Spanish in Society Conference 2006
EnglishThe goal of this Symposium is to bring together researchers working on sociolinguistics, pragmatics, conversation and discourse analysis, and reflect the growth of interest in these and related areas of Hispanic linguistics. To see the programmes for previous related symposia (Surrey, 2002) and Southampton, 2004), go to:www.surrey.ac.uk/LIS/Spanish/simposio.html (2002)www.lang.soton.ac.uk/symposium/ (2004)There will be two types of presentation; short papers of approximately 30 minutes (including time for discussion); and plenary lectures by invited keynote speakers. The languages of the symposium will be Spanish and English.Confirmed keynote speakers: Prof. José Luis Blas Arroyo (Universitat Jaume I, Castellón - Spain)Dr. Jane Freeland (Universidad de Southampton - UK) Prof. Isolda Carranza (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - Argentina) Prof. Susan Berk-Seligson (Vanderbilt University - USA) Call for papersYou are invited to send abstracts (maximum 300 words). Methodologies used may range from the theoretical to the empirical and studies should be drawn from the following areas: Hispanic pragmatics, (interactional) sociolinguistics, discourse and conversation analysis. You may also submit contrastive studies, either between different varieties of Spanish or between Spanish and other languages, or studies in applied linguistics relating to the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language.Call Deadline: Saturday, October 1st, 2005.Procedure for submission: Send an electronic abstract stating your home institution to: m.m.stewart@strath.ac.uk. It is intended to publish selected papers. If you are interested, please submit a copy of your article to the reception desk of the symposium on arrival. The organisers will contact you in due course regarding potential publishers and format required.