26.5408, Calls: Discourse Analysis, Gen Ling, Ling & Lit, Pragmatics, Socioling/Poland

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Subject: 26.5408, Calls: Discourse Analysis, Gen Ling, Ling & Lit, Pragmatics, Socioling/Poland

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Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:00:27
From: Alina Kwiatkowska [akwiat at uni.lodz.pl]
Subject: Small Forms Conference

 
Full Title: Small Forms Conference 

Date: 13-Jun-2016 - 14-Jun-2016
Location: Lodz, Poland 
Contact Person: Alina Kwiatkowska
Meeting Email: venture at uni.lodz.pl

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Ling & Literature; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2016 

Meeting Description:

Small Forms Conference 
13-14 June 2016
Institute of English Studies, University of Lodz

The aim of the conference is to discuss the challenges of creating and analyzing small linguistic, multimodal, and literary forms. We invite contributions from linguists, literary scholars, arts and media scholars, on the semantics, pragmatics, and stylistics of small forms. We welcome a broad range of approaches, with theoretical, empirical, critical, or pedagogical focus.

Conference fee: 80 Euro  

Conference Organizers:

Prof. Kamila Ciepiela, Prof. Alina Kwiatkowska, Aleksandra Majdzinska M.A. (conference secretary)
Department of English and General Linguistics 
Institute of English Studies,  University of Lodz, Poland

Call for Papers:

We invite contributions from linguists, literary scholars, arts and media scholars, on any aspect of those topics, including e.g.: 

- Theoretical reflection on the semantics, pragmatics, and stylistics of small forms 
- The characteristics and analysis of such forms as: 
Small narratives
Small talk  
Small ‘d’ discourse
Adjacency pairs 
Diminutives 
Acronyms and abbreviations 
Jokes, single cartoons  
Slogans   
Small ads 
Internet memes 
Facebook posts and comments
Twits 
Texting 
Micro-poetry and micro-fiction 
Small concrete and visual poems
Haiku, limericks     
Aphorisms, epigrams  
Nursery rhymes
Short news stories
Video clips 
etc. 

We welcome a broad range of approaches to those and similar topics, with theoretical, empirical, critical, or pedagogical focus.

Deadlines:

Abstract submission: 15 April 2016. 
Brief abstracts (up to 200 words) should be sent to venture at uni.lodz.pl 
Notification of acceptance: 22 April 2016
Deadline for registration: 15 May 2016
Conference dates: 13-14 June 2016




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