28.132, Calls: Applied Ling, Disc Analysis, Pragmatics/Poland

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Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2017 10:57:02
From: Magdalena Wieczorek [magdalena.biegajlo at gmail.com]
Subject: Humorousness/Seriousness Dichotomy in Language, Culture and Literature

 
Full Title: Humorousness/Seriousness Dichotomy in Language, Culture and Literature 

Date: 28-Apr-2017 - 28-Apr-2017
Location: Siedlce, Poland 
Contact Person: Magdalena Wieczorek
Meeting Email: magdalena.biegajlo at gmail.com
Web Site: http://siedlceforum.weebly.com 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics 

Call Deadline: 20-Mar-2017 

Meeting Description:

Keynote Speakers:

Prof. Ewa Łuczak (University of Warsaw)
Prof. Francisco Yus (University of Alicante) 

The Research Areas and Suggested Topics

Linguistics:

- Humor and gender/race/ethnicity
- Persuasion, implicature and violations of the Gricean (cooperative) model of
communication
- Functions of puns, wordplay, and proverbs in second language acquisition,
teaching, communication
- Stylistic figures (metaphor, irony, hyperbole, etc.)
- Jokes, cartoons and other forms of humor
- Applications of humor and laughter
- Styles of humor/humor taste
- Humor and cognition
- Humor and emotion
- Humor in film discourse, TV programs, advertising, press


Call for Papers:

Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities 
Departments of English Literature and the English Language

We would like to kindly invite all scholars representing different
philological disciplines and theoretical models to 2nd Annual Siedlce Forum
for Contemporary Issues in Language and Literature to be held on April 28,
2017 in Siedlce (Poland) to present their research findings (not previously
published or presented) in oral sessions in English. 

The leitmotif of the conference is 'Humorousness/Seriousness Dichotomy in
Language, Culture and Literature'

Oral Sessions:

Each presentation in the oral session will be scheduled for a 20-minute talk
followed by a 10-minute discussion.

Abstract Submission:

An abstract of 200-300 words (including bibliography) should be submitted by
March 15, 2017 in .doc format via e-mail to siedlceforum at gmail.com. Your
abstract must be accompanied by the following information: name of the author,
title of paper, affiliation, academic degree, research area, a biographical
note of 60-80 words in length. Notification of acceptance will be sent to
authors by March 26, 2017.

Conference Proceedings:

After the conference, papers will be published in a peer-reviewed
post-conference volume. The articles need to be submitted by June 30, 2017.
Further information concerning publication as well as submission guidelines
will be available on the conference website at siedlceforum.weebly.com.

Conference Fee:

All participants are requested to return the registration form and pay the
conference fee by March 31, 2017. The fee, which covers organisation costs,
conference materials, lunches and refreshments, is EUR 70 or PLN 300.
Accommodation and transportation costs are covered by the participants. The
organizers can assist in booking rooms in University halls of residence or
town hotels. Registration forms can be found at
http://siedlceforum.weebly.com/registration.html.

Conference Organizing Committee:

Prof. Edward Colerick
Oksana Blashiv, PhD 
Joanna Kolbusz-Buda, PhD
Katarzyna Kozak, PhD
Iwona Świątczak-Wasilewska, PhD 
Vitaliy Baran, MA
Katarzyna Mroczyńska, MA
Magdalena Wieczorek, MA
Agnieszka Wróbel, MA




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