28.2031, Calls: Disc Analysis, Gen Ling, Lang Acquisition, Pragmatics, Psycholing/Finland

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Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 10:10:53
From: Christelle Lacassain-Lagoin [christelle.lacassain-lagoin at univ-pau.fr]
Subject: Accommodation in Linguistics

Full Title: Accommodation in Linguistics 

Date: 23-Nov-2017 - 24-Nov-2017
Location: Bordeaux, Finland 
Contact Person: Jean Albrespit
Meeting Email: Jean.Albrespit at u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics 

Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2017 

Meeting Description:

This conference seeks to investigate the linguistic manifestations of
accommodation. Accommodation is a concept which was developed in cognitive
psychology (Piaget), as well as in sociolinguistics (more particularly as
cultural linguistic accommodation). In linguistics, the concept was used in
presupposition theories, semantics and pragmatics (Beaver 1992, Lewis 1979,
Thomason 1990). The concept is central to Communication Accommodation Theory,
which has been elaborated by Giles, in particular: “Accommodativeness is talk
in action” (2016).

The meeting will focus on accommodation in discourse, and participants are
invited to review this concept from a variety of viewpoints – whether they be
grammatical, morphological, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, discursive,
logical, cognitive, phonetic, stylistic, sociolinguistic or psycholinguistic
in nature. Papers can more specifically address the issue of negotiation
processes in interpersonal relations, as well as adjustments and variations
necessarily present in exchanges and interactions, and more generally in
communication. Indeed, most people adapt the way they talk, write, and send
SMS messages or e-mail according to their addressee. It will therefore be
relevant to study these processes not only from the viewpoint and the
intentions of the speaker but also from their perception by the addressee.
Equally relevant will be contributions questioning the existence of strategies
or processes of “non-negotiation”, and more generally of “non-accommodation”.

Modes of accommodation and negotiation processes can be analysed at the
micro-discourse level, in order to shed light on sets of alternatives, or at
the macro-discourse level – so as to relate linguistic choices to whole sets
of attitudes, stances, conditions or viewpoints. These modes and processes can
also be explored through various types of discourse: for instance, specialised
discourse (law, medicine, vulgarisation, trade, etc.), second language
acquisition, autobiography, political speeches, exchanges in discussion
forums, blogs, etc. Papers investigating the extent to which accommodation and
negotiation motivate both encoding / reading processes and interpersonal
exchanges will be particularly welcome, in particular in the fields of
discourse analysis, stylistics and pragmatics.

The aim of this conference is to bring together specialists of different
branches of English and French linguistics (psycholinguistics,
sociolinguistics, phonology, pragmatics, morphology and syntax). The
viewpoints of specialists of other fields will be welcome, as the theory of
accommodation is at the interface of language, psychology and philosophy. The
following points offer suggestions and possible fields of investigation:

- Accommodation strategies and negotiation processes in various types of
interactions – the choice of the lexicon, grammatical structures, and
information packaging. One can think, for instance, of the use of personal
pronouns or of animate/inanimate nouns to qualify humans
- Convergence of accents, styles, linguistic forms or changes in phonological
features
- Accommodation strategies and negotiation processes in different situations,
registers, genres and languages
- Rewording
- Strategies and processes of “non-negotiation” or “non-accommodation”, such
as interpretability, information packaging, strategies of emotional
expressions, as well as strategies or processes adopted to face such
situations. One can think, for instance, of ambiguous references of pronouns,
off-topic comments or even misunderstandings
- Different types of code switching
- Objective or subjective dimension of the processes used by the speakers
- Differences between adjustment and accommodation at a metalinguistic level.

Call for Papers:

Accommodation in Linguistics  - 2nd edition
23-24 November 2017

Université Bordeaux-Montaigne, Bordeaux

Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2017

Proposals of around 300 words, together with a short bio, should be sent to
both Jean Albrespit (Jean.Albrespit at u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr) and Christelle
Lacassain-Lagoin (christelle.lacassain-lagoin at univ-pau.fr), in French or in
English. 
Selected papers will be considered for publication. 

Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2017

Organising Committee

Jean Albrespit - CLIMAS 
Robert Butler - Université Bordeaux-Montaigne et LLCAA, UPPA 
Christelle Lacassain-Lagoin - CRPHLL 

Scientific Committee:

Amanda Edmonds (EMMA - Université Paul-Valéry-Montpellier 3)
Vincent Hugou (LLL - Université François Rabelais-Tours)
Bérengère Moricheau-Airaud (CRPHLL - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour)
Catherine Moreau (CLIMAS - Université Bordeaux-Montaigne)
Catherine Paulin (LiLPa - Université de Strasbourg)
Elsa Pic (SeSyliA - Université Paris-Sorbonne Nouvelle)
Laurent Rouveyrol (BCL - Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis)

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