LINGUIST List 22.3871 Wed Oct 05 2011 Calls: Discourse Analysis, Translation/Italy Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.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.     Francesca Bianchi , Translating Humor in Audiovisual Texts Message 1: Translating Humor in Audiovisual Texts Date: 05-Oct-2011 From: Francesca Bianchi <francesca.bianchiunisalento.it> Subject: Translating Humor in Audiovisual Texts E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Translating Humor in Audiovisual Texts Date: 30-Nov-2011 - 02-Dec-2011 Location: Lecce, Italy Contact Person: Gian Luigi De Rosa Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.translatinghumorinavt.beepworld.it Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Translation Call Deadline: 25-Oct-2011 Meeting Description: Translating Humor in Audiovisual Texts 30 November - 2 December 2011 Sala Convegni - Officine Cantelmo Viale De Pietro - 73100, Lecce Hosted by the Department of Foreing Languages and Literatures and the Faculty of Foreign Languages, University of Salento http://translatinghumorinavt.beepworld.it/ Keynote Speakers: Delia Chiaro (Università di Bologna) Marco Cipolloni (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia) Jorge Díaz-Cintas (Imperial College - London) Hosélia Neves (Istituto Politécnico de Leiria) Patrick Zabalbeascoa (Universidad Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona) Conference Organizers: Gian Luigi De Rosa (Università del Salento) Elisa Perego (Università degli Studi di Trieste) Antonella De Laurentiis (Università del Salento) Francesca Bianchi (Università del Salento) 2nd Call for Papers: Abstracts are invited for paper proposals. Please do not submit more than one proposal. Papers should focus on original research dealing with humor in audiovisual texts and possibly also translation. The new extended deadline is 25 October 2011. Paper Sessions: Paper sessions will be 90 minutes in length with each speaker allotted twenty minutes for presentation plus additional time for questions. Abstract Submission: Abstracts of 250 words in any of the official languages of the conference should be sent by email, attached as a Word document (.doc or .docx), to the following address: infohumorAVTgmail.com Official Languages: Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese Important Dates: Extended deadline for the submission of proposals: 25 October 2011 Notification of acceptance of proposals: 30 October 2011 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 05-Oct-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.