LINGUIST List 21.5181 Mon Dec 20 2010 Calls: Discourse Analysos, Socioling, Pragmatics/UK Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.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: 18-Dec-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: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/cahe/elc/newsandevents/events/i-meanuwe2.aspx Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 05-Jan-2011 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 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. For more details please see http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/cahe/elc/newsandevents/events/i-meanuwe2.aspx 2nd Call for Papers: 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 Paper Submission: 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). Details on the conference and abstract submission procedures can be found on the I-mean 2 website. http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/cahe/elc/newsandevents/events/i-meanuwe2.aspx For further information please contact: Dr. Jo Angouri (Jo.Angouriuwe.ac.uk) and Dr Kate Beeching (Kate.Beechinguwe.ac.uk ) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 20-Dec-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.