LINGUIST List 21.4194 Thu Oct 21 2010 Calls: Disc Analysis, Pragmatics, Socioling, Translation/United Kingdom 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.     Jo Angouri , Meaning and Context Conference Message 1: Meaning and Context Conference Date: 21-Oct-2010 From: Jo Angouri <Jo.Angouriuwe.ac.uk> Subject: Meaning and Context Conference E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Meaning and Context Conference Short Title: imeanUWE2 Date: 13-Apr-2011 - 15-Apr-2011 Location: University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom Contact Person: Jo Angouri Meeting Email: Jo.Angouriuwe.ac.uk Web Site: http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/cahe/elc/newsandevents/events/i- meanuwe2.aspx Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics; Translation Call Deadline: 31-Oct-2010 Meeting Description: I-mean 2, Context and Meaning Conference, UWE, Bristol 13-15 April 2011 The conference addresses the relationship between context and meaning, how context may be defined, how meaning is interpreted in context, how speakers create and negotiate context in interaction, and how context is dealt with in different research traditions. We seek to explore ways in which researchers can fruitfully work across methodological and disciplinary boundaries. Particularly in the (broadly defined) field of discourse analysis, there are widely recognized approaches which are often associated with specific methodological tools. The conference aims to explore whether and to what extent bringing together different methodological and theoretical approaches can: - enhance understanding of meaning in interaction - capture the contextual information which speakers draw upon dynamically in interaction - lead to theoretically robust methodological innovation Papers are invited from researchers working across different linguistic fields and traditions, focusing on any aspect of meaning and interaction. Main conference themes: Context in spoken interaction: methodologies and methods Context and intercultural pragmatics Multimodal approaches to context Context and meaning in translation The teachability of sociopragmatics Plenary speakers (confirmed): Karin Aijmer, University of Gothenburg, Paul Drew, University of York, Susan Herring, Indiana University, Sally McConnell-Ginet, Cornell University Norma Mendoza-Denton, University of Arizona Round table: Stances, methodologies and methods for the analysis of context in interaction. I-mean 2 will include a round table as a central event where distinguished scholars representing well established paradigms in the analysis of interaction will discuss whether and to what extent bringing together different theoretical stances, methodologies and methods is a) possible b) beneficial to methodological innovation and c) can lead to a better understanding of context in interaction. Invited colloquia: I-mean 2 will host two invited colloquia. Details will be announced by the end of October 2010. Call For Papers Paper submission: Panel proposals of 500 words, with a clear indication of topic and a preliminary list of contributors are invited by 12th December 2010. Decisions about panels will be made by 20th December. Panel organisers should oversee abstracts from panel members, with an expectation of 6 papers in a panel ( 2 X 90 minute slots) and an absolute maximum of 9. Individual panel members should submit abstracts, clearly marked with Panel names, to the main conference email address by 5th January 2011 as below. Individual paper proposals of no more than 350 words (max and including references, if necessary) are invited. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is the 5th January 2011. Abstracts should not include the name and affiliation of the author(s). Further details of the conference and abstract submission procedures will be published on the i-mean website soon and details will be circulated. Abstracts should be submitted after the end of October 2010. For further information please contact: Dr Jo Angouri (Jo.Angouriuwe.ac.uk) and Dr Kate Beeching (Kate.Beechinguwe.ac.uk ) Details on i-mean 1 can be found at : http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/llas/events/0809/i-mean/index.shtml Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-Oct-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.