30.3363, Calls: Applied Ling, Disc Analysis, Gen Ling, Pragmatics, Text/Corpus Ling/Switzerland

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Subject: 30.3363, Calls: Applied Ling, Disc Analysis, Gen Ling, Pragmatics, Text/Corpus Ling/Switzerland

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Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 02:10:51
From: Sofia Rüdiger [sofia.ruediger at uni-bayreuth.de]
Subject: Influence, Manipulation, and Seduction - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language

 
Full Title: Influence, Manipulation, and Seduction - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language 

Date: 26-Jun-2020 - 28-Jun-2020
Location: Basel, Switzerland 
Contact Person: Sofia Rüdiger
Meeting Email: persuasion-conference at unibas.ch
Web Site: https://english.philhist.unibas.ch/en/news-and-events/news/details/news/call-for-papers-influence-manipulation-and-seduction/ 

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

Call Deadline: 23-Dec-2019 

Meeting Description:

How can we get someone to behave in a way that they initially did not intend?
And how can we change what our interlocutor thinks about a certain issue? We
use language to ‘convince’, ‘persuade’, ‘cajole’, or ‘coax’ our counterpart
into a certain behavior or state of mind. These are activities we engage in
constantly, usually even without conscious thought. It is words that have the
power to mold and influence opinions, attitudes, and behavior. This persuasive
power of language is at the center of this symposium.

Linguists have traditionally examined the workings of persuasive language in
institutionalized discourses. As genres inherently characterized by
persuasion, it is not surprising then that advertising and politics have
enjoyed the limelight of scholarly attention here; investigations of the
features of persuasive language in TV, radio, and print advertisements as well
as political speeches, interviews, and press conferences abound. Persuasion
has also been studied extensively in the fields of rhetoric and critical
discourse analysis (CDA). The aim of this symposium is to expand the research
of persuasive language to other genres and domains (like advice-giving,
dating, or sales encounters) and to engage with language and persuasion from
other perspectives which have opened up due to technological advances
(computer-mediated communication), social changes (globalized and networked
publics), and methodological progress (big data and digital humanities,
sophisticated statistical and phonetic tools for data analysis).

The symposium on persuasive language brings linguists together with scholars
from the fields of psychology, sociology, and media, information, cultural,
and internet studies to examine persuasion from new perspectives. The
contributions will be grouped into four thematic strands: persuasion online,
persuasion in daily life, gender/sex and persuasion, and new approaches to
persuasive language.

In addition to the four symposium strands, the event will also include a
Lightning Talk session. Lightning Talks are short, 5-minute, presentations
given in rapid succession and thus force the presenters to focus on their key
points and to convey their ideas succinctly and clearly. The best lightning
talk will be awarded with a certificate and a small prize. 


Call for Papers:

We invite the submission of abstracts for full papers (20 min presentation +
10 min Q&A) in the four above-mentioned conference strands. We also invite
abstracts for the lightning talks (5 min presentation), which can be related
to any aspect of persuasive language. Abstracts of 300 words, excluding
references, should be submitted in pdf-format by email to
persuasion-conference at unibas.ch. Please indicate whether you prefer your talk
to be considered for a full paper or a lightning talk. The deadline for
abstract submission is December 23, 2019. 

Notifications of acceptance will be sent out before the end of January, 2020.




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