25.2605, Confs: Greek, Latin, Ling & Lit, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Cognitive Sci/UK

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Subject: 25.2605, Confs: Greek, Latin, Ling & Lit, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Cognitive Sci/UK

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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:15:01
From: Tzu-I Liao [languageofpersuasion14 at gmail.com]
Subject: The Language of Persuasion: Linguistic Approaches to its Theory and Practice in the Classical World

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The Language of Persuasion: Linguistic Approaches to its Theory and Practice in the Classical World 

Date: 10-Sep-2014 - 12-Sep-2014 
Location: London, United Kingdom 
Contact: Tzu-I Liao 
Contact Email: languageofpersuasion14 at gmail.com 
Meeting URL: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/events/Language-of-Persuasion 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis; Ling & Literature; Pragmatics 

Subject Language(s): Greek, Ancient (grc)
                     Latin (lat)

Meeting Description: 

We are pleased to announce an international interdisciplinary conference, The Language of Persuasion: Linguistic Approaches to Its Theory and Practice in the Classical World at University College London (UCL). The conference will span three days, 10-12 September 2014, and will take place in the Archaeology Lecture Theatre at UCL. The focus of the conference is to explore the nature and role of persuasion in classical literature and culture not just as a psychological phenomenon, but as a linguistic exercise from a variety of different perspectives. These include modern linguistics, stylistics, ancient rhetoric and criticism, and comparative approaches taking into account modern and non-European rhetorical practices and traditions. 

Persuasion is a psychological phenomenon which is deeply connected to language. The focus of the conference is to explore the nature and role of persuasion as linguistic exercise in classical literature and culture from a variety of different perspectives. These include modern linguistics, stylistics, ancient rhetoric and criticism, and comparative approaches taking into account modern and extra-European rhetorical practices and traditions. The convenors are Tzu-I Liao (UCL) and Alessandro Vatri (Oxford) and the event is under the auspices of Chris Carey and Stephen Colvin.

The conference will explore the following themes:

-Persuasion through language: insights into the linguistic strategies put into effect as means of persuasion in classical literature;
-Language through rhetoric: rhetorical literature as a collection of mother-tongue metalinguistic material;
-Rhetoric and practice: critical approaches to the ancient rhetorical theories and observations on the psychological effects of language, based on linguistic analysis of texts which aim to persuade;
-Literary representations of persuasion: linguistic analysis of persuasion ‘in action’ as depicted in both classical literary prose and poetry (historiography, philosophy, drama, etc.);
-Persuasion across languages: insights on how rhetorical concepts involving linguistic features have been adapted across linguistic borders (from Greek into Latin down to the modern European languages)

Speakers include: Ineke Sluiter (Leiden, keynote speaker), Rutger Allan (Amsterdam), Anna Bonifazi (Heidelberg), Stephen Colvin (UCL), Casper de Jonge (Leiden), Johnathan Powell (RHUL), Tobias Reinhardt (Oxford), and Donna Shalev (Jerusalem). 

The standard fee is £60 for the whole three days (£20 per day); for students £45 for the whole three days (£15 per day). Online registration will soon be available on our website. 

We also offer a limited number of conference bursaries for students. To apply for a bursary, please send a letter of intent stating the name, institution, thesis title, and how the conference relates to the applicant's degree course or research to languageofpersuasion14 at gmail.com no later than the 31st July 2014.  

Programme:

A provisional programme is now available on our website (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/events/Language-of-Persuasion)

For queries or further information, please contact the organisers, Tzu-I Liao and Alessandro Vatri (languageofpersuasion14 at gmail.com).

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