37.1003, Confs: Linguistic Pragmatics Pilsen / Liberec 2026 (Czech Republic)

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Subject: 37.1003, Confs: Linguistic Pragmatics Pilsen / Liberec 2026 (Czech Republic)

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Date: 10-Mar-2026
From: Michaela Voltrova and Tilo Weber [lppl at fpe.zcu.cz]
Subject: Linguistic Pragmatics Pilsen / Liberec 2026


Linguistic Pragmatics Pilsen / Liberec 2026
Short Title: LPPL 2026
Theme: Pragmatics and Political Disourses in Europe

Date: 12-Nov-2026 - 13-Nov-2026
Location: Plzeň  (en. Pilsen), Czech Republic
Contact: Michaela Voltrová
Contact Email: lppl at fpe.zcu.cz
Meeting URL: https://www.lppl.zcu.cz/en/

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics
Subject Language(s): Czech (ces)
                     English (eng)
                     German (deu)

Submission Deadline: 31-Aug-2026

We cordially invite you to the third conference in our LPPL series
Linguistic Pragmatics Pilsen | Liberec. This year’s event will take
place on 12–13 November 2026 in Pilsen. The overarching theme of the
conference is Pragmatics and Political Discourses in Europe.
The relationship between language and politics has long been a focal
point of linguistic pragmatics. However, the dynamic social
developments in Europe—captured by keywords such as the COVID-19
pandemic, the war in Ukraine, renationalization, populism, disruption
on the one hand, and Europe as a future-oriented project on the
other—justify asking what contributions pragmatics can make to the
analysis and understanding of what is currently unfolding in Europe.
The conference in Pilsen aims to serve as a forum in which researchers
from various disciplines can present and discuss their perspectives.
This is particularly important against the backdrop of the observation
that cross-border exchange within Central Europe—especially in the
social sciences—should be further intensified. For this reason, we
welcome contributions in three conference languages: Czech, German,
and English.
We look forward to receiving proposals that, from the perspective of
linguistic action in social contexts, address questions such as the
following:
- How have political discourses in Europe and in individual European
countries changed linguistically and communicatively in recent years?
- How can methods and concepts from classical pragmatics, various
approaches in conversation analysis, and interactional sociology be
applied to the analysis of the phenomena under discussion?
- Are these developments disruptive, or do they rather repeat patterns
observable over longer historical periods?
- On a continent characterized by cultural, linguistic, economic, and
political diversity, are European political discourses possible across
national borders?
- Populism is frequently used to characterize the communication of
many actors in the public sphere. Are there examples of non-populist
political communication strategies? What distinguishes them? Can they
be politically successful?



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