6th NWCL International Conference
PROSODY AND PRAGMATICS
University of Central Lancashire (Preston)
14 - 16 November 2003
Organized by Anne Wichmann (University of Central Lancashire) &
Diane Blakemore (University of Salford)
Guest speakers: Carlos Gussenhoven, Jill House, John Local, Deirdre
Wilson
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
The focus in research in prosody has recently moved from intonational
phonology to areas which interface with other domains, most notably
discourse and pragmatics. At the same time, research in pragmatics and
discourse has recognized a need to take account of prosodic
phenomena. In this way, it has become possible to identify a set of
phenomena where research in pragmatics feeds into research in prosody
and vice versa _ for example, focus and information structure, questions
about processing units and the identification of an utterance, the
communication of attitudes and emotions, constraints on implicatures.
The aim of this conference is to provide a forum in which researchers
from prosody and pragmatics can pool their research, and in this way
contribute to a fuller understanding of the role prosody plays in
pragmatic interpretation.
We invite abstracts for papers (30 mins + 10 mins discussion). Abstracts
will be chosen both for the inherent quality of the particular
prosodic/pragmatic analyses they offer and their potential contribution
to the development of the interface between prosody and pragmatics.
A selection of papers from the conference will be published in a Special
Issue of The Journal of Pragmatics (eds. Anne Wichmann & Diane
Blakemore).
Submission of abstracts:
Abstracts must conform to the following guidelines:
_ abstracts must be sent in electronic form (Word, WP, RTF)
_ abstracts must be no longer than 1 page (A4) and typed in a Times
New Roman (12pt) font
_ abstracts must have the title of the paper centred at the top of the page
_ the author's name, affiliation and title of paper must be given on a
separate page (abstracts will be refereed anonymously)
Deadlines:
Abstracts must sent in electronic form (Word, WP, RTF) to Anne
Wichmann and Diane Blakemore at the addresses below by 23 May 2003.
You will be notified if your abstract has been submitted by 13 June 2003.
Diane Blakemore <d.blakemore@salford.ac.uk>
Anne Wichmann <awichmann@uclan.ac.uk>
Professor Diane Blakemore
School of Languages and
European Studies Research Institute
University of Salford
Salford M5 4WT
United Kingdom
Tel: 0161 2954948
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