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Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:30:31
From: Daria Dayter [daria.dayter at tuni.fi]
Subject: Influence, Manipulation, and Seduction 2 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language

 
Influence, Manipulation, and Seduction 2 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language 

Date: 18-Nov-2022 - 19-Nov-2022 
Location: Virtual, Germany 
Contact: Sofia Rüdiger 
Contact Email: sofia.ruediger at uni-bayreuth.de 
Meeting URL: https://www.english-linguistics1.uni-bayreuth.de/en/Language-and-Persuasion-2/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

THIS IS A FREE, FULLY ONLINE CONFERENCE

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). For this symposium, we particularly welcome
contributions which expand the research of persuasive language to other genres
and domains (like advice, dating, or conspiracy discourse) and 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, the attention economy), and methodological
progress (big data and digital humanities, sophisticated statistical and
phonetic tools for data analysis). We are also particularly interested in
including contributions from the field of forensic linguistics.

This is the second installment of the Influence, Manipulation, and Seduction
symposium which had its first successful run in 2020. The event brings
linguists together with scholars from other fields concerned with persuasion,
such as psychology, sociology, and media, information, cultural, and internet
studies to examine persuasive language from new perspectives.

The symposium is jointly hosted by Tampere University (Finland) and the
University of Bayreuth (Germany) and will be conducted virtually. Full talks
are available as pre-recorded videos (10-15 minutes) with the conference days
reserved for panel discussion sessions.

In addition to the pre-recorded full talks, the event will also include a
synchronous Lightning Talk session. Lightning Talks are short, 3-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.

Please register for the conference by November 10
https://forms.office.com/r/RLcf591QZw
 

Program:

The conference program can be found on our webpage:
https://www.english-linguistics1.uni-bayreuth.de/en/Language-and-Persuasion-2/





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