LINGUIST List 14.534

Fri Feb 21 2003

Calls: Prosody & Pragmatics, UK / English, Malaysia

Editor for this issue: Marie Klopfenstein <marielinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. D.Blakemore, 6th NWCL International Conference
2. stefanie, English in Southeast Asia

		6th NWCL International Conference 

 PROSODY AND PRAGMATICS 

 University of Central Lancashire (Preston) 

 14 - 16 November 2003 


Organized by Anne Wichmann (University of Central Lancashire) & 
Diane Blakemore (University of Salford) 


Guest speakers: Carlos Gussenhoven, Jill House, John Local, Deirdre 
Wilson 


 FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS 

The focus in research in prosody has recently moved from intonational
phonology to areas which interface with other domains, most notably
discourse and pragmatics. At the same time, research in pragmatics and
discourse has recognized a need to take account of prosodic
phenomena. In this way, it has become possible to identify a set of
phenomena where research in pragmatics feeds into research in prosody
and vice versa - for example, focus and information strucy"ure,
questions about processing units and the identification of an
utterance, the communication of attitudes and emotions, constraints on
implicatures.

The aim of this conference is to provide a forum in which researchers 
from prosody and pragmatics can pool their research, and in this way 
contribute to a fuller understanding of the role prosody plays in 
pragmatic interpretation. 

We invite abstracts for papers (30 mins + 10 mins
discussion). Abstracts will be chosen both for the inherent quality of
the particular prosodic/pragmatic analyses they offer and their
potential contribution to the development of the interface between
prosody and pragmatics.

A selection of papers from the conference will be published in a
Special Issue of The Journal of Pragmatics (eds. Anne Wichmann & Diane
Blakemore).

Submission of abstracts: 

Abstracts must conform to the following guidelines: 

- abstracts must be sent in electronic form (Word, WP, RTF) 

- abstracts must be no longer than 1 page (A4) and typed in a Times New 
 Roman (12pt) font

- abstracts must have the title of the paper centred at the top of the
page

- the author's name, affiliation and title of paper must be given on a 
separate page (abstracts will be refereed anonymously) 


Deadlines: 

Abstracts must sent in electronic form (Word, WP, RTF) to Anne
Wichmann and Diane Blakemore at the addresses below by 23 May 2003.
 You will be notified if your abstract has been submitted by 13 June 2003.


Professor Diane Blakemore
School of Languages and
European Studies Research Institute
University of Salford
Salford M5 4WT
United Kingdom
Tel: 0161 2954948

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http://www.nwcl.salford.ac.uk

8th English in Southeast Asia Conference

Short Title: 8th ESEA
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
Date: 08-Dec-2003 - 10-Dec-2003 
Call Deadline: 15-Jun-2003

Contact Person: Habibah Tandang
Meeting Email: habibahum.edu.my
Linguistic Subfield(s): General Linguistics 
Subject Language(s): English

Meeting Description: 

This conference provides a platform for discussion of issues
concerning varieties of English and implications for the teaching of
English in the Asia-Pacific region. The coference will focus on a
number of sub-themes including:
- language planning/ policies
- the role of English in a multilingual society
- linguistic descriptions of varieties of English
- the use of English across distinct linguistic and cultural groups
- corpus-based research on varieties of English
- implications of varieties of English for language teaching
- approaches, methods and strategies for language teaching
- professional development for the teacher of English