LINGUIST List 23.542 Thu Feb 02 2012 Calls: Translation, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics/Finland 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.     Irmeli Helin , MultiMeDialecTrans2012 Message 1: MultiMeDialecTrans2012 Date: 02-Feb-2012 From: Irmeli Helin <irmhelutu.fi> Subject: MultiMeDialecTrans2012 E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: MultiMeDialecTrans2012 Short Title: MMDT2010 Date: 03-May-2012 - 05-May-2012 Location: Turku, Finland Contact Person: Irmeli Helin Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://mmdtgroup.net/2011/09/26/call-for-paper-mmdt-turku-2012/ Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics; Translation Call Deadline: 29-Feb-2012 Meeting Description: MultiMeDialecTranslation - MMDT2012 5th Conference of the Translation of Dialects and Dialects in Multimedia University of Turku (Finland) 3-5 May 2012 The conference is directed at academics from various disciplines as well as translators and students who are interested in the translation of dialects in multimedia contexts. The conference will concentrate on a complex, interdisciplinary subject area involving linguistics, communication studies, film studies and translation studies as well as other areas of cultural studies, sociology and other disciplines. The main topics to be covered at the conference include dubbing, subtitling films in dialect and linguistic varieties; theatre translation; cultural transfer processes in the characteristics of dialects; archaisms, regionalisms, varieties in the continuum between dialect and standard language; diglossia (national language and regional or local language; 'official' and 'non-official' language); the use of new technologies in the translation of dialect. More information about evening programs and excursions will be provided later on. Keynote Speakers: Prof. Kaisa Häkkinen, University of Turku, Finland Prof. Camilla Wide, University of Turku, Finland Prof. Silvija Borovnik, University of Maribor, Slovenia Prof. Giovanni Nadiani, University of Bologna, Forlì, Italy Registration: irmhelutu.fi Conference fee: Euros 60,00, students Euros 30,00 Call for Papers: To these areas the Host Committee welcomes proposals for 20-minute papers. Papers are welcome in the conference languages indicated. Papers presented in languages other than English will require a further abstract in English to be distributed as a hand-out during their presentation. Conference languages: English, German, Italian, Finnish, Swedish The deadline for sending abstracts in one of the official Conference languages and in English (500 words) is 29 February 2012. The Scientific Committee will return its decision around 30 March. Abstracts: http://mmdtgroup.net/2011/09/26/call-for-paper-mmdt-turku-2012/ Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 02-Feb-2012       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.