Updated call for papers/colloquia. i-mean at uwe, Bristol, UK April, 23-25 2009

[Jo Angouri]

Dear all,

Please find below the updated Call for Papers for the i-mean conference 
(Issues in Interaction and Meaning) and colloquia (a) workplace discourse 
b) meaning in diachrony). We would be grateful if you could circulate the 
following announcement to other interested parties. 
 

Best wishes, 

 

Jo Angouri 

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The Department of Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies at the 
University of the West of England, Bristol invites you to attend its first 
three day conference on Meaning and Interaction. (UWE, April, 23rd- 25th 
2009) 

 

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About i-mean at uwe 

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The conference aims to disseminate cutting edge, multi-disciplinary, 
research in the area of meaning in interaction. 

 

http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/llas/events/0809/i-mean/ 

 

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i-mean colloquia 

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The conference will host two colloquia on: 

 

–         Workplace Discourse 

(http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/llas/events/0809/i-mean/colloquia1.shtml )

 

–         Meaning in Diachrony

(http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/llas/events/0809/i-mean/colloquia2.shtml) 

 

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Key note speakers

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We are pleased to announce 

Professor Janet Holmes, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ, 

Professor Elizabeth Traugott, Stanford University, USA,

 

Dr Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini, University of Nottingham Trent,

Dr Helen Spencer-Oatey, University of Warwick,

Dr Véronique Traverso, Université de Lyon 

 

as this year's invited plenary speakers.




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Call for papers

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Papers are invited which draw on empirical data to elucidate the 
relationship between function and form, as it is played out in 
interactions.

 

 The conference covers but is not limited to the following key topics:

 

Discourse in Professional Contexts 
>From synchrony to diachrony: context bound interpretation of interaction 
and form/function shifts 
Intercultural Pragmatics 
Issues and Methodologies in interpreting meaning. 
Corpus-based research
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Abstract submission 

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Main conference submission guidelines
Abstracts of no more than 250 words (max and including references, if 
necessary) are invited. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is the 5th 
January 2009. For further details please refer to the i-mean submission 
form (http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/llas/events/0809/i-mean/submission.shtml) 

Submission forms should be sent to imean at uwe.ac.uk

Colloquia submission guidelines 
Scholars are welcome to present their work as part of the colloquia.  In 
this case abstracts should be 800 words in length. There is an expectation 
that the abstract provide details of the theoretical framework and/or 
examples of the empirical data. The deadline for the receipt of abstracts 
is the 5th January 2009. 

For further details please refer to the i-mean submission form. Submission 
forms should be sent to imean at uwe.ac.uk
 A 3000 word working draft of the paper should be submitted by the 28th 
February 2009 to permit pre-reading of all contributions and thus 
stimulate a higher level of discussion at the conference. 

Please note that no late submissions will be accepted and all submissions 
will be peer-reviewed. 

 

Authors will be notified of acceptance by 02 February 2009 



For Registration and Accommodation please see: 

 

http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/llas/events/0809/i-mean/index.shtml  

 

 

We look forward to seeing you at i-mean at uwe 2009 

 

For further information please contact 

 

Dr Jo Angouri (Jo.Angouri at uwe.ac.uk), Dr Kate Beeching 
(Kate.Beeching at uwe.ac.uk )

 
 
Dr Jo Angouri 
Senior Lecturer 
University of the West of England, Bristol 
Department of Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
Frenchay Campus 
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol BS16 1QY 
Email: Jo.Angouri at uwe.ac.uk