LINGUIST List 22.5141 Wed Dec 21 2011 Calls: English, Discourse Analysis, Socioling, Pragmatics/Poland 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.     Monika Pieczynska , British/American TV Series - Young Researchers Conference Message 1: British/American TV Series - Young Researchers Conference Date: 19-Dec-2011 From: Monika Pieczynska <textscodesgmail.com> Subject: British/American TV Series - Young Researchers Conference E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: British/American TV Series - Young Researchers Conference Date: 25-Feb-2012 - 25-Feb-2012 Location: Lodz, Poland Contact Person: Monika Pieczynska Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Semantics; Sociolinguistics Subject Language(s): English Call Deadline: 04-Feb-2012 Meeting Description: A Young Researchers Conference on 'British and American TV Series' 25 February 2012 We have the pleasure to invite M.A. and PhD students interested in linguistics, culture studies, media studies, and sociology to participate in the conference organized by the 'Texts & Codes' student society at the Institute of English Studies, University of Lodz, Poland. Though our society is mainly linguistically/semiotically oriented, we fully appreciate the importance of interdisciplinary research, which is particularly relevant in the case of the broad theme of our conference. Depending on the number of prospective participants, the conference may be extended to two days (25-26 February 2012). There is no conference fee. The venue for the conference will be the Institute of English Studies in Lodz, al. Kosciuszki 65. We can advise you on finding accommodation. For more information, contact: Monika Pieczynska Email: textscodesgmail.com Call for Papers: We invite papers concerning (but not limited to) the following areas: - The linguistic characteristics of the particular series - The interaction of the verbal and non-verbal elements - Intertextuality - Humor and the absurd - Perspectives and points of view - The social and cultural contexts of the series Abstracts of 200-300 words should be sent to textscodesgmail.com by 4 February 2012 at the latest. The language of the conference is English. The presentation time is 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for discussion. A selection of the papers (positively reviewed as fulfilling academic criteria) may be accepted for publication. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-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.