[Corpora-List] Call for Papers: Sixth International Symposium on Politeness - Corpus Approaches

[Sukriye Ruhi]

With apologies for cross-posting

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It is our pleasure to announce the Sixth International Symposium on  
Politeness, organized by the Department of Foreign Language Education,  
Middle East Technical University, Ankara.

The special theme of this year's three-day conference, endorsed by the  
Linguistic Politeness Research Group(LPRG), is Corpus-based and  
Corpus-driven Approaches to Politeness and Intercultural  
Communication. Papers related to any theoretical and/or applied aspect  
of (im)politeness and intercultural communication are, however, also  
welcome.

The special theme is motivated by current debates in pragmatics and
(im)politeness research, including but not restricted to the following:

- The contribution of (multimodal) corpora to enhancing understandings  
of interpersonal communication (e.g., studying affect, emotion and  
non-verbal elements in (im)politeness)
- Methodological issues related to the collection, creation,  
annotation, and comparability of data in inter- and cross-cultural  
studies
- How corpus approaches can contribute to theorizing on (im)politeness  
and intercultural communication.

The conference will feature plenary lectures, panels, individual  
papers and posters.

Plenary Speakers:
Christine CHRISTIE, Loughborough University
Istvan KECSKES, State University of New York, Albany
Maria SIFIANOU, University of Athens
Helen SPENCER-OATEY, University of Warwick

We cordially invite panel topic proposals and abstracts on the special  
theme or on any topic related to the theoretical and/or applied  
aspects of (im)politeness and intercultural communication.

Abstract Submission:

Submission of abstracts (max. 300 words, excluding references) will be  
handled through conference web site.

Important dates:
Deadline for proposing panel topics: December 15, 2010
Deadline for submission of paper and poster abstracts: February 20,  
2011 Notification of acceptance: April 01, 2011
Early Bird Registration Deadline: April 09, 2011

Please visit the conference web site for details on abstract  
submission and registration.

Conference publications: Plans are being made for the publication of  
selected presentations.

Conference Web Site: http://www.isp2011.org

Conference Contact Email: 6sympol at metu.edu.tr

On behalf of the Organising Committee
Sukriye Ruhi

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Prof. Dr. Sukriye Ruhi
Dept. of Foreign Language Education
Middle East Technical University
06531 Ankara, Turkey
email: sukruh at metu.edu.tr; 6sympol at metu.edu.tr
Fax: +90 312 210 79 69
Tel: +90 312 210 40 83
Spoken Turkish Corpus: http://std.metu.edu.tr


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