21.1727, Confs: Pragmatics/Switzerland

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LINGUIST List: Vol-21-1727. Fri Apr 09 2010. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 21.1727, Confs: Pragmatics/Switzerland

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Date: 08-Apr-2010
From: Miriam Locher < miriam.locher at unibas.ch >
Subject: 5th International Symposium on Politeness
 

	
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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:07:18
From: Miriam Locher [miriam.locher at unibas.ch]
Subject: 5th International Symposium on Politeness

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5th International Symposium on Politeness 

Date: 30-Jun-2010 - 02-Jul-2010 
Location: Basel, Switzerland 
Contact: Miriam Locher 
Contact Email: miriam.locher at unibas.ch 

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics 

Meeting Description: 

The Fifth Symposium on Politeness: 

Special theme:  

"Politeness and Impoliteness, On- and Off-line"  

Date: 

30th of June to 2nd of July 2010. 

Plenary Speakers: 

Derek Bousfield (confirmed) 
Alexandra Georgakopoulou (confirmed) 
Michael Haugh (confirmed)
Richard J. Watts (confirmed) 

Location: 

University of Basel, Switzerland 

Scope: 

The special focus of this three-day conference is on issues of face-enhancing,
face maintaining and face-aggravating language communication in
computer-mediated communication of all types. 

''The Fifth International Symposium on Politeness'' (30 June - 2 July 2010),
Basel, Switzerland, is now open for registration, www.sympol.unibas.ch

The special theme for the Basel conference is "Politeness and Impoliteness, On-
and Offline" and thus focuses on language usage in computer-mediated
communication (CMC). 

For registration, please go to the following link: www.sympol.unibas.ch
Conditions for early registration are valid until 30 April 2010. 
Presenters of papers and posters should register at the latest by 31 May 2010.

The conference fees include coffee breaks, lunch on three days and the
conference material: 
 
Conference Package:

Early registration regular delegate: 180 Swiss francs (CHF)
Normal registration regular delegate: 210 Swiss francs (CHF)
Early registration student delegate: 150 Swiss francs (CHF)
Normal registration student delegate: 180 Swiss francs (CHF)
 
Conference for single days:

Early registration regular delegate: 80 Swiss francs (CHF)
Normal registration regular delegate: 90 Swiss francs (CHF)
Early registration student delegate: 50 Swiss francs (CHF)
Normal registration student delegate: 60 Swiss francs (CHF)
 
(Note: 1 CHF ~ 0.68 EUR ~ 0.93 USD; 16/2/2010)
 
The conference dinner is optional and costs 95 Swiss francs. You can register
for it online as well. It will be held in a charming old guild hall in the heart
of medieval Basel on the first night of the conference (Wednesday 30 June, 2010).
 
The conference website at www.sympol.unibas.ch gives you further details on how
to travel to Basel and offers a range of hotels at a special rate as well (see
links on the left). Through Basel tourism, you can also register for an optional
guided tour of Basel.





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