LINGUIST List 21.3007 Wed Jul 21 2010 Calls: Disc Analysis, Ling & Lit, Pragmatics/Poland 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.    Alina Kwiatkowska, Humor - Theories.Applications.Practices Message 1: Humor - Theories.Applications.Practices Date: 20-Jul-2010 From: Alina Kwiatkowska <akwiatuni.lodz.pl> Subject: Humor - Theories.Applications.Practices E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Humor - Theories.Applications.Practices Short Title: HumorTAP Date: 20-Sep-2010 - 22-Sep-2010 Location: Piotrkow, Poland Contact Person: Alina Kwiatkowska Meeting Email: akwiatuni.lodz.pl Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Ling & Literature; Pragmatics Call Deadline: 05-Sep-2010 Meeting Description: Third Conference Humo- Theories Applications Practices 20-22 September 2008 Jan Kochanowski University in Piotrkow Trybunalski English Philology Department The organizing committee: Prof. Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, Prof. Alina Kwiatkowska, Dr Agnieszka Stanecka, Dr Irena Czwenar Call For Papers We invite linguists, literary scholars, psychologists, and other researchers whose academic interests incorporates humor in the broadest sense of the term, to take part in the third edition of our conference. The following are some suggestions for the possible presentation topics: Theories of humor, humor and creativity, allusion, ambiguity, paradox, parody, ''nonsense'', satire, political humor (including political correctness), humor in advertising, humorous cartoons, comic strips, Internet humor, humor and stereotypes, humor and cultural differences, gender and humor, the psychology of humor, humor and translation, wordplay, humorous fiction, humorous poetry, slang, wit, joke patterns, humorous riddles, children's humor, classroom humor... etc. The languages of the Conference will be English and Polish. The conference proceedings will be published by Naukowe Wydawnictwo Piotrkowskie (Piotrkow Academic Publishers). This call will be open until 5 September 2010. Please send a short abstract, accompanied by your name and institutional affiliation, in the *.doc or *pdf format, to akwiatuni.lodz.pl. The conference fee is 60 EURO. Detailed information on accommodation and its costs will be provided in a separae circular. We will be happy to answer any of your questions. Contact addresses: Alina Kwiatkowska: akwiatuni.lodz.pl; Agnieszka Stanecka akociebainteria.pl Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-Jul-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.