2nd Call │ 1st International Conference on Discourse Pragmatics
First International Conference on Discourse Pragmatics (Second Call)
Discourse as social practice plays a vital role in interpersonal, intergroup and even international communication and interaction. In fact, the existence and progress of human society cannot go without discourse, which can be evidenced in meaning making or identity construction on the part of social members, or in the development of social life and foreign-oriented communication on the part of a nation.
Recent years have witnessed a growing awareness of the necessity and feasibility of a ‘marriage’between discourse studies and pragmatics, resulting in a lot of research devoted to exploring, from various perspectives, the theoretical significance and practical value of discourse pragmatics as a discipline. Although discourse pragmatics has been developing rapidly, there are still various fundamental questions that remain to be answered. In view of this, the First International Conference on Discourse Pragmatics is scheduled to be held from 21 to 23 October 2022.
This conference will be hosted by Zhejiang International Studies University located in Hangzhou, China, organized by the School of English Studies and the Institute of Discourse Pragmatics, and co-organized by Journal of Zhejiang International Studies University, Springer and John Benjamins. Given various uncertainties due to the pandemic, this will be mainly an online conference. We are looking forward to your participation in this great event.
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Conference theme
Discourse Pragmatics and Communication
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Conference host
Zhejiang International Studies University
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Conference organizers
School of English Studies, Zhejiang International Studies University
Institute of Discourse Pragmatics, Zhejiang International Studies University
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Conference co-organizers
Journal of Zhejiang International Studies University
Springer
John Benjamins
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Conference topics (include but are not limited to)
1. Theorizing discourse pragmatics
2. Methodology of Discourse pragmatics
3. Discourse pragmatics and interpersonal / institutional interaction
4. Discourse pragmatics and (im)politeness
5. Discourse pragmatics and social media
6. Discourse pragmatics and syntax
7. Discourse pragmatics and translation / interpreting
8. Discourse pragmatics and language teaching / learning
9. Discourse pragmatics and cognition
10. Discourse pragmatics and literature
11. Discourse pragmatics and philosophy
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Keynote speakers
Pilar G. Blitvich (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
CHEN Xinren (Nanjing University)
FENG Zongxin (Tsinghua University)
Anita Fetzer (University of Augsburg)
Helmut Gruber (University of Vienna)
Michael Haugh (University of Queensland)
HONG Gang (Zhejiang International Studies University)
HUANG Guowen (South China Agricultural University)
Istvan Kecskes (State University of New York at Albany)
Carmen Lee (The Chinese University of Hong Kong )
MIAO Xingwei (Beijing Normal University)
Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen (University of Helsinki)
Elda Weizman (Bar Ilan University)
XIA Dengshan (Beijing Foreign Studies University)
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Themed panels
1. Cultural branding on social media
Chair: CHEN Jingli
Email: jlc_zisu@126.com
2. Pragmatics, literature and philosophy
Chair: FAN Weina
Email: newhelen_1214@126.com
3. Discourse of violence: Pragmatic perspectives
Chair: GENG Wenwen
Email: sdu401@hotmail.com
4. Multimodal discourse pragmatics
Chair: HUANG Lihe
Email: cranehlh@tongji.edu.cn
5. Discourse pragmatics and interpersonal interaction
Chair: LI Chengtuan
Email: lichengtuan@163.com
6. Business discourse pragmatics in the context of digitalization and globalization
Chair: LIU Ping
Email: liuping0825@163.com
7. The pragmatics of online medical discourse
Chair: MAO Yansheng
Email: wiltonmao@163.com
8. Discourse pragmatics and (im)politeness
Chair: XIE Chaoqun
Email: xie_chaoqun@foxmail.com
9. Discourse pragmatics and language teaching / learning
Chair: YING Jieqiong
Email: yjq@zisu.edu.cn
10. Discourse pragmatics and internet communication
Chair: YUAN Zhoumin
Email: yuanzhoumin@163.com
11. Identity and humour in interaction
Chair: ZHANG Wei
Email: zhangwei_fj@163.com
12. Interface between pragmatics and cognitive linguistics
Chair: ZHANG Yanfei
Email: ishamcook@qq.com
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Date and venue
Date: 21-23 October 2022
Venue: Tencent/VooV Meeting (online)
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Registration fees
Free of charge
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Conference language
English
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Submission of abstracts
1. All abstracts should be prepared in English.
2. Abstracts for themed panels (min. 250 and max. 500 words including keywords and references) should be submitted directly to respective panel chairs (deadline: 5 September 2022, 12:00 PM, Beijing Time).
3. Abstracts for lectures (min. 250 and max. 500 words including keywords and references) should be submitted to dispragmatics@foxmail.com (deadline: 5 September 2022, 12:00 PM, Beijing Time).
4. You are requested to submit your abstract as an MS Word document, with the file name being “name + paper title.”You are also requested to enclose, on a separate page, all authors’names, affiliations, professional titles, email addresses, etc.
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Notification of acceptance of abstracts
15 September 2022
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Selection of best papers by PhD candidates
Doctoral students are encouraged to submit unpublished full-text papers related to discourse pragmatics for the competition of best papers. The papers should be submitted to dispragmatics@foxmail.com by 30 August 2022 (12:00 PM, Beijing Time). The number of best papers will be limited to four or five. Three winners will be able to receive a complimentary book (in either print or e-copy) from the series Advances in (Im)politeness Studies (Springer) and the remaining one or two will receive a complimentary private e-subscription to the journal Internet Pragmatics (John Benjamins) for one year.
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Conference email
dispragmatics@foxmail.com
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