RT list: 7th Interpreting for Relevance Conference

Dear all,

Please find below the call for papers for the conference "Interpreting for Relevance" to be held on 29-30 Sepember 2014 in Warsaw. We hope that the conference theme "Relevance Theory, Style and Stylistics" will be of interest to you and we look forward to seeing you in Poland.

With best wishes,
Agnieszka Piskorska

 
Call for Papers
 

The Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw announces the 7th in the biennial series of conferences Interpreting for Relevance, to be held on 29-30 September 2014 at the University of Warsaw.

The seventh IfR conference will explore the theme of “Style and Stylistics”, from the perspective of Relevance Theory as well as other, related or competing approaches. We would like to encourage all those interested in linguistics, translation studies and literary analysis to contribute papers pertaining to problems of style, broadly conceived as a relationship between form and communicative effects.

We welcome submissions in the following areas:

- the contribution of decoding and inference to stylistic effects;

- the interaction of inferential processes in achieving stylistic effects;

- the literal/non-literal continuum;

- humor and irony in the creation of style;

- routes of metaphor interpretation;

- developments in the study of metonymy and hyperbole;

- procedural meaning, cohesion and coherence;

- the interaction of style, genre, and relevance;

- social implications of stylistic choices;

- styles in translation;

- style and argumentation;

- the linguistic potential of languages to express stylistic effects;

- styles across cultural and intellectual traditions.

Paper presentations will be organized around major topics, depending on the contents of the submissions. The format is 20 minutes for presentation plus 10 minutes question time. Proposals for workshops, panel discussions and other sessions are welcome. Plenaries will take 60 minutes including discussion.

Plenary speakers
 

Billy Clark (Middlesex University, UK)

Alison Hall (University College London, UK and CSMN, University of Oslo, Norway)

Jadwiga Linde-Usiekniewicz (University of Warsaw, Poland)

Deirdre Wilson (University College London, UK and CSMN, University of Oslo, Norway)

Abstract submission

Abstracts, consisting of up to 500 words (including examples and references), should be sent to ifr@uw.edu.pl by 31 May 2014.

In the plain text part of your e-mail, please supply the following information:

- name, title/position

- title of the paper

- affiliation

- e-mail address

Conference fee

The conference fee is 130 EUR / 550 PLN per person. This covers conference materials, coffee breaks, lunches and a dinner reception on September 29th. The payment has to be made by 31 July 2014, otherwise the participant's paper will not be included in the conference programme.

Registration

1. Make payment of the conference fee (130 EUR / 550 PLN) by bank transfer no later than 31 July 2014 - see www.ifr.angli.uw.edu.pl for the bank account number and other details.

2. Send an e-mail to ifr@uw.edu.pl with a proof of payment attached. Attendants who will not be giving presentations (non-speaking participants) are kindly requested to supply the following information in the content of the e-mail:

- name, title/position

- affiliation

- e-mail address

More info on the conference, accommodation, publications, etc. at www.ifr.angli.uw.edu.pl

Organisers:
 

Dr Ewa Wałaszewska, University of Warsaw (e.walaszewska@uw.edu.pl)

Dr Agnieszka Piskorska, University of Warsaw (a.piskorska@uw.edu.pl)
Received on Fri Feb 7 11:43:45 2014