LINGUIST List 22.138 Sat Jan 08 2011 Calls: Discourse Analysis, Text/Corpus Linguistics, Socioling/Turkey Editor for this issue: Elyssa Winzeler <elyssalinguistlist.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.     Sukriye Ruhi , 6th International Symposium on Politeness Message 1: 6th International Symposium on Politeness Date: 03-Jan-2011 From: Sukriye Ruhi <sukruhmetu.edu.tr> Subject: 6th International Symposium on Politeness E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 6th International Symposium on Politeness Date: 11-Jul-2011 - 13-Jul-2011 Location: Ankara, Turkey Contact Person: Sukriye Ruhi Meeting Email: 6sympolmetu.edu.tr Web Site: http://www.isp2011.org Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics Call Deadline: 20-Feb-2011 Meeting Description: It is our pleasure to announce the Sixth International Symposium on Politeness, organized by the Department of Foreign Language Education, Middle East Technical University, Ankara. The special theme of this three-day conference, endorsed by the Linguistic Politeness Research Group(LPRG), is 'Corpus-based and Corpus-driven Approaches to Politeness and Intercultural Communication'. Papers related to any theoretical and/or applied aspect of (im)politeness and intercultural communication are, however, also welcome. The special theme is motivated by current debates in pragmatics and (im)politeness research, including but not restricted to the following: - The contribution of (multimodal) corpora to enhancing understandings of interpersonal communication (e.g., studying affect, emotion and non-verbal elements in (im)politeness) - Methodological issues related to the collection, creation, annotation, and comparability of data in inter- and cross-cultural studies - How corpus approaches can contribute to theorizing on (im)politeness and intercultural communication. The conference will feature plenary lectures, panels, individual papers and posters. Plenary Speakers: Christine Christie, Loughborough University Istvan Kecskes, State University of New York, Albany Maria Sifianou, University of Athens Helen Spencer-Oatey, University of Warwick Call for Panel Papers Sixth International Symposium on Politeness We cordially invite papers for presentation at the following panels, which will be held as part of the events at the Sixth International Symposium on Politeness, July 11-13, 2011, in Ankara, Turkey: 1. Counterpoint: (Im)Politeness research through the lens of corpora and corpora through the lens of (im)politeness research Convenors: Sukriye Ruhi (Middle East Technical University) & Yesim Aksan (Mersin University) 2. Corpus based approaches to politeness and author positioning in academic writing Convenor: Yasemin Bayyurt (Bogazici University) 3. Politeness in child language Convenor: Hatice Sofu (Cukurova University) Further information on the panels is available at http://www.arber.com.tr/isp2011.org/index.php/page,34,accepted_panel_proposals We kindly ask contributors to keep in touch with the convenors on papers that they may wish to submit. Please note that abstract submissions to panels are handled through the Symposium web site at http://www.arber.com.tr/isp2011.org Sukriye Ruhi On behalf of the Organising Committee Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 08-Jan-2011       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.