LINGUIST List 23.1703: Calls: Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Typology, Historical Ling/Hong Kong

LINGUIST List 23.1703
Tue Apr 03 2012 Calls: Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Typology, Historical Ling/Hong Kong Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 02-Apr-2012 From: Tak-Sum Wong <egwtsinet.polyu.edu.hk> Subject: Workshop on Stance in Discourse: Functional, Typological and Diachronic Perspectives E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Workshop on Stance in Discourse: Functional, Typological and Diachronic Perspectives Date: 07-May-2012 - 09-May-2012 Location: Hung Hom, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong Contact Person: Marco Caboara Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/events/stance/ Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Historical Linguistics; Pragmatics; Typology Call Deadline: 10-Apr-2012 Meeting Description: Workshop on Stance in Discourse: Functional, Typological and Diachronic Perspectives May 7-9, 2012 Hong Kong Polytechnic University In celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Department of English proudly hosts a workshop on Stance and Discourse to be held on May 7-9, 2012. This workshop is the second in a series of workshops on Stance Phenomena, with the first workshop held in July 2011 and the third scheduled for Sept 2012. Research on stance (i.e. the speakers' encoding of their source of information, value judgments, degree of commitment, personal feelings, attitude, etc.) is gaining increasing attention in recent years. The objective of this workshop is to explore stance marking in different languages and different social domains, in particular public discourse in political, media, healthcare, business and service encounter settings, in addition to informal conversations at home and in the workplace. Registration is free for every participant, and lunch and coffee breaks are included. Call for Papers: Among the questions to be addressed are the following: (a) What do stance markers do? (b) How do they interact with each other? (c) What is their origin and how do they evolve? (d) How are they used in different languages, text types and discourse settings? (e) What is the pragmatic motivation for their usage? (f) How are they modeled in different theoretical frameworks? Potential contributors are encouraged to submit abstracts on the above or closely related topics to Abhishek Kumar at egakumarinet.polyu.edu.hk. Deadline for abstract submission: April 10, 2012 Notification of acceptance: April 20, 2012 Registration by May 1, 2012 For any enquiry please write to marco.caboarainet.polyu.edu.hk. For further information please visit: http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/events/stance This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year. See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund Drive 2012 site! http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/ There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST! You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so, go to: https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation/ The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor. Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates such a program. Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST! Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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