LINGUIST List 21.2578

Sat Jun 12 2010

Calls: Anthro Ling, Pragmatics, Semantics/Japan

Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.org>

        1.    Keizo Nanri, Oita Text Forum Workshop Round 2
Message 1: Oita Text Forum Workshop Round 2
Date: 12-Jun-2010
From: Keizo Nanri <keizo-nanricc.oita-u.ac.jp>
Subject: Oita Text Forum Workshop Round 2
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Full Title: Oita Text Forum Workshop Round 2 Short Title: OTF Workshop Round 2

Date: 05-Dec-2010 - 05-Dec-2010 Location: Oita, Japan Contact Person: Keizo Nanri Meeting Email: keizo-nanricc.oita-u.ac.jp Web Site: http://www.oitatextforum.com/

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Pragmatics; Semantics

Call Deadline: 31-Oct-2010

Meeting Description:

What is the OTF?

The Oita Text Forum was founded in August 2009 by 5 scholars in Japan and China. The goals of the OTF are to:

-Provide an open forum where researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds can exchange information and share knowledge of how texts are produced and structured, and; -Elucidate the process of text generation from social or cognitive or socio-cognitive perspectives.

The OTF defines text as any form of structured semiotic entity, and includes:

-linguistic texts, whether written or spoken -paintings, sculptures, and any form of art -film -architecture -dance, etc. -any combination of these semiotic modes

For more details, please contact Keizo Nanri at keizo-nanri AT cc.oita- u.ac.jp.

Call For Papers

OTF Workshop Round 2

Theme: Text, Function, and Context Date: Sunday 5th December 2010 Venue: Compal Hall, Oita, Japan Registration: Free

The Oita Text Forum (OTF) is pleased to invite you to participate in OTF Workshop Round 2.

OTF Workshop Round 2 focuses on fundamental elements in understanding the relationship between text, context, beliefs (including ideology and semiotic or knowledge base), and material situational setting.

Specifically, we may explore questions such as:

-What is the relation between text and the context of situation? -What can we say about (the context of) culture in relation to text generation? And how does the former affect the latter? -What is the relationship between the context of situation and material situational setting? -To what extent, if any, do extra-linguistic features play in formulating descriptions of texts?

The OTF welcomes scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds.

You may present a 30-minute long paper (a 20-minute presentation, followed by a 10-minute discussion) or a 60-minute workshop.

Please send a 300-word abstract (if you wish to read a paper) or a 600- word abstract (if you wish to present a workshop) to keizo-nanri AT cc.oita- u.ac.jp. Workshops must be interactive and involve the audience, and abstracts must clearly outline how the workshop will proceed. The deadline for abstract submission is 31st October 2010.

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