i-mean at uwe conference 23-25 April 2009

Fri Oct 10 12:00:42 UTC 2008

Dear IGALA list,
Can I draw your attention to the following conference and invite you most cordially to respond to our Call for Papers.

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.

i-Mean will be held at the University of the West of England, Bristol on April, 23rd- 25th 2009.

About i-Mean at uwe 

The conference aims to disseminate cutting edge, multi-disciplinary, research in the area of meaning in interaction. It is unique in bringing together scholars working on meaning in interaction and others working on the impact of interaction on language structure. The two constituencies share an interest in the manner in which meaning is co-constructed and negotiated between interactants, thus leading to a form/function reconfiguration. The complexities of the interpretation of meaning can be more acute in intercultural encounters. The conference thus extends its scope to include the relatively new sub-discipline of intercultural pragmatics. It is timely in reflecting a rising interest, across a number of fields, in issues in interpreting meaning.

 Key note speakers

We are pleased to announce the participation of the following key-note speakers:

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 

Call for papers

 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

The conference will host two colloquia on:  

-         Workplace Discourse 

-         Meaning in Diachrony

 Abstracts of no more than 250 words (max and including references, if necessary) are invited. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is the 05th January 2009. Abstracts should not include the name and affiliation of the author(s). Further details and a submission form will be published on the i-Mean website soon and details will be circulated. Abstracts should be sent to imean at uwe.ac.uk <mailto:imean at uwe.ac.uk> 

 ** A separate call for papers will be circulated for the two colloquia shortly ** 

 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 

Registration and Accommodation details will be circulated in November 2008 

 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 <mailto:Jo.Angouri at uwe.ac.uk> ) or Dr Kate Beeching (Kate.Beeching at uwe.ac.uk )

Dr. Kate Beeching, Reader, Linguistics and French 
Award Leader, MA in Translation by Distance Learning 
Head, International Corpus Linguistics Research Unit (ICLRU) 
Field Leader, Languages
University of the West of England, Bristol 
Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences 
Frenchay Campus 
Coldharbour Lane 
Bristol BS16 1QY 
Room: 5E24
Tel: 0117 32 82385 
E-mail: Kate.Beeching at uwe.ac.uk <mailto:Kate.Beeching at uwe.ac.uk>  
Home e-mail: KBeeching at aol.com 

________________________________

From: International Gender and Language Association on behalf of Mills, Sara
Sent: Fri 10/10/2008 11:47 AM
To: GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
Subject: [GALA-L] Back issues of Gender and Language

Dear IGALA members,

If you would like to order back issues of the journal of Gender and
Language, anyone who is a member of IGALA and who wants one or both
copies of volume one can e-mail Janet Joyce at Equinox. The price for
the back issues is the same as the current volume price for IGALA
members.  You can pay by cheque in either UK, EURO, Canadian, Australian
or US dollars but Janet will have to tell you the conversion rate for
Canadian and Australian. Contact jjoyce at equinoxpub.com

Sara Mills

Prof. Sara Mills, Linguistics, Sheffield Hallam University, Room 102,
Unit 1, Science Park, Sheffield S1 1 WB tel: 0114-225-3863,
s.l.mills at shu.ac.uk
Linguistic Politeness Research Group: http://politeness.lboro.ac.uk <http://politeness.lboro.ac.uk/> 
<http://politeness.lboro.ac.uk/> 
Journal of Politeness Research:
http://www.degruyter.com/journals/jpr/detailEn.cfm
Discourse Analysis OnLine: www.shu.ac.uk/daol
International Gender and Language Association:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/igala
Home page: http://teaching.shu.ac.uk/ds/slm
Journal of Gender and Language:
http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/main.asp?jref=60
Working Papers on the Web: e-journal www.shu.ac.uk/wpw

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