32.2834, Calls: Cog Sci, Disc Analysis, Lang Acquisition, Ling & Literature, Translation/Poland (Hybrid)

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Subject: 32.2834, Calls: Cog Sci, Disc Analysis, Lang Acquisition, Ling & Literature, Translation/Poland (Hybrid)

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Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2021 21:48:04
From: Marcin Trk [marcintrk at gmail.com]
Subject: Contacts & Contrasts 2021: Interlingual and Intercultural Contacts and Contrasts - Approaches and Practices

 
Full Title: Contacts & Contrasts 2021: Interlingual and Intercultural Contacts and Contrasts - Approaches and Practices 
Short Title: C&C 2021 

Date: 18-Oct-2021 - 20-Oct-2021
Location: Konin (Hybrid Event), Poland 
Contact Person: Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk
Meeting Email: cc at konin.edu.pl
Web Site: https://cc.pwsz.konin.edu.pl/start-2/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Ling & Literature; Translation 

Call Deadline: 30-Sep-2021 

Meeting Description:

The Department of Language and Communication of the Faculty of Humanities and
Social Sciences at the State University of Applied Sciences in Konin, Poland
is pleased to invite you to participate in the 2021 edition of C&C conference
series.

The C&C 2021 conference focuses on a range of language and discourse-related
topics and their relations with intercultural and interlingual contacts and
contrasts.

CONFERENCE TOPICS:
- Language, culture, and cognition (cognitive linguistics, cultural
linguistics, linguistic anthropology, contact linguistics, historical
linguistics),
- Language acquisition and language teaching (psycholinguistics, SLA,
bilingualism and multilingualism, ESL, etc.),
- Discourse, language, media, and culture (discourse analysis, cultural
studies, media studies, LSP, terminology),
- Translation and culture (translation studies and interpreting studies),
- Literature (literary studies, comparative literature),
- Societies in contact, societies in contrast (sociolinguistics, sociology).

ONLINE FORMAT ONLY
Due to growing concerns about the fourth wave of Covid-19 pandemic in Poland,
C&C2021 Conference will be held in online format only. Conference sessions
including real-time and pre-recorded presentations will be organized via the
video conferencing platform MS Teams.

Detailed arrangements concerning online format will be forwarded together with
the conference programme by 10 October, 2021.

PLENARY SPEAKERS:
The following internationally-recognized experts on interlingual and
intercultural contacts and contrasts have accepted our invitation:
- Professor Sally Burgess - University La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
- Professor Barbara Nykiel-Herbert - English Language Learners In-Home
Program, Carson City, USA
- Professor Iwona Kraska-Szenk - University of Warsaw, Poland
- Professor Michał B. Paradowski - University of Warsaw, Poland
- Professor Mirosław Pawlak - State University of Applied Sciences in Konin,
Poland; Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland
- Professor Eva Schultze-Berndt - University of Manchester, UK
- Professor Marco Venuti - University of Catania, Italy

''LANGUAGE, MEDIA, AND EMOTIONS'' WORKSHOP:
The C&C2021 conference will host a special workshop co-organized by State
University of Applied Sciences in Konin, University of Catania, and University
of Łódź. Workshop abstracts should be submitted to the conference email
address at cc at konin.edu.pl, indicating 'Language, Media, and Emotions'
workshop.

The workshop focuses on the interrelations between language and discourse,
framing phenomena and the interplay between (social) media and
culture-mediated emotionality. Within this framework, we also welcome papers
that broaden the topic to additionally investigate the conceptualization of
emotions and the interaction between emotion and cognitive processes.

For further information, please visit our conference website at
https://cc.pwsz.konin.edu.pl/start-2/.


Final Call for Papers:

The Department of Language and Communication of the Faculty of Humanities and
Social Sciences at the State University of Applied Sciences in Konin, Poland
is pleased to invite abstracts of papers and theme sessions (in English and
Polish) relevant, but not restricted to the proposed topics:

CONFERENCE TOPICS
Language, culture, and cognition:
- a comparative diversity of grammatical and semantic phenomena and structures
(cognitive linguistics, cultural linguistics, linguistic anthropology),
- the impact of cultural and language contacts from synchronic and diachronic
perspectives, e.g. borrowings (contact linguistics, historical linguistics).

Language acquisition and language teaching:
- cultural and linguistic influences in the contexts of Second Language
Acquisition (psycholinguistics),
- bilingualism and multilingualism,
- facets of cultural and linguistic contacts and contrasts in educational and
teaching contexts, e.g. primary, secondary, and academic settings, instructor
and student's perspectives on courses, syllabuses and international exchange.

Discourse, language, media, and culture:
- professional and non-professional discourses, e.g. press, business,
technology, politics, social media, gaming, and their intercultural and
interlinguistic dimensions,
- English as Lingua Franca and its role in intercultural contacts, e.g.
Internet language online communication,
- comparative and contrastive perspectives on discourse and discourse
phenomena (discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, cultural studies),
- cultural aspects of media discourses.

Translation and culture:
- translation practices in the linguistically and culturally interconnected
reality (translation studies),
- interpreting in intercultural contexts (interpreting studies).

Literature:
- intercultural and interlingual contacts in literature,
- literary texts, genres, styles, and traditions in the contrastive
perspective (comparative literature).

Societies in contact, societies in contrast:
- local and global social issues in the light of intercultural contacts,
- comparative and contrastive perspectives on social phenomena
(sociolinguistics, sociology).

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT:
All abstracts of papers and theme sessions should be submitted with your name
and paper/theme session title in .pdf and .doc(x) formats directly to the
conference email address at cc at konin.edu.pl.

Abstracts should be limited to 350 words of text and should include up to 5
keywords. The deadline for abstract and theme session submissions is 30
September 2021.

For further information, please contact our conference website at
https://cc.pwsz.konin.edu.pl/start-2/.




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