LINGUIST List 22.254 Sat Jan 15 2011 Calls: Anthro Ling, Socioling, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis/Poland 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.     Agata Klimczak , INTERCOM: 2nd Lodz Meeting Message 1: INTERCOM: 2nd Lodz Meeting Date: 14-Jan-2011 From: Agata Klimczak <agata.klimczakyahoo.com> Subject: INTERCOM: 2nd Lodz Meeting E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: INTERCOM: 2nd Lodz Meeting Date: 03-Jun-2011 - 05-Jun-2011 Location: Lodz, Poland Contact Person: Adam Bednarek Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.intercom2011.wssm.edu.pl Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 01-Apr-2011 Meeting Description: Today to an even larger extent than in the past centuries, communication frequently takes place between individuals and institutions representing different national and cultural backgrounds. This has resulted in a vast body of theoretical discussions on the relation between language, culture and discourse, as well as in the emergence of empirical research on intercultural encounters. We welcome studies, of theoretical and empirical character, on the role of pragmalinguistic differences and different conventions manifested in speech and text genres in cross-cultural contexts, as well as on the effects of power relations upon the forms of intercultural discourse. Social change, international political campaigning, linguistic minorities, advertising, management, corporate internal communication, and public media discourse are all within the range of subjects which we aim to be dealt with at the conference. Call for Papers: Today to an even larger extent than in the past centuries, communication frequently takes place between individuals and institutions representing different national and cultural backgrounds. This has resulted in a vast body of theoretical discussions on the relation between language, culture and discourse, as well as in the emergence of empirical research on intercultural encounters. We welcome studies, of theoretical and empirical character, on the role of pragmalinguistic differences and different conventions manifested in speech and text genres in cross-cultural contexts, as well as on the effects of power relations upon the forms of intercultural discourse. Social change, international political campaigning, linguistic minorities, advertising, management, corporate internal communication, and public media discourse are all within the range of subjects which we aim to be dealt with at the conference. The organizers invite contributions from the fields of linguistics, international relations, political and economic studies, business studies, social psychology, culture and media studies, literature and religion studies, and foreign language education. Proposed subtopics: Discourse functional and pragmatic analysis of social communication (ideology; language of politics and the media; persuasive discourses; advertising) Media, political institutions and corporate communication Status of functional linguistics in relation to such disciplines as sociolinguistics, anthropology, social psychology, cognitive linguistics and culture studies Methodology of communication studies and organization of the parameters of analysis Corpus selection in large or heterogeneous discourses Translation/interpreting from the perspective of cognitive sciences, corpus linguistics, lexicology and semantics Functional equivalence in translation/interpreting Pragmatics of translation/interpretation in media, legal, political, scientific and business language Instruction in speech act comprehension, theory and application Developing teaching materials for function-focused L2 instruction Literature and culture studies Participants are invited to prepare 20-minute presentations (each to be followed by 10-minute discussion time). Submission of abstracts: Deadline for submitting abstracts is April 1st , 2011. Please send your abstract in max. 300 words edited in MS Word to abednarekwssm.edu.pl The academic committee will notify you whether your proposal has been accepted within 21 days after receiving the abstract, on April 23rd at the latest. Keynote speakers: The organizers will invite a number of leading specialists in the area of communication studies, translation studies and culture studies. Details will be announced in the 2nd circular. Proceedings: Proceedings will be digitally published on the conference website. Selected papers will be published in book form with an international publisher. Conference Fee: 200 Euro and includes lunch, coffee/tea and snacks, conference banquet, materials and publication The Organising Committee: Prof. dr. hab. Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk prof. dr. hab. Łukasz Bogucki Dr. Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka Dr. Adam Bednarek Mgr Agata Klimczak Call deadline: April 1st, 2011 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 15-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.