Second Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics

[Reyes Gomez Moron]

SECOND SYMPOSIUM ON INTERCULTURAL, COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL PRAGMATICS 
(EPICS II)
DEDICATED TO THE NEW JOURNAL "INTERCULTURAL PRAGMATICS" (Mouton de 
Gruyter)
University of Seville (Spain)
May 26-28, 2004
CALL FOR PAPERS: EPICS II

Dear colleagues:

The research group "Intercultural Pragmatic Studies (English-Spanish): 
Pragmatic and Discourse Aspects" of the University of Seville (Spain) 
is pleased to announce its Second Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive 
and Social Pragmatics (EPICS II –  Encuentros de Pragmatica 
Intercultural, Cognitiva y Social), to be held in May 26-28 2004. 

The second edition of the symposium will be devoted to the introduction 
of the new journal  "Intercultural Pragmatics", published by Mouton de 
Gruyter. The journal's editor-in-chief, Dr. Istvan Kecskes, Professor 
of Linguistics and Education at the SUNY at Albany and Mr. Peter 
Grundy, Associate Principal Lecturer, English Language Centre, at 
Northumbria University, and member of the advisory board of the 
journal, have confirmed their presence as the symposium’s keynote 
speakers. Also, a plenary session of the symposium will be dedicated to 
a formal introduction of "Intercultural Pragmatics" during which the 
participants will be able to meet the editor-in-chief, some of the 
board members, and representatives from Mouton the Gruyter to discuss 
the mission, policy and content of the journal. 

The Symposium will serve as a forum where applied linguists and 
practitioners of Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis can meet, share 
experiences, discuss common problems, and present papers on their 
latest research in the field. EPICS II also wishes to create awareness 
among graduating students of the growing interest in this area of 
linguistic expertise.


SUBMISSIONS: We welcome original papers, written in English (45 minutes 
in length, the last 10 minutes will be devoted to questions and 
discussion) on any topic relevant to the mission of "Intercultural 
Pragmatics".  The journal is especially interested in papers that: 

-explore the implications of pragmatics research for theoretical 
developments and practical applications in the fields of second 
language acquisition and intercultural communication,
-discuss language in use in the context of cross-cultural interaction,
-analyze pragmatics research findings from the perspective of bi- and 
multilingual development, 
-study the nature of interaction of bi- and multilinguals and language 
learners,
-investigate the effect of dual language and multilingual systems on 
the development and use of pragmatics skills,
-examine the teachability and learnability of pragmatic skills in 
instructional environments.

Participants should submit one-page abstract (500 words) accompanied by 
a step-by-step outline of the presentation and the following 
information: 

1. Author’s name(s) and affiliation
2. Title of paper
3. Audio-visual equipment required (VHS video, OHP, cassette)
4. E-mail address(es)
5. Postal address(es)

Electronic submissions as e-mail attachments (RTF,ASCII, HTML) are 
highly encouraged. Proposals may be sent to Pilar Garces 
pilar_garces at yahoo.com, Reyes Gomez  rgommor at dhuma.upo.es, Alicia 
Hernández ahernandez at us.es, or Manuel Padilla mpadilla at siff.us.es . 
Submissions by fax will not be accepted. Those without e-mail access 
can send 2 printed copies of your abstract, outline and accompanying 
information to:

Manuel Padilla Cruz
Dpto. Filología Inglesa (Lengua Inglesa)
Universidad de Sevilla
C/ Palos de la Frontera s/n
41005 Seville (Spain)


DATES: Deadline for receipt of abstracts is February 1, 2004.  
Notification of acceptance will be sent by February 18, 2004. The 
committee will plan the programme as soon as it has selected the 
successful abstracts, so please indicate on the abstracts if you cannot 
present your paper on any day of the conference (May 26-28). It is very 
difficult to reschedule papers after the programme has been planned.


PUBLICATION: EPICS II participants are welcome to submit their papers 
to be considered for publication in “Intercultural Pragmatics”. 
Guidelines for publication can be found at www.degruyter.com.  
Also, a selection of papers will be published  in the second issue of 
the series EPICS. The final text of the  presentation (2500 words 
maximum) can be submitted (Word or RTF format) after the symposium but 
no later than June 1, 2004.  Style guidelines will be included in a 
second call for papers.


FEES: 
Until March 25, 2004: Speakers 85€ (euro) Students 30 € (euro)and 
Attendants 60 € (euro)
>From March 25, 2004 onwards: Speakers 95€ (euro), Students 30 € (euro)
and Attendants 70 € (euro)


We hope you will circulate this Call for Papers to your colleagues and 
others in your professional network, and to any discussion groups to 
which you may subscribe. For more information, please contact Manuel 
Padilla mpadilla at siff.us.es or Reyes Gomez rgommor at dhuma.upo.es.  We 
hope to see you in May 2004, here in Seville.

Thank you for your interest

The Organising Committee