I - North American Workshop on Pragmatics - Call for papers

[Pilar Garces Blitvich]

2nd Call for Papers

The First North American Workshop on Pragmatics (NAWPRA) seeks submissions for presentations that address the general topic PRAGMATICS AND CONTEXT and/or the three sub-topics:

1. Discourse markers/pragmatic particles
2. Contextual production and receptions factors differentiating speech and "speech-like" genres with contrasting genres
3. The pragmatics of language across the life-span.

Although proposals that respond to the topics suggested are highly encouraged, all submissions within pragmatics will be considered for inclusion.

The workshop will be held at Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Canada
from October 3-5, 2008. 

We are pleased to announce that Professor Robert Harnish, The University of Arizona, and
Professor Istvan Kecskes, SUNY at Albany, have confirmed their participation in the conference and will be delivering the plenary lectures.

Speakers will have 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. A selection of papers presented at the workshop will be published in an edited volume. 

The deadline for receipt of submissions has been extended to April 14, 2008.  Please provide the following information:

On one page: 
The name(s) of the author (s)
The affiliation of the author (s)
The preferred mailing address, phone number and e-mail address for notification
The title of the paper
Any equipment requirements

And, on a separate page, an abstract no longer than 300 words

Proposals will be subject to a blind peer-reviewed process. The conference official language is English, but papers in French and Spanish are also welcomed.  Notification of acceptance will be send via e-mail in May 2008.

Please send your submissions to either one of the following two addresses:

Dr. Marcia Macaulay, lennox at yorku.ca, Glendon College, York University
Dr. Pilar Garces Blitvich, pgblitvi at uncc.edu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Dr. Pilar G. Blitvich 
Assistant Professor of English -- Applied Linguistics 
Department of English 
UNC Charlotte 
Fretwell 245H 
9201 University City Blvd. 
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001 

pgblitvi at uncc.edu 
Tel: 704- 687 2126 
Fax: 704- 687 3961