Politeness Conference

[Louise Mullany]

Conference announcement
Apologies for cross-postings

Politeness: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Language and Culture
Saturday March 12th 2005
Nottingham, UK

The Linguistic Politeness Research Group is hosting this one-day
conference in Nottingham, UK. The Journal of Politeness Research:
Language, Behaviour, Culture, published by Mouton de Gruyter, will also be
launched at this event. The panel session on Politeness in Institutions
will have a language and gender focus.

CALL FOR POSTERS
Abstracts for posters are invited on any topic relating to politeness,
language and culture from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Deadline: 10th December 2004

PLENARY SPEAKERS
Bob Arundale, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
‘Face as relational and interactional’

Jonathan Culpeper, Lancaster University, UK
‘Creativity and impoliteness in literature and real life conversation’

PANEL SESSIONS
Face:
Francesca Bargiela (Nottingham Trent, UK)
Helen Spencer-Oatey (University of Cambridge, UK),
Barbara Pizziconi (SOAS, UK)

Politeness in Institutions:
Sandra Harris (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Jennifer Coates (Roehampton Institute, University of Surrey, UK),
Louise Mullany (University of Nottingham, UK)

For more information and details of how to submit a poster abstract visit:
http://politeness.lboro.ac.uk
Or email Louise Mullany: louise.mullany at nottingham.ac.uk