LINGUIST List 22.687 Thu Feb 10 2011 Confs: Discourse Analysis, Psycholing, Socioling/Belgium Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.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.     Liesbeth Degand , Across the Line of Speech and Writing Variation Message 1: Across the Line of Speech and Writing Variation Date: 10-Feb-2011 From: Liesbeth Degand <liesbeth.deganduclouvain.be> Subject: Across the Line of Speech and Writing Variation E-mail this message to a friend Across the Line of Speech and Writing Variation Short Title: LPTS2011 Date: 16-Nov-2011 - 18-Nov-2011 Location: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Contact: Liesbeth Degand Contact Email: lpts2011uclouvain.be Meeting URL: http://www.uclouvain.be/lpts2011 Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics Meeting Description: After a first edition in Paris in September 2009, the second edition of Linguistic & Psycholinguistic Approaches to Text Structuring (LPTS2011) will be organized next fall at the University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium). The aim of the conference is to consider text and discourse structure from the perspective of language variation, with a special focus on the distinction between language modes (spoken vs. written) (Biber 1988) and the degree of formality involved (Chafe & Danielewicz 1987). The medium we use to communicate (oral, written or even gestural) plays an important role in the choice we make, consciously or not, when structuring our discourse. However, a more nuanced view, which overrules the traditional dichotomy between speech and writing, consists in situating discourse on a stylistic continuum between a formal and an informal pole ('communicative distance and proximity') (Koch & Österreicher 2001). Keynote speakers - Maria Josep Cuenca (University of Valencia) 'The role(s) of discourse markers in oral and written argumentative texts' - Diana Lewis (University of Lyon 2) 'The emergence of discourse markers from discourse constructions' - Dorit Ravid (Tel Aviv University) 'Syntactic complexity in discourse production across different text types: a developmental perspective' - Mark Torrance (Nottingham Trent University) 'Micro and macro-level processes in the production of single sentences and extended texts. Evidence from keystrokes and eye movements' Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 10-Feb-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.