28.1858, Calls: Romance, Disc Analysis, Lexicography, Pragmatics, Semantics, Text/Corpus Ling/Belgium

Tue Apr 18 17:48:30 UTC 2017

LINGUIST List: Vol-28-1858. Tue Apr 18 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.1858, Calls: Romance, Disc Analysis, Lexicography, Pragmatics, Semantics, Text/Corpus Ling/Belgium

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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:48:19
From: Ludivine Crible [ludivine.crible at uclouvain.be]
Subject: 5th International Conference Discourse Markers in Romance Languages: Boundaries and Interface

Full Title: 5th International Conference Discourse Markers in Romance Languages: Boundaries and Interface 
Short Title: DISROM2017 

Date: 08-Nov-2017 - 10-Nov-2017
Location: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 
Contact Person: Liesbeth Degand
Meeting Email: liesbeth.degand at uclouvain.be
Web Site: https://disrom2017.wordpress.com/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Lexicography; Pragmatics; Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Language Family(ies): Romance 

Call Deadline: 30-Apr-2017 

Meeting Description:

The Conference is one of a series of conferences on discourse markers in
Romance languages (Madrid, 2010; Buenos Aires, 2011; Campinas, 2012;
Heidelberg 2015) and aims to build on the previous events. The conference
serves as a platform for internationally renowned linguists and young
researchers alike to exchange views and ideas and to broaden their research
perspectives. This year’s theme will specifically question issues of
categorization and boundaries of the class of discourse markers. In this
respect, discourse markers studies invite to further investigate the
interfaces between several levels of linguistic analysis (Prosody, Syntax,
Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse).

With special reference to discourse marker research, the conference will be an
opportunity to look at the findings provided so far by theoretical and applied
linguistics and related disciplines.
The following plenary speakers have already confirmed their attendance:

Prof. Maria-Josep Cuenca, Universitat de València: Contrastive markers in
contrast in Spanish and Catalan

Prof. Jacqueline Visconti, Università degli Studi di Genova: On the diachrony
of discourse markers, with a focus on Italian

Dr. Amália Mendes, Universidade de Lisboa: Lexicographic applications of
discourse markers in Portuguese

2nd Call for Papers:

The Institute for Language and Communication of the Université catholique de
Louvain (UCL) invites researchers on discourse markers in Romance languages to
submit contributions for the 5th International Conference Discourse Markers in
Romance Languages: Boundaries and Interfaces, which will be held on 8-10
November 2017, in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).

The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to 30 April 2017.

We welcome abstracts for papers and posters on any theoretical, empirical or
applied topic related to discourse markers in Romance languages, including
(but not restricted to):

- Definition of the discourse marker category
- Lexicons of discourse markers
- Discourse markers and their relation to other pragmatic categories
- Syntax-prosody-discourse interface
- Sociolinguistic approaches to discourse markers
- Variation of discourse markers across registers, languages and language
varieties
- Translation studies
- L1 and L2 acquisition of discourse markers
- Diachronic studies
- Experimental studies
- Corpus-based and computational studies
- Applied studies (business language, legal discourse, educational settings,
etc.).

Conference presentation modalities:

1. Oral Presentations:

- Presentations should be no longer than 20 minutes. Presentations will be
followed by a 10- minute discussion

2. Posters:

- Posters should not be larger than A0 size (118.9 x 84.1 cm, landscape or
portrait)
- Posters may be printed in colour or in black and white
- Authors must bring the printed posters to the conference
- Contributors are requested to be present during the poster sessions
- The poster session(s) will be preceded by a short one-minute poster boost
session where authors will have the opportunity to present the topic of their
research.

Abstracts and Conference Languages:

Presentations may be held in English or any Romance language. Plenary
conferences will be held in English.

Submission of Abstracts:

Abstracts should not exceed one page (single spacing, 12-point Times New Roman
font, not including figures and references, and must be uploaded as pdf).
Abstracts can be written in English or any Romance language. Your abstract
should contain a title, but no author name(s) or affiliation(s).

Please submit your abstracts to
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=disrom2017 

For the submission of abstracts for posters, you can either select the poster
option on the online registration site or apply for both an oral presentation
and a poster contribution. In the latter case, the scientific committee
reserves the right to decide which option will be more appropriate for the
proposal submitted. 

Important Dates:

30 April 2017: Extended deadline for abstract submission
15 June 2017: Notification of acceptance
8 - 10 November 2017: Conference dates 

Registration will be possible after 1 July 2017.

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