LINGUIST List 15.2143

Mon Jul 26 2004

Calls: Pragmatics/Italy; Text/Corpus Ling/UK

Editor for this issue: Andrea Berez <andrealinguistlist.org>

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1. igor.zagar, Argumentation and Truth
2. pernilla, Corpus Linguistics 2005

Argumentation and Truth 

Date: 10-Jul-2005 - 15-Jul-2005
Location: Riva del Garda, Italy
Contact: Igor Z. Zagar
Contact Email: igor.zagarguest.arnes.si 

Linguistic Sub-field: Applied Linguistics ,Discourse Analysis
,Linguistic Theories ,Philosophy of Language ,Pragmatics ,Semantics
,Cognitive Science

Call Deadline: 01-Sep-2004 

This is a session of the following conference: 9th International
Pragmatics Conference


Meeting Description:

Panel on Argumentation and Truth. Work is invited from all
disciplinary perspectives on any intersection between pragmatics and
argumentation.

International Pragmatics Association Conference, 10-15 July, 2005,
Riva del Garda, Italy

We are soliciting papers for an special topic panel on Argumentation &
Truth for the upcoming 9th IPrA conference, Pragmatics and Philosophy.
Work is invited from all disciplinary perspectives on any intersection
between pragmatics and argumentation, and especially on the panel
theme, including:

- truth and the premises of argument;
- truth-creation as a function of argument;
- the genesis, extent and role of obligations of truthfulness in the
argumentative process;
- the interrelationship of theories of argument to theories of truth;
- treatments of truth and truthfulness in the history of argumentation
theory;
- the interrelationship of rhetoric to argumentation;
- the role of truth in persuasion
- the role of truth in multi-modal argumentation.
For full details about the conference, see the IPrA website at:
http://ipra-www.uia.ac.be/ipra/

Please note that papers accepted by the panel organizers will receive
a second review by the conference organizers. IPrA membership is
required at the time of submission to the conference.

Email abstracts (500 word max) plus complete contact information by 1
September, 2004 to either of the panel organizers:

Igor Z. Zagar
Professor
Educational Research Institute & 
University of Primorska 
igor.zagarguest.arnes.si 
www.igorzagar.net


Jean Goodman
Assistant Profesor
Iowa State University
goodwiniastate.edu

Corpus Linguistics 2005 

Date: 14-Jul-2000 - 17-Jul-2000
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Contact: Pernilla Danielsson
Contact Email: pernillaccl.bham.ac.uk 
Meeting URL: http://www.corpus.bham.ac.uk/conference 

Linguistic Sub-field: Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 03-Dec-2004 


Meeting Description:

CORPUS LINGUISTICS 2005
Birmingham, UK, July 14-17

CALL FOR PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

Deadline: December 3rd, 2004

Corpus Linguistics 2005
Birmingham, July 14th-17th 

Organisers: University of Birmingham and University of Lancaster
http://www.corpus.bham.ac.uk/conference

Proposals are invited for pre-conference workshops on July 14th at the
University of Birmingham. The conference, Corpus Linguistics 2005, is
run jointly by the universities of Birmingham and Lancaster, and is
the third biennial conference in the series on Corpus Linguistics. The
workshops and the conference will be held at the University of
Birmingham between July 14th -17th 2005

The aim of the workshops is to give participants a learning experience
in a new field related to corpus linguistics. We invite submission of
proposals both for computer-based as well as classroom-based
learning. The University of Birmingham will provide computer clusters
if needed for a workshop.

A detailed proposal of the workshop, not exceeding 400 words, should
be sent in electronic form to Pernilla Danielsson by December 3rd ,
2004 to the following e-mail address:
pernillaccl.bham.ac.uk. Included in the proposal should be
information about the time needed, what type of equipment is expected
for the teacher as well as for the participants. Please use the
attached cover form. The conference will remit a fee to workshop
organisers, based on the number of participants in the workshop.