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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-language:JA">13<sup>th</sup> International Pragmatics Conference</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">New Delhi, India, 8-13 September 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">All info and
<b><i>call for papers </i></b>at </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><a href="http://ipra.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.CONFERENCE13&n=1438"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">http://ipra.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.CONFERENCE13&n=1438</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Note the deadlines:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:35.4pt;line-height:115%">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- <u>15 June 2012</u> for early submission of panel proposals (allowing for revision if necessary)<br>
- <u>15 September 2012</u>, final deadline for panel proposals<br>
- <u>1 November 2012</u>, deadline for panel contributions, lectures, and posters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Please read the instructions in the ´Call for papers´ carefully well in advance of the deadlines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">The special theme of this edition is
<b><i>Narrative pragmatics: Culture, cognition, context</i></b>. But as always, the conference is open to ALL OTHER PRAGMATICS-RELATED TOPICS as well (where pragmatics is conceived broadly as a cognitive, social, and cultural perspective on language and communication).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Plenary speakers will be announced before September 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">CONFERENCE CHAIR:<b>
<i>Rukmini BHAYA NAIR</i></b> (Indian Institute of Technology)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">LOCAL SITE COMMITTEE: The other members of the Local Site Committee are:
<b><i>Ramakant AGNIHOTRI</i></b> (University of Delhi, Delhi), <b><i>Ashraf BHAT</i></b> (Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi),
<b><i>Bijoy BORUAH</i></b> (Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi), <b><i>Shubha CHAKRABORTY</i></b> (Jadavpur University, Kolkata),
<b><i>Probal DASGUPTA</i></b> (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), <b><i>Peter DE SOUZA</i></b> (Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla),
<b><i>Mushirul HASAN</i></b> (National Archives of India, New Delhi), <b><i>Ravinder KAUR</i></b> (Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi),
<b><i>Dipti KULKARNI</i></b> (Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi), <b><i>Girishwar MISRA</i></b> (University of Delhi, Delhi),
<b><i>Mohan RAMANAN</i></b> (University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad), <b><i>V. SANIL</i></b> (Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi),
<b><i>Purnima SINGH</i></b> (Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi), <b><i>Ashok THORAT</i></b> (Institute of Advanced Studies in English, Pune)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE: In addition to the members of the Local Site Committee, the International Conference Committee includes
two members of the Manchester (2011) Local Site Committee, the IPrA President and IPrA Secretary General, as well as a number of members of the IPrA Consultation Board:
</span><b><i><span lang="DE" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Charles ANTAKI</span></i></b><span lang="DE" style="mso-fareast-language:JA"> (Loughborough, UK),
<b><i>Josie BERNICOT</i></b> (Poitiers, France), <b><i>Barbara BOKUS</i></b> (Warsaw, Poland),
<b><i>Diana BOXER</i></b> (Gainesvillle, USA), <b><i>Winnie CHENG</i></b> (Hong Kong, China),
</span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Anita FETZER</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA"> (Würzburg, Germany),
<b><i>Janet HOLMES</i></b> (Wellington, New Zealand), <b><i>Sachiko IDE</i></b> (Tokyo, Japan),
<b><i>Cornelia ILIE</i></b> (Malmö, Sweden), <b><i>Dennis KURZON</i></b> (Haifa, Israel),
<b><i>Sophia MARMARIDOU</i></b> (Athens, Greece), <b><i>Rosina MARQUEZ REITER</i></b> (Surrey,UK),
</span><b><i><span lang="DE" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Jacob MEY</span></i></b><span lang="DE" style="mso-fareast-language:JA"> (Odense, Denmark),
</span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Maj-Britt MOSEGAARD HANSEN</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA"> (Manchester, UK),
<b><i>Lynne MURPHY</i></b> (University of Sussex), <b><i>Neal NORRICK</i></b> (Saarbrücken, Germany),
<b><i>Jan-Ola ÖSTMAN</i></b> (Helsinki, Finland), </span><b><i><span lang="DE" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Marina SBISÀ</span></i></b><span lang="DE" style="mso-fareast-language:JA"> (Trieste, Italy),
</span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Jef VERSCHUEREN</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA"> (University of Antwerp),
<b><i>Tuija VIRTANEN</i></b> (Abo, Finland), <b><i>John WILSON</i></b> (Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Venue:
<u>INDIA HABITAT CENTRE</u>, the premier state-of-the-art conference center in central New Delhi.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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