to
conflict in language. Under the umbrella theme "PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVES
ON LANGUAGE AGGRESSION AND CONFLICT", EPICS VI aims at providing a forum
for practitioners of pragmatics and other related disciplines to present
on their latest research, as well as to share experiences and suggest
new avenues for research. EPICS VI also wishes to create awareness among
graduate students of the growing interest in this area of linguistic
expertise within the broad field of pragmatics.

We are very honoured
that PROFESSOR JONATHAN CULPEPER (Lancaster University) and PROFESSOR
JOHN JOSEPH (The University of Edinburgh) have agreed to be EPICS VI
keynote speakers.

EPICS VI will also host the European launching of
the _JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AGGRESSION AND CONFLICT_. Co-edited by Pilar
Garcés Blitvich (University
of North Carolina at Charlotte) and Maria
Sifianou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), JLAC focuses
on the study of aggression and conflict, as
manifested in language, from
different perspectives such as discursive, pragmatic, sociolinguistic,
cultural, cognitive, applied linguistics, or anthropological. Because of
the thematic connections between _JLAC_ and EPICS VI, a selection of the
best contributions presented at EPICS VI will be published in a special
issue _JLAC_ (see more information about publication below).

1.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS TYPES

We welcome original papers, written in
English, on any of the subjects that come within the list of conference
topics below or on any other
topic related to language aggression and
conflict. Presentations can be made in any of the following types:

A)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS

These must be 20 minutes in length, followed by 10
minutes for questions and discussion.

B) THEMED PANELS

These must
contain a number of thematically-related papers, each of which must be
20 minutes in length, followed by 10 minutes for questions
and
discussion. Proposals for panels should also include a chair.

C)
POSTERS

Participants presenting a poster must follow these norms:

        * Posters should be no larger than 118,9 x 84,1 cm (A0).
         * They may
be printed in color 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:

EPICS VI especially focuses, but is
not limited to contributions, that address, explore or analyse in depth
language aggression and conflict from a pragmatic perspective, as well
as to works that present theoretical developments and practical
applications on, among others, the following topics:

 - Gender
differences in language aggression and conflict

- Language aggression
and conflict among family members

- Language aggression and conflict
in work/academic settings

- Language aggression, conflict and identity

- Emotional communication and conflict

- Impoliteness

- Language
aggression and conflict in the classroom

- Language aggression and
conflict in political discourse

- Language aggression and conflict in
the (digital) media.

- Language aggression and conflict in inter/cross
cultural communication

-Language aggression and conflict in service
encounters

-(Intercultural) Business and conflict

- Forensic
linguistics

3. SUBMISSIONS:

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

A) ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS:

Contributors to EPICS VI, 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 the following information:

i.
Author's name(s) and affiliation

ii. Title of paper

iii.
Audio-visual equipment required (computer, VHS video, OHP, etc.)

iv.
e-mail address(es)

v. Postal address(es)

B) THEMED PANELS

Panel
proposals must include a ONE-PAGE ABSTRACT no longer than 350 words for
the panel, accompanied by the respective 350-word abstracts for each of
the presentations included in the panel. The following information must
also be included for each of the papers in the panel:

i. Author's
name(s) and affiliation

ii. Title of paper

iii. Audio-visual
equipment required (computer, VHS video, OHP, etc.)

iv. e-mail
address(es)

v. Postal address(es)

4. DATES:

Deadline for receipt
of abstracts is 1ST DECEMBER 2013. Proposals will be peer-reviewed and
notification of acceptance will be sent by 15th January. 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 (12th-14th May), as it
is very difficult to reschedule papers after the programme has been
planned.

5. PUBLICATION:

After the Symposium, EPICS VI participants
are invited to submit revised and extended versions of their work for
publication in any of the following venues:

A) _JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE
AGGRESSION AND CONFLICT_. Guidelines for publication can be found at
http://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/jlac/main [3]

B) AN EDITED
COLLECTION. Style guidelines will be provided in due course.

In both
cases, the final text can be submitted after the Symposium, but no later
than 31st July 2014.

6. CONFERENCE FEES:

UNTIL JANUARY 30TH,
2014

FROM JANUARY 30TH, ONWARDS

Attendants
................................EUR100

Attendants
................................. EUR125

Speakers
..................................EUR150

Speakers
.................................... EUR175

These fees are for the
full conference (12th-14th May) 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 May 2014, here in Seville.

Thank you for your interest.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

Reyes Gómez
Morón (rgommor@upo.es)

Manuel Padilla Cruz (mpadillacruz@us.es)

Lucía
Fernández Amaya (lferama@upo.es)

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

Manuel Mejías Borrero (mmejbor@upo.es)

SCIENTIFIC
COMMITTEE:

Angela Ardington, University of Sydney

Patricia Bou
Franch, Universitat de València

Derek Bousfield, Manchester
Metropolitan University

Diana Boxer, University of Florida

Grace H.
Chung, Seoul National University

María Victoria Escandell Vidal, UNED

Bruce Fraser, Boston University

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

Michael Haugh, Griffith
University

Thomas Holtgraves, Ball State University

Cornelia Ilie,
Malmö University

Nuria Lorenzo Dus, Swansea University

Jim
O'Driscoll, University of Huddersfield

Theodossia S. Pavlidou,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Barbara Pizziconi, SOAS,
University of London

María Elena Placencia, Birbeck College,
University of London

Yongping Ran, Guangdong University of Foreign
Studies

Maria Sifianou, University of Athens

Ruth Wodak, Lancaster
University

-- 
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
 
Links:
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[1] mailto:mpadillacruz@us.es
[2]
mailto:rgommor@upo.es
[3]
http://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/jlac/main