LINGUIST List 22.4155 Mon Oct 24 2011 Calls: Pragmatics, Linguistic Theories, Semantics, Sociolinguistics/USA 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.     Istvan Kecskes , 1st International Pragmatics Conference of the Americas Message 1: 1st International Pragmatics Conference of the Americas Date: 23-Oct-2011 From: Istvan Kecskes <ikecskesuamail.albany.edu> Subject: 1st International Pragmatics Conference of the Americas E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 1st International Pragmatics Conference of the Americas Short Title: AMPRA Date: 19-Oct-2012 - 21-Oct-2012 Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Contact Person: Pilar Garces Blitvich Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://clas-pages.uncc.edu/ampra/ Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories; Pragmatics; Semantics; Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2012 Meeting Description: 1st International Pragmatics Conference of the Americas and the 5th International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics October 19-21, 2012, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA The goal of the joint conference is to promote both theoretical and applied research in pragmatics, and bring together scholars who are interested in different subfields of pragmatics (philosophical, linguistic, cognitive, social, intercultural, interlanguage, etc.). Three parallel sessions will be held on the following topics: (i) Pragmatics theories: neo-Gricean approaches, relevance theory, theory of mind, meaning, role of context, semantics-pragmatics interface, explicature, implicature, speech act theory, presuppositions, im/politeness, experimental pragmatics, etc. (ii) Intercultural and cross-cultural aspects of pragmatics: research involving more than one language and culture or varieties of one language, lingua franca, bilinguals' language use, intercultural misunderstandings, effect of dual language and multilingual systems on the development and use of pragmatic skills, etc. (iii) Applications: usage and corpus-based approaches, pragmatic competence, discourse, teachability and learnability of pragmatic skills, pragmatic variations within one language and across languages, developmental pragmatics, etc. Conference Website: http://clas-pages.uncc.edu/ampra/ (under development; further information will be added when available) Email address for inquires: AmPra12gmail.com Confirmed Plenary Speakers: Laurence Horn (Yale University) Kasia Jaszczolt (University of Cambridge) Istvan Kecskes (State University of New York, Albany) Robin Lakoff (University of California, Berkeley) John Perry (Stanford University Conference Fee: Regular registration: $180 (includes coffee breaks) Early bird registration (before 30 June 2010): $150 Students (with valid I.D.): $80 Venue: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Center City Building http://centercity.uncc.edu/ Call for Papers: Abstracts (max. 300 words) are invited for papers on any topic relevant to the fields of pragmatics and intercultural communication. Online submission is at: http://clas-pages.uncc.edu/ampra/ or send as an email attachment to AmPra12gmail.com. Abstract deadline: 15 April 2012 Notification of acceptance: 1 June 2012 Please, include your name, affiliation and e-mail address. Abstracts will be double-blind peer-reviewed, and should include sufficient details to allow reviewers to judge the scientific merits of the work. Paper presentations will be allowed 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions. All presentations will be in English. Publication: There volumes of selected papers (theories; applications; intercultural aspects): Mouton de Gruyter, John Benjamins, and Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 24-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.