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Call for Papers Theme: Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication Type: 6th International Conference Institution: Institute of Linguistics, University of Malta Intercultural Pragmatics Journal Location: Valetta (Malta) Date: 30.5.–1.6.2014 Deadline: 20.12.2013 __________________________________________________ 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 – 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’ and heritage speakers’ 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: interculturalpragmatics2...@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 Plenary Speakers Robyn Carston (University College London & CSMN, University of Oslo) Jonathan Culpeper (Lancaster University) Istvan Kecskes (State University of New York, Albany) Kepa Korta (University of the Basque Country) Conference Convenors Stavros Assimakopoulos (University of Malta) Istvan Kecskes (State University of New York at Albany) Contact: Dr Stavros Assimakopoulos 6th International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication Email: interculturalpragmatics2...@um.edu.mt Web: http://www.um.edu.mt/events/interculturalpragmatics2014 __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________