28.4824, Calls: Disc Analysis, Lang Acquisition, Ling Theories, Pragmatics, Semantics/Cyprus

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Subject: 28.4824, Calls: Disc Analysis, Lang Acquisition, Ling Theories, Pragmatics, Semantics/Cyprus

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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 16:10:06
From: Monika Kopytowska [monika.kopytowska at gmail.com]
Subject: 8th International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics & Communication

 
Full Title: 8th International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics & Communication 
Short Title: INPRA2018 

Date: 08-Jun-2018 - 10-Jun-2018
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus 
Contact Person: Fabienne Baider
Meeting Email: interculturalpragmatics2018 at ucy.ac.cy
Web Site: http://www.inpra2018.org 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Linguistic Theories; Pragmatics; Semantics 

Call Deadline: 15-Dec-2017 

Meeting Description:

Organized by:       

- Department of French and European Studies, University of Cyprus
- Research unit CLESTHIA, Université Sorbonne nouvelle – Paris 3
- Research unit DILTEC, Université Sorbonne nouvelle – Paris 3

Sponsored by: Cypriot Tourism Bureau 

Conference Convenors:

Fabienne Baider (University of Cyprus)
Istvan Kecskes (State University of New York at Albany)

Plenary Speakers:

Istvan Kecskes (State University of New York at Albany)
Jacques Moeschler (Université de Genève)
Gerard Steen (University of Amsterdam)
Marina Terkourafi (Leiden University Center for Linguistics) (LUCL) 

The  conference covers a wide range of topics within pragmatics and
intercultural communication, including: 

(i) Pragmatics theories: neo-Gricean approaches, relevance theory, theory of
mind, meaning, role of context, common ground, semantics-pragmatics interface,
explicature, implicature, grammaticalization, speech act theory,
presuppositions, im/politeness, etc.
(ii) Experimental pragmatics: models of language and meaning, experimental
techniques, scalar implicatures, reference resolution, interpretation of
figurative language, etc.
(iii) Intercultural, cross-cultural and societal aspects of pragmatics:
research involving more than one language and culture or varieties of one
language, variational pragmatics, lingua franca, computer mediated
communication (CMC), bilinguals’ and heritage speakers’ language use,
intercultural misunderstandings, translatological aspects of intercultural
communication, effect of dual language and multilingual systems on the
development and use of pragmatic skills, language of aggression and conflict,
etc.
(iv) Applications: usage and corpus-based approaches, pragmatic competence,
teachability and learnability of pragmatic skills, pragmatic variations within
one language and across languages, developmental pragmatics, cyber pragmatics,
etc.


2nd Call for Papers:

Abstracts (max. 300 words) are invited for papers on any topic relevant to the
fields of pragmatics and intercultural communication. 

Please, include your name, affiliation and e-mail address alongside you
abstract and submit online from the 15 of September at www.inpra2018.org

Abstracts will be double-blind peer-reviewed, and should include sufficient
details to allow reviewers to judge the scientific merits of the work. 

Paper presentations will be allowed 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions.

Presentations will be in English or French.

Important Dates:

Abstract submission deadline: December 15, 2017 
Notification of acceptance: January 20, 2018

Registration will be open from the 5 of August at www.inpra2018.org

Conference fee  (covering all conference materials, coffee/tea and lunch
breaks, welcome reception): 

Regular: 200 € 
Students (with valid I.D.): 150 €
 
Early bird registration (before 28 February, 2018)
Regular: 180 €
Students (with valid I.D.): 120 €




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