26.3415, Calls: Discourse Analysis, General Ling, Pragmatics, Semantics, Text/Corpus Ling/Spain

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Subject: 26.3415, Calls: Discourse Analysis, General Ling, Pragmatics, Semantics, Text/Corpus Ling/Spain

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:06:21
From: Marta Albelda [esvaratenuacion2016 at gmail.com]
Subject: International Conference on Linguistic Attenuation: Semantic and Pragmatic Perspectives

 
Full Title: International Conference on Linguistic Attenuation: Semantic and Pragmatic Perspectives 

Date: 15-Jun-2016 - 18-Jun-2016
Location: Valencia, Spain 
Contact Person: Marta Albelda
Meeting Email: esvaratenuacion2016 at gmail.com
Web Site: http://esvaratenuacion.es/conference-on-linguistic-attenuation/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Pragmatics; Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 30-Jan-2016 

Meeting Description:

International Conference on Linguistic Attenuation: Semantic and Pragmatic Perspectives
Valencia (Spain), 15-18 June 2016
http://esvaratenuacion.es/conference-on-linguistic-attenuation/

The members of the research project Es.Var.Atenuación, the Val.Es.Co research group, the Department of Spanish Philology in the University of Valencia and the Interuniversity Institute of Applied Modern Languages of Valencia (IULMA) are pleased to invite you to participate in the International Conference on Linguistic Attenuation: Semantic and Pragmatic Perspectives that will take place in Valencia (Spain) from June 15 to June 18, 2016.

Call for Papers:

This conference aims to create a discussion forum for linguists around the world dedicated to the study of attenuation from pragmatic and semantic perspectives. It is open to all contributions dealing with any of the multiple linguistic phenomena related to linguistic attenuation. Studies on the following topics are especially welcome:

- Vague language
- Approximation mechanisms
- Phonetic and prosodic mechanisms for the expression of attenuation
- Diatopic, diastratic and diaphasic variation in the use of attenuation strategies
- Methodological issues and possible solutions in research on attenuation
- Linguistic phenomena in the mitigation-evidentiality interface

Important Dates:

- Submission of presentation proposals deadline: 30 January 2016
- Confirmation of acceptance by 26 February 2016

Registration Fees and Deadlines:

Attendees:
Early bird (until 31 March 2016): 40€*
Regular (after 31 March 2016): 50€*

Presenters:
Early bird (until 31 March 2016): 90€**
Regular (after 31 March 2016): 120€**

*Registration includes all the material related to presentations, as well as coffee and snacks served during coffee breaks. Lunch is not included. 
**Registration includes all the material related to presentations, as well as coffee and snacks served during coffee breaks. Lunch is included.

Organising Committee:

Chairs:
Wiltrud Mihatsch
Marta Albelda Marco
Antonio Briz Gómez

Secretaries:
Dorota Kotwica
Cristina Villalba Ibáñez

Scientific Committee:

María Jesús Barros García (Saint Xavier University, USA)
Adrián Cabedo Nebot (Universitat de València, Spain)
Ana Llopis Cardona (Universidad Católica de Valencia, Spain)
Ana María Cestero Mancera (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
Josefa Contreras Fernández (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain)
Luiz Antonio da Silva (Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
Silvina Douglas de Sirgo (Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina)
Isabel Margarida Duarte (Universidade do Porto, Portugual)
María Estellés Arguedas (Universitat de València, Spain)
Carolina Figueras Bates (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
María Marta García Negroni (Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina)
Montserrat González Condom (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
Virginia González García (Universitat de València, Spain)
Ramón González Ruiz (Universidad de Navarra, Spain)
Nieves Hernández Flores (Københavns Universitet, Denmark)
Antonio Hidalgo Navarro (Universitat de València, Spain)
Wiltrud Mihatsch (Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany)
Annette Maria Myre Jørgensen (Universitetet i Bergen, Norway)
Salvador Pons Bordería (Universitat de València, Spain)
Yolanda Rodríguez Cadena (Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia)
Marta Samper Hernández (Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
Julia Sanmartín Sáez (Universitat de València, Spain)




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