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_(EPICS VI)_

_3rd Call for Papers_

12-14 MAY 2014

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 PRESENTATION 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 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:

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:

         *
Author's name(s) and affiliation
         * Title of paper
         * Audio-visual
equipment required (computer, VHS video, OHP, etc.)
         * E-mail
address(es)
         * 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:

         * Author's name(s)
and affiliation
         * Title of papers
         * Audio-visual equipment required
(computer, VHS video, OHP, etc.)
         * E-mail address(es)
         * Postal
address(es)

4. DATES:

Deadline for receipt of abstracts has been
extended to 13TH 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 once papers have been accepted.
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. Information about accommodation will also be provided.

7.
CONFERENCE WEBSITE:

The conference website, where you will find
information about registration, accommodation and other important
issues, will be available soon. So far, you can follow us on Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/pages/EPICS-VI/687704871269147 [4]), where you
can also find relevant updates.

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, Zayed 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
[4]
https://www.facebook.com/pages/EPICS-VI/687704871269147