6th NWCL International Conference
PROSODY AND PRAGMATICS
University of Central Lancashire (Preston)
14 -16 November 2003
Organised by
Anne Wichmann (University of Central Lancashire) & Diane Blakemore (University of Salford)
Guest speakers:
Wallace Chafe, University of California, Santa Barbara
Carlos Gussenhoven, University of Nijmegen
Jill House, University College London
John Local, University of York
Deirdre Wilson, University College London
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
An important focus for research in prosody is currently its interface with other domains, including discourse and pragmatics. At the same time, research in pragmatics and discourse recognises 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 minutes + 10 minutes discussion). Papers need not specifically address the interface between prosody and pragmatics, but will be chosen for the inherent quality of the prosodic or pragmatic analysis they offer and their potential to contribute to an understanding of the relationship between the two.
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 the paper must be given on a separate page (abstracts will be refereed anonymously)
EXTENDED DEADLINE
Abstracts must be sent to Anne Wichmann or Diane Blakemore (addresses below) by Friday 20th June 2003. Acceptance will be notified by 11th July 2003.
Anne Wichmann: awichmann@uclan.ac.uk
Diane Blakemore: d.blakemore@salford.ac.uk
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