RT list: II International Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics

From: Manuel Padilla (mpadillacruz@yahoo.es)
Date: Mon Jan 19 2004 - 10:13:44 GMT

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    Dear colleagues:

    Please find below the 2nd call for papers for the II
    International Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive
    and Social Pragmatics, which will be held at the
    University of Seville (Spain), in May 26-28 2004.
    Although this year's edition will be mainly dedicated
    to Intercultural Pragmatics, needless to say, papers
    on Relevance Theory issues are welcome.

    We are looking forward to receiving your contributions
    and meeting in Seville this spring.

    Best wishes,

    Manuel Padilla Cruz

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    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
    journals 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 March 1, 2004.
    Notification of acceptance will be sent by March 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.

    =====
    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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