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Fri Apr 09 2010

Confs: Pragmatics/Switzerland

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        1.    Miriam Locher, 5th International Symposium on Politeness
Message 1: 5th International Symposium on Politeness
Date: 08-Apr-2010
From: Miriam Locher <miriam.locherunibas.ch>
Subject: 5th International Symposium on Politeness
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5th International Symposium on Politeness

Date: 30-Jun-2010 - 02-Jul-2010 Location: Basel, Switzerland Contact: Miriam Locher Contact Email: miriam.locherunibas.ch

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics

Meeting Description:

The Fifth Symposium on Politeness:

Special theme:

"Politeness and Impoliteness, On- and Off-line"

Date:

30th of June to 2nd of July 2010.

Plenary Speakers:

Derek Bousfield (confirmed) Alexandra Georgakopoulou (confirmed) Michael Haugh (confirmed) Richard J. Watts (confirmed)

Location:

University of Basel, Switzerland

Scope:

The special focus of this three-day conference is on issues of face-enhancing, face maintaining and face-aggravating language communication in computer-mediated communication of all types.

''The Fifth International Symposium on Politeness'' (30 June - 2 July 2010), Basel, Switzerland, is now open for registration, www.sympol.unibas.ch

The special theme for the Basel conference is "Politeness and Impoliteness, On- and Offline" and thus focuses on language usage in computer-mediated communication (CMC).

For registration, please go to the following link: www.sympol.unibas.ch Conditions for early registration are valid until 30 April 2010. Presenters of papers and posters should register at the latest by 31 May 2010.

The conference fees include coffee breaks, lunch on three days and the conference material:

Conference Package:

Early registration regular delegate: 180 Swiss francs (CHF) Normal registration regular delegate: 210 Swiss francs (CHF) Early registration student delegate: 150 Swiss francs (CHF) Normal registration student delegate: 180 Swiss francs (CHF)

Conference for single days:

Early registration regular delegate: 80 Swiss francs (CHF) Normal registration regular delegate: 90 Swiss francs (CHF) Early registration student delegate: 50 Swiss francs (CHF) Normal registration student delegate: 60 Swiss francs (CHF)

(Note: 1 CHF ~ 0.68 EUR ~ 0.93 USD; 16/2/2010)

The conference dinner is optional and costs 95 Swiss francs. You can register for it online as well. It will be held in a charming old guild hall in the heart of medieval Basel on the first night of the conference (Wednesday 30 June, 2010).

The conference website at www.sympol.unibas.ch gives you further details on how to travel to Basel and offers a range of hotels at a special rate as well (see links on the left). Through Basel tourism, you can also register for an optional guided tour of Basel.

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