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<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>12<sup>th</sup>
INTERNATIONAL PRAGMATICS CONFERENCE<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>3-8 July 2011, Manchester,
UK<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SPECIAL THEME</span></strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>: <em><b>Pragmatics
and its interfaces</b></em><br>
<br>
<em><span style='font-style:normal'>The conference is open to </span></em><i>ALL
OTHER PRAGMATICS-RELATED TOPICS</i><em><span style='font-style:normal'> as well
(where pragmatics is conceived broadly as a cognitive, social, and cultural
perspective on language and communication).</span><b> </b></em></span><em><span
style='font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p><em><b>Plenary speakers</b></em><strong>:</strong> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><strong>Laurel Brinton</strong>, University of
British Columbia<i> <br>
</i><strong>Nick Enfield</strong>, Max-Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics,
Nijmegen<i> <br>
</i><strong>Hans Kamp</strong>, University of Stuttgart<br>
<strong>Sotaro Kita</strong>, University of Birmingham<br>
<strong>Rosina Marquez Reiter</strong>, University of Surrey<br>
<strong>Wes Sharrock</strong>, University of Manchester<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For <b>panel proposals</b> there
are two deadlines: 15 June 2010, 1 September 2010. Proposals received by <u>15
June 2010</u> will already be evaluated before the end of June; this will allow
for amendments in response to the committee’s comments, so that
re-evaluation after 1 September is possible for proposals that are not already
accepted in June.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The deadline for all <b>panel
contributions</b>, <b>lectures</b>, and <b>posters</b> is <u>29 October 2010</u><b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The submission
process is completely web-based</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>. Read carefully all instructions at <a
href="http://ipra.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.CONFERENCE12&n=1403">http://ipra.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.CONFERENCE12&n=1403</a>
(or go to the IPrA site, <a href="http://ipra.ua.ac.be">http://ipra.ua.ac.be</a>,
and click CONFERENCES > 12<sup>th</sup> Conference > Call for papers).
Note that IPrA membership is required for use of the submissions module.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><u><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Panel
proposals</span></u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span></u></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>(deadlines <u>15 June 2010</u>
– for early approval – and <u>1 September 2010</u>; see above)
have to consist of a brief outline (max. one average A4 or Standard-size
page, single spacing, Times pt 12; i.e. ca 500 words) of the theme and
purpose of the panel, with a first indication of the people the
organizer(s) anticipate(s) to be involved as speakers. <i>Panel organizers
are asked to avoid, if at all possible, restricting their panels to an
in-group</i>; openness and diversity of perspectives is compatible with
topical coherence. Immediately after the deadline the conference
committee will, on the basis of the outline (weighed against other
proposals in relation to the total number of available time slots), decide
(i) whether the proposal is accepted, and (ii) how many 90-minute slots
can be made available for the accepted panel. From that moment onwards,
the organizer(s) is/are free to fill the allotted sessions in the way they
see as most suitable to the theme and the purpose of their panel. Not all
panels need to take the same form; some may work with sessions that
emphasize discussion; others may want to fit in more (brief) oral presentations;
the minimum number of presentations planned for one 90-minute session,
however, should be three. Though it is the panel organizer(s) who take(s)
active responsibility for the quality of the contributions to their panel
(i.e. they decide what is accepted), abstracts should, for all <b><u>panel
contributions</u></b>, be submitted <i>by the individual contributors
separately</i> by the <u>29 October 2010</u><span style='color:fuchsia'> </span>deadline
that will be handled for individual submissions (see below). <i>Panel
organizers are expected to guide their participants in this process</i>,
so that all formal requirements are duly fulfilled and the abstracts live
up to the expected international standards. This procedure implies that
no-one can submit contributions to panels without the prior consent of the
panel organizer(s). As a list of accepted panels will be available at the
end of June (for early submissions) and in the second half of September
(for later submissions), prospective participants are of course welcome to
seek such prior consent by contacting the organizer(s) of the panel of
their choice. As the number of slots for panels is limited, however, most
participants will have to make an individual submission. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><u><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Individual
proposals for lectures and posters</span></u></b><b><u><span
style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span></u></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>should take
the form of a brief abstract (equivalent to max. one average A4 or
Standard-size page, single spacing, Times pt 12; i.e. ca 500 words); mind
the <u>29 October 2010 deadline</u>. It is the individual
submitter’s choice to submit for oral presentation (lecture) or a
poster. For oral presentations, 30-minute slots will be available
(including discussion time). Posters will be up for the whole week; during
one of the conference days, there will be a free hour that can be used
only for looking at and discussing posters. IPrA actively encourages the
submission of posters; experience tells us that they often lead to more
serious interaction and result in more lasting and fruitful contacts than
oral presentations. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Because of <b>heavy
competition for slots</b> in the program, no-one can be considered
for more than one contribution of which he or she is the first author
(whether panel contributions, lectures or posters). Anyone may be involved
in a second or even a third paper if someone else is the first author and
will be present at the conference as well. In the case of <b>multiple
authorship</b>, <i>the web-based submission system recognizes as first
author only the one who handles the submission process</i>. While there is
a restriction on the number of contributions of which one may be the first
author (one only!), presenting a paper is always compatible with taking
the role of organizer of a panel or acting as a discussant in a panel.</span><span
style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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