The Institute of Linguistics of the University of Malta and the
Intercultural Pragmatics Journal (Mouton de Gruyter) announce the 6th
International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics and
Communication\, 30 May 2014 &ndash\; 1 June 2014\, at the University of Malta
Valletta Campus.
Submissions
Abstracts (max. 300 words) are invited for papers on any topic
relevant to the fields of pragmatics and intercultural communication.
Three parallel sessions will be held on the following topics:
(i) Pragmatics theories: neo-Gricean approaches\, relevance theory\,
theory of mind\, meaning\, role of context\, semantics-pragmatics
interface\, explicature\, implicature\, grammaticalisation\, speech act
theory\, presuppositions\, im/politeness\, experimental pragmatics\, etc.
(ii) Intercultural\, cross-cultural and societal aspects of
pragmatics: research involving more than one language and culture or
varieties of one language\, lingua franca\, technologically mediated
communication\, bilinguals&rsquo\; and heritage speakers&rsquo\; language use\,
intercultural misunderstandings\, effect of dual language and
multilingual systems on the development and use of pragmatic skills\,
language of aggression and conflict\, etc.
(iii) Applications: usage and corpus-based approaches\, pragmatic
competence\, teachability and learnability of pragmatic skills\,
pragmatic variations within one language and across languages\,
developmental pragmatics\, etc.
An anonymous copy of your abstract should be submitted alongside your
name\, affiliation and contact details via email: interculturalpragmatics2014@um.edu.mt
All abstracts will be double-blind peer-reviewed\, and should include
sufficient details to allow reviewers to judge the scientific merits
of the work. Paper presentations will be allowed 20 minutes\, plus 10
minutes for questions. All presentations will be in English.
Abstract submission deadline: 20 December 2013
Notification of acceptance: 20 January 2014
Contact:
Dr Stavros Assimakopoulos
6th International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics and
Communication
Email: interculturalpragmatics2014@um.edu.mt
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