28.4851, Calls: Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics/Finland

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Subject: 28.4851, Calls: Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics/Finland

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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 18:24:18
From: Elizabeth Peterson [elizabeth.peterson at helsinki.fi]
Subject: Discourse-Pragmatic Variation and Change 4

 
Full Title: Discourse-Pragmatic Variation and Change 4 
Short Title: DiPVaC4 

Date: 28-May-2018 - 30-May-2018
Location: Helsinki, Finland 
Contact Person: Elizabeth Peterson
Meeting Email: elizabeth.peterson at helsinki.fi
Web Site: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/discourse-pragmatic-variation-change-4 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 10-Dec-2017 

Meeting Description:

Discourse-Pragmatic Variation & Change (DiPVaC) is a biennial international
conference series which was devised to further the quantitative analysis of
variation and change at the level of discourse-pragmatics. DiPVaC4 will be
held from May 28 to 30, 2018, at the University of Helsinki. 

The confirmed plenarists are:

Yael Maschler, University of Haifa
Terttu Nevalainen, University of Helsinki
Heike Pichler, Newcastle University
Jan-Ola Östman, University of Helsinki


Final Call for Papers:

This is the final reminder that abstract submissions for Discourse-Pragmatic
Variation & Change 4  at the University of Helsinki, 28-30 May 2018, are due
on December 10, 2017. 

We welcome abstracts for oral presentations which take a quantitative approach
to data analysis and deal with diverse aspects of discourse-pragmatic
variation and change in any language or variety. Presentations will be 20
minutes long, followed by a 10-minute question period. Presentations will be
in English.

We welcome papers dealing with, but not restricted to, the following topics:

- Sociolinguistic patterns of discourse-pragmatic variation and change
- Discourse-pragmatic variation and change in contexts of language contact
- Quantitative studies addressing the grammaticalization of
discourse-pragmatic features
- Contrastive/cross-linguistic studies of discourse-pragmatic variation and
change
- Methods in the quantitative analysis of discourse-pragmatic features
- Social and geographical diffusion patterns of innovative discourse features
- The role of discourse-pragmatic features in the construction and negotiation
of social identities
- The acquisition of discourse-pragmatic variation by children, second
language learners and bilingual speakers
- Discourse-pragmatic variation and change across the lifespan
- Socio-perceptual studies of discourse-pragmatic variation
- Discourse-pragmatic variation across interactional, situational and
technological settings
- Implications and applications of discourse-pragmatic variation and change
within and beyond linguistic theory

Further information can be found at the conference website:
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/discourse-pragmatic-variation-change-4
.

Abstract submissions should be made through EasyChair. A link and instructions
for submission are available through the conference website. Abstracts should
be a maximum of 300 words in length (excluding title and references), and
should be single-spaced and in 12-point font. Please ensure that abstract
content is properly anonymized in order to allow for blind review. You should
copy and paste your abstract into the EasyChair submission form AND upload it
as a PDF file.

Please contact Elizabeth Peterson (Elizabeth.peterson at helsinki.fi) for further
information.




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