LINGUIST List 19.1628
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Wed May 21 2008
Calls: Discourse Analysis/Australia; History of Linguistics/France
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1. Svenja
Kranich,
Subjectivity in Discourse
2. Jean-Michel
Fortis,
History of Cognitive Linguistics
Message 1: Subjectivity in Discourse
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Date: 21-May-2008
From: Svenja Kranich <svenja.kranich uni-hamburg.de>
Subject: Subjectivity in Discourse
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Full Title: Subjectivity in Discourse Date: 12-Jul-2009 - 17-Jul-2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Contact Person: Svenja Kranich Meeting Email: svenja.kranich uni-hamburg.de Web Site: http:// Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis Subject Language(s): English (eng) Call Deadline: 11-Jun-2008 Meeting Description: 'Subjectivity in Discourse' will be proposed as theme for a one-day at the 11th IPra. Its aim will be twofold, consisting firstly in the detailed investigation of expressions of subjectivity in one language (English), and secondly in the search for universal aspects of the expression of subjectivity in a cross-linguistic approach to the topic. Call for Papers Call deadline: 11-June-2008 Subjectivity in discourse - Proposed panel at the 11th International Pragmatics Conference (IPra) to be held in Melbourne, Australia, 12-17 July 2009 Submissions are invited for abstracts for presentations on the topic of ''Subjectivity in discourse''. Papers should be 20 minutes in length. 10 minutes will be provided for comments, questions and discussion. Panel Description In addition to propositional content speakers express - very often in the same utterance - meanings which convey their personal feelings, attitudes, values judgements, and assessments. These expressions of subjectivity are associated with a number of particular linguistic structures, which have received considerable attention during the past decade - especially in relation to native speaker discourse in major genres and registers in American English (e.g. conversation and academic discourse). It is the purpose of this panel to bring together contributions which a) help to take stock of the diversity of subjectivity markers and the function of encoding subjectivity in discourse in one language, namely English, and b) help to search for universal aspects of the expression of subjectivity by considering different languages. The combination of both perspectives is intended to give us a better idea of language-specific and language-independent aspects of the linguistic encoding of the speaker's subjective perspective in discourse. For the part focusing on English, we especially welcome contributions which cover 'off-beat' data, i.e. texts and discourse analyses which, ideally, differ at least in one respect from the 'standard fare' of American English native speaker conversation or academic discourse in a synchronic perspective. Thus, we are looking for descriptions of subjectivity in English from across the board - including all international, regional and social varieties, registers, genres, spoken/written modes, historical stages, speech communities, communities of practice, speaker types, interaction types and also L2 English and lingua franca communication. For the part focusing on cross-linguistic comparison, we invite contributions that focus on any one language, investigating its means for conveying subjectivity. In particular, however, we would be interested in research that takes a comparative or a typological approach in the quest for possible universals, allowing us to see where cross-linguistic differences and similarities are to be found in the field of subjectivity. Panel Organizers: Nicole Baumgarten (University of Southern Denmark) www.nicolizer.de Svenja Kranich (University of Hamburg, Research Center on Multilingualism) http://www.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereiche-einrichtungen/sfb538/projektk4_e.html Inke Du Bois (University of Bremen) www.fzhb.uni-bremen.de:8080/581.0.html?&L=0 Abstracts of no more than 500 words, incl. references, should be sent to one or all of the following addresses: nicole.baumgarten sitkom.sdu.dk svenja.kranich uni-hamburg.de dubois uni-bremen.de
Message 2: History of Cognitive Linguistics
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Date: 21-May-2008
From: Jean-Michel Fortis <fortis.jean-michel neuf.fr>
Subject: History of Cognitive Linguistics
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Full Title: History of Cognitive Linguistics Short Title: HCL Date: 30-Jan-2009 - 31-Jan-2009 Location: Paris, France Contact Person: Jean-Michel Fortis Meeting Email: fortis.jean-michel neuf.fr Web Site: http:// Linguistic Field(s): History of Linguistics Call Deadline: 15-Jul-2008 Meeting Description: The 2009 annual meeting of the SHESL* (Société d'Histoire et d'Epistémologie des Sciences du Langage) will be dedicated to the history and epistemology of Cognitive Linguistics. The conference is co-organized by the CNRS Research Group on the History of Linguistic Theories (HTL Group, UMR 7597 - University of Paris VII). The expression 'Cognitive Linguistics' designates theories which base their analysis of linguistic structure on meaning and on general-purpose cognitive processes, and which identify meaning with mental representations and operations. The conference aims to advance the understanding of the historical development of cognitive linguistics and of its relation to other theories. It also seeks to provide a forum for expounding and critically examining the theoretical notions and descriptive tools which have been elaborated or adopted by Cognitive Linguistics, and which are characteristic of the way it envisages language. Call for Papers Proposals are invited for papers which might consider one or more of the following themes (the list is not exhaustive): - Grammaire Générale (e.g. Beauzée's ideas) - Psychologizing theories of the meaning / form relation - Cognitive Linguistics in the French tradition (e.g. Bréal, Guillaume) - Contemporary history of Cognitive Linguistics (Pottier, Culioli, Fillmore, Talmy, Lakoff, Langacker...) - the second ''cognitive revolution'' - History of the ''cognitive turn'' (in the 60s-70s) - its consequences for linguistic theories - Structuralism and Cognitive Linguistics - The relation of Cognitive Linguistics to formal / generative theories of language - The relation of Cognitive Linguistics to functional linguistics - Descriptive tools and theoretical concepts of Cognitive Linguistics Abstracts of 300 - 400 words should be submitted by e-mail, preferably in MS Word format, both to fortis.jean-michel neuf.fr and stijn.verleyen kuleuven-kortrijk.be by 15 July 2008. Abstracts should include (in this order): name and affiliation, e-mail address, title of paper, abstract (if possible on one side of an A4 in a typeface no smaller than 10). Please also indicate the following additional information: scheduling restrictions or other special requests for your presentation; audiovisual needs; need for written letter of acceptance (or indicate if an acceptance by e-mail is sufficient). Abstracts are refereed by the conference committee (notification of acceptance: 15 October 2008). There is no registration fee. All speakers will be reimbursed for travel expenses and accommodation costs. Booking of accommodation in the conference hotels will be arranged by the local organizers.
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