LINGUIST List 22.5102 Sun Dec 18 2011 Calls: Cognitive Sci, Psycholing, Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics/Russia 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.     Elena Borisova , Understanding by Communication-6 Message 1: Understanding by Communication-6 Date: 17-Dec-2011 From: Elena Borisova <efcomconflist.ru> Subject: Understanding by Communication-6 E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Understanding by Communication-6 Short Title: UbC'6 Date: 22-Nov-2012 - 24-Nov-2012 Location: Yaroslavl', Russia Contact Person: Elena Borisova Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://efcomconf10.ucoz.ru Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis; Philosophy of Language; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics Call Deadline: 01-Jun-2012 Meeting Description: The Conference series 'Understanding by communication' was started in 2003 in Moscow Humanitarian Institute and the next meetings took place in Moscow State University and Moscow City Teachers Training University (with co-operation of the Russian Academy of Science). They were attended by linguists, psychologists, computer science specialists, sociologists and other specialists from more than 30 cities of Russia, from Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, the USA, Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, Iran, Malaysia, China and others. Research Scope: Understanding of verbal messages, language units in the process of understanding texts Semiotics of understanding Understanding in non-verbal communication Cognitive, pragmatic and discourse analytic aspects of understanding and production Psychological analysis of understanding Skills of understanding in first and second language acquisitions Understanding in social, political and historical communication Understanding of mass-media and advertising Understanding of arts and literature Hermeneutic and philosophical problems of understanding Understanding in the computer assisted communication Call for Papers: The languages of presentations are English, Russian, German, French (translation into English will be available). Abstracts (no more than 3600 letters) are to be sent by June 1 2012 to efcomconflist.ru. Important Dates: Paper submission: June 1, 2012 Notification of acceptance: August 1, 2012 (for those who needs visa), September 1, 2012 Program: November 1, 2012 Registration after arrival. Registration fee is not obligatory. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 18-Dec-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.