SECOND SYMPOSIUM ON INTERCULTURAL, COGNITIVE AND
SOCIAL PRAGMATICS
(EPICS II)
DEDICATED TO THE NEW JOURNAL "INTERCULTURAL
PRAGMATICS" (Mouton de
Gruyter)
University of Seville (Spain)
May 26-28, 2004
CALL FOR PAPERS: EPICS II
Dear colleagues:
The research group "Intercultural Pragmatic Studies
(English-Spanish):
Pragmatic and Discourse Aspects" of the University of
Seville (Spain)
is pleased to announce its Second Symposium on
Intercultural, Cognitive
and Social Pragmatics (EPICS II Encuentros de
Pragmatica
Intercultural, Cognitiva y Social), to be held in May
26-28 2004.
The second edition of the symposium will be devoted to
the introduction
of the new journal "Intercultural Pragmatics",
published by Mouton de
Gruyter. The journal's editor-in-chief, Dr. Istvan
Kecskes, Professor
of Linguistics and Education at the SUNY at Albany and
Mr. Peter
Grundy, Associate Principal Lecturer, English Language
Centre, at
Northumbria University, and member of the advisory
board of the
journal, have confirmed their presence as the
symposiums keynote
speakers. Also, a plenary session of the symposium
will be dedicated to
a formal introduction of "Intercultural Pragmatics"
during which the
participants will be able to meet the editor-in-chief,
some of the
board members, and representatives from Mouton the
Gruyter to discuss
the mission, policy and content of the journal.
The Symposium will serve as a forum where applied
linguists and
practitioners of Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis can
meet, share
experiences, discuss common problems, and present
papers on their
latest research in the field. EPICS II also wishes to
create awareness
among graduating students of the growing interest in
this area of
linguistic expertise.
SUBMISSIONS: We welcome original papers, written in
English (45 minutes
in length, the last 10 minutes will be devoted to
questions and
discussion) on any topic relevant to the mission of
"Intercultural
Pragmatics". The journal is especially interested in
papers that:
-explore the implications of pragmatics research for
theoretical
developments and practical applications in the fields
of second
language acquisition and intercultural communication,
-discuss language in use in the context of
cross-cultural interaction,
-analyze pragmatics research findings from the
perspective of bi- and
multilingual development,
-study the nature of interaction of bi- and
multilinguals and language
learners,
-investigate the effect of dual language and
multilingual systems on
the development and use of pragmatics skills,
-examine the teachability and learnability of
pragmatic skills in
instructional environments.
Participants should submit one-page abstract (500
words) accompanied by
a step-by-step outline of the presentation and the
following
information:
1. Authors name(s) and affiliation
2. Title of paper
3. Audio-visual equipment required (VHS video, OHP,
cassette)
4. E-mail address(es)
5. Postal address(es)
Electronic submissions as e-mail attachments
(RTF,ASCII, HTML) are
highly encouraged. Proposals may be sent to Pilar
Garces
pilar_garces@yahoo.com, Reyes Gomez
rgommor@dhuma.upo.es, Alicia
Hernandez ahernandez@us.es, or Manuel Padilla
mpadilla@siff.us.es .
Submissions by fax will not be accepted. Those without
e-mail access
can send 2 printed copies of your abstract, outline
and accompanying
information to:
Manuel Padilla Cruz
Dpto. Filologma Inglesa (Lengua Inglesa)
Universidad de Sevilla
C/ Palos de la Frontera s/n
41005 Seville (Spain)
DATES: Deadline for receipt of abstracts is February
1, 2004.
Notification of acceptance will be sent by February
18, 2004. The
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 (May
26-28). It is very
difficult to reschedule papers after the programme has
been planned.
PUBLICATION: EPICS II participants are welcome to
submit their papers
to be considered for publication in Intercultural
Pragmatics.
Guidelines for publication can be found at
www.degruyter.com.
Also, a selection of papers will be published in the
second issue of
the series EPICS. The final text of the presentation
(2500 words
maximum) can be submitted (Word or RTF format) after
the symposium but
no later than June 1, 2004. Style guidelines will be
included in a
second call for papers.
FEES:
Until March 25, 2004: Speakers 85
Attendants 60
From March 25, 2004 onwards: Speakers 95
Students 30
and Attendants 70
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, please
contact Manuel
Padilla mpadilla@siff.us.es or Reyes Gomez
rgommor@dhuma.upo.es. We
hope to see you in May 2004, here in Seville.
Thank you for your interest
The Organising Committee
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Manuel Padilla Cruz
Departamento de Filologma Inglesa (Lengua Inglesa)
c/ Palos de la Frontera, s/n.
41004 Sevilla
Tel. : Office: +34 95 4 55 15 50 Home: +34 95 4 41 30 61 Fax: +34 95 4 55 15 16
e-mail: mpadilla@siff.us.es / mpadillacruz@yahoo.es
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