LINGUIST List 21.2270 Wed May 19 2010 Calls: Applied Ling, Disc Analysis, Pragmatics, English/Czech Republic Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Olga Dontcheva-Navratilova, 4th Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English Message 1: 4th Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English Date: 18-May-2010 From: Olga Dontcheva-Navratilova <navratilovaped.muni.cz> Subject: 4th Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 4th Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English Short Title: 4th BCLSE Date: 16-Sep-2010 - 17-Sep-2010 Location: Brno, Czech Republic Contact Person: Martina Malášková Meeting Email: malaskomgmail.com Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics Subject Language(s): English (eng) Call Deadline: 15-Jun-2010 Meeting Description: The Fourth Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English Interpretation of Meaning in Spoken and Written Discourse will be held in Brno on 16-17 September 2010. The host institution will again be the Department of English Language and Literature at the Faculty of Education of Masaryk University. The Fourth Brno Conference focuses on interpretation of meaning in spoken and written discourse. While the thematic scope of the contributions is expected to be very wide, we particularly welcome topics exploring aspect of discourse coherence, cohesion relations, pragmatic strategies in the interpretation of discourse, dialogic aspects of written and spoken interaction, genre-specific strategies for the negotiation of meaning in spoken and written discourse. There will be a conference fee of CZK 1000 (€ 40) and participants must pay their own travel and accommodation costs. The conference fee includes conference materials, including a book of abstracts, a copy of the Conference monograph, coffee-break refreshments and the Conference dinner on 16th September. Accommodation will be arranged, if required. We can provide accommodation for any of the nights 15-16, 16-17 and 17-18 September at the university hotel. Unfortunately, since the dates of our Conference coincide with a big fair in Brno, there has been a change in the price of accommodation. The price of a double room including breakfast is CZK 1180; when occupied by a single person the price of the double room is CZK 890. We can also book rooms at the Continental hotel in the centre of the city where the prices are: for the night 15-16 Sept., a double room including breakfast - CZK 2900 and a single room including breakfast - CZK 2760; for the rest of the nights, the prices are: a double room including breakfast - CZK 1500 and a single room including breakfast - CZK 1050. Call For Papers The Fourth Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English 2010 Interpretation of Meaning in Spoken and Written Discourse Brno, 16th - 17th September 2010 We would like to remind you that the Fourth Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English Interpretation of Meaning in Spoken and Written Discourse will be held in Brno on 16-17 September 2010 at the Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University. The Fourth Brno Conference focuses on interpretation of meaning in spoken and written English discourse. While the thematic scope of the contributions is expected to be very wide, we particularly welcome topics exploring aspect of discourse coherence, cohesion relations, pragmatic strategies in the interpretation of discourse, dialogic aspects of written and spoken interaction and genre-specific strategies for the negotiation of meaning in spoken and written discourse. The Conference will take place at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno. A preliminary programme of the two-day conference will be sent in August. We are pleased to announce that the following keynote speakers have confirmed their participation at the Conference: -Prof. Henry Widdowson, University of Vienna, Austria -Prof. László I. Komlósi, University of Pécs, Hungary & Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia -Prof. Gabriela Miššíková, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia & Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic Contributions presented at the Conference will be published either in the Conference monograph or in the linguistics journal Discourse and Interaction. The length of the papers submitted should be 4,000 to 6,000 words. A Style Guide will be sent in August. Authors will receive a free copy of the respective volume. Further copies may be ordered. As the publication of the Conference monograph is financed by a grant project, it should be sent to the printing house at the end of November. Therefore the deadline for submitting contributions is 10th of October and can be by no means postponed. The same applies to contributions to the journal Discourse and Interaction. If you wish to attend the conference and you have not registered within the preliminary registration mode, please register directly at the conference web site: http://www.ped.muni.cz/weng/fourth_brno_conference_linguistics_studies_e nglish_2010_second_call_papers The abstracts (100 to 200 words) should be sent by e-mail (malaskomgmail.com) by 15 June 2010. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 30th June. We look forward to seeing you in Brno! For the Fourth Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English Organizing Committee Doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navratilova, Ph.D. Mgr. Renata Jančaříková Mgr. Martina Malášková Mgr. Věra Zouharová Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno Poříčí 9, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic tel. +420 549 49 3696, 6383; fax +420 549 49 1620 E-mail: povolnaped.muni.cz, navratilovaped.muni.cz, renata.jancarikovagmail.com, malaskomgmail.com, 105093mail.muni.cz Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 19-May-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.