LINGUIST List 22.4621 Sat Nov 19 2011 Calls: Discourse Analysis/Croatia 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.     Gabrijela Kisicek , International Conference on Rhetoric (Days of Ivo Skarić) Message 1: International Conference on Rhetoric (Days of Ivo Skarić) Date: 19-Nov-2011 From: Gabrijela Kisicek <gkisicekffzg.hr> Subject: International Conference on Rhetoric (Days of Ivo Skarić) E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: International Conference on Rhetoric (Days of Ivo Skarić) Short Title: DIS Date: 19-Apr-2012 - 22-Apr-2012 Location: Postira, Island Brac, Croatia Contact Person: Gabrijela Kisicek Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2012 Meeting Description: International Conference on Rhetoric 'Days of Ivo Skarić' is the first scientific conference on rhetoric in Croatia. It is an international meeting for the purpose of presenting recent research within the interdisciplinary field of rhetoric and argumentation theory, as well as neighboring disciplines. It bears the name of Professor Emeritus Ivo Skarić was interested in various areas of phonetics, defined as the science of speech. Exploring the phenomenon of speech communications, he revealed a natural connection between phonetics and rhetoric, both in the education and the evaluation of public speakers (politicians, teachers, etc.). The organizers hope that this meeting, which is a first, becomes a regular meeting point for rhetoricians from around the world, and that it will contribute to the further development of rhetoric. Call for Papers: Scholars working in the field of rhetoric and neighboring disciplines are invited to submit. Submission Guidelines: 1. Abstracts should be submitted no later than 15th January 2012 by email to disffzg.hr. 2. Following a peer review process, notifications of acceptance will be sent by 15th February 2012. 3. Abstracts should be written in Croatian or English and should not exceed 500 words, excluding author details (name and affiliation) and references. 4. Abstracts should include a description of the research, aim and method and the most important results. 5. Conference papers will be published in the Proceedings. Conference themes include, but are not limited to: Argumentation and Law History of Rhetoric Rhetoric and Philosophy Media Rhetoric Rhetoric of Political Discourse Rhetoric of Religious Discourse Rhetoric of Scientific Discourse Rhetoric in Education Argumentation Theory Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 19-Nov-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.