28.2497, Calls: Discourse Analysis, Historical Linguistics, Ling & Literature, Pragmatics/Switzerland

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Subject: 28.2497, Calls: Discourse Analysis, Historical Linguistics, Ling & Literature, Pragmatics/Switzerland

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Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 12:34:18
From: Federica Iurescia Severin Hof [pragmaticsandancientdrama at gmail.com]
Subject: Doing things with words on stage. Pragmatics and its use in ancient drama

 
Full Title: Doing things with words on stage. Pragmatics and its use in ancient drama 

Date: 04-Jul-2018 - 07-Jul-2018
Location: Zürich, Switzerland 
Contact Person: Federica Iurescia Severin Hof
Meeting Email: pragmaticsandancientdrama at gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.sglp.uzh.ch/de/aboutus/personen/martin/tragoedie.html 

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

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

Call Deadline: 14-Aug-2017 

Meeting Description:

The Greek word hypokritês and its English counterpart actor, taken together,
describe well the active nature of speech in language generally and drama in
particular: the characters on stage (and the actors for them) fight and strike
deals, they humiliate and elevate--both each other and themselves--, they
conceive plans and implement their intrigues, often through words alone.
Moreover, by speaking they convey to the audience an idea of their characters,
their concerns, and their relations. The study of language in its
context-specific use and the analysis of conversation grant access to this
dimension of the dramatic text; they permit going beyond the level of what is
said and giving relevance of the ways in which it is said. 

This conference will explore the pragmatic dimension of Greek and Latin
dramatic texts, its use for literary interpretation, and the way it is
reflected upon. Its aim is to define the current state of the field, identify
future directions of research, and measure the potential of the contribution
that pragmatic analysis can bring to the study of ancient drama. We also
welcome papers that offer a comparative perspective with modern drama.

Organisers: Federica Iurescia, Severin Hof, Gunther Martin, Giada Sorrentino

Keynote address: Luigi Battezzato (Vercelli/Pisa)

Confirmed speakers include: P. Barrios-Lech (Boston), E. van Emde Boas
(Oxford), M. Lloyd (Dublin), L. Ricottilli (Verona), R. Raccanelli (Verona),
J. Rutger Allan (Amsterdam), L. Unceta Gómez (Madrid)


Call for Papers: 

Papers might engage with (but are not limited to) the following issues:

- Politeness
- Coherence
- Speech acts
- Pragmatic aspects of characterisation 
- Pragmatics of communication
- Metapragmatics
- Ancient and modern views of pragmatic issues
- Cognitive aspects of pragmatics
- Methodology
- Pragmatic analysis and drama: fields of application and limits
- The pragmatics of oral and written texts
 
Papers should be 30 minutes in length (followed by 15 minutes discussion) and
can be presented in German, English, Italian, or French.
Abstracts of up to 300 words should be submitted as Word doc or PDF formats by
14 August 2017 to: pragmaticsandancientdrama at gmail.com 
The conference aims at publishing a selection of papers in a peer-reviewed
edition.




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