27.4870, Calls: Disc Analysis, Gen Ling, Historical Ling, Pragmatics, Socioling/UK

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Subject: 27.4870, Calls: Disc Analysis, Gen Ling, Historical Ling, Pragmatics, Socioling/UK

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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 13:20:31
From: Jo Angouri [J.Angouri at warwick.ac.uk]
Subject: iMean 5: Language and Change

Full Title: iMean 5: Language and Change 

Date: 06-Apr-2017 - 08-Apr-2017
Location: Bristol, UK, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Jo Angouri
Meeting Email: J.Angouri at warwick.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/cahe/research/bristolcentreforlinguistics/events/i-meanconference.aspx 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 05-Jan-2017 

Meeting Description:

The iMean5 conference is to be held at the University of the West of England,
Bristol, 6- 8 April 2017.

The fifth iMean conference maintains its traditional focus on meaning in
social interaction, with a thematic orientation to Language and Change.

We will be considering changes at the linguistic level but also how changes at
a societal level affect language use and our conceptions and analysis of it.
Our increasingly interconnected and fast-moving world has led to an upsurge in
mobility and to the possibility of greater variation, language contact and
change. The linguistically diverse nature of contemporary societies has
implications for social justice, with potentially differential access to the
public sphere. Different contexts of use and new media may also bring new
styles and manners of expression. As society changes, so must our conceptual
and epistemological models and old questions and concepts require new
approaches and angles.  

The conference welcomes papers which focus on Language and Change, on norms
and/or shifts in language use and, more generally, on theoretical and
methodological developments in research on sociopragmatics.

iMean5 aims to  take a critical approach to current conceptions of ‘language
and change’, focused around (but not restricted to) the following themes:

- The impact of globalisation, population mobility and the growth of cities on
language use
- How identities are constructed and negotiated through language in the 21st.
century
- Norms and variations in im/polite language behaviour
- Language change at different levels of linguistic analysis
- New media and language use

Invited Plenary Speakers (confirmed):

Gisle Andersen, University of Bergen
Christine Béal, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3
Jenny Cheshire, Queen Mary, University of London
Michael Haugh, University of Queensland
Barbara Johnstone, Carnegie Mellon University
Zuraidah Mohd Don, University of Malaya

In line with the iMean tradition, the conference aims to encourage
multidisciplinary thinking and to create new pathways in linguistic research.

The conference will, as usual, include two specialist Colloquia, an Atelier
AFLS and a summative Round Table at which the keynote speakers are invited to
debate the conference theme.

Invited Colloquia:

iMean 5 will host two invited colloquia.

1. Language migration and change - Convened by Jo Angouri
2. “Just how sorry are you, mate?” Norms and Variations in im/polite language
behaviour - Convened by Kate Beeching and James Murphy

Atelier AFLS:

Participants who would like to present in French or present specifically
French data are invited to join the Atelier AFLS which will take place as part
of the conference.

Round table: What’s new in Language and Change?

Call for Participation:

Papers are invited for the iMean5 conference to be held at the University of
the West of England, Bristol, 6-8 April 2017

Panel Proposals:

Panel proposals (350 words) are invited by 1 December 2016. Decisions about
panels will be made by 15 December. Panel organisers should oversee abstracts
from panel members, with up to 6 papers in a panel (2 X 90 minute slots).
Individual panel members should submit abstracts, clearly marked with Panel
names, to the main conference email address by 5 January 2017 as below. All
abstracts (in panels and the main conference) will be subject to double blind
review as always. For information on panel proposals please contact the
organisers (J.Angouri at warwick.ac.uk and Kate.Beeching at uwe.ac.uk).

Individual Papers:

Abstracts of no more than 350 words (max and including references, if
absolutely necessary) are invited. They should be submitted to
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=imean2017.

The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 5 January 2017. Abstracts should not
include the name and affiliation of the author(s). If your submission is part
of a Panel, or the Atelier AFLS, or you would like to propose your paper as
part of one of the Colloquia, please state this clearly at the top of your
submission.

Further details are to be found on the iMean website. Go to:
http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/cahe/research/bristolcentreforlinguistics/i-mean.aspx .

In the meantime, don’t hesitate to contact  J.Angouri at warwick.ac.uk or
Kate.Beeching at uwe.ac.uk for further information.

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