The University of Queensland, School of Languages and Cultures announces
The 9th International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication
INPRA 2020
12 – 14 June 2020
The University of Queensland, Brisbane St Lucia Campus
Conference Convenors:
Prof Michael Haugh (The University of Queensland, Australia)
Dr Valeria Sinkeviciute (The University of Queensland, Australia)
Prof István Kecskés (State University of New York, Albany, USA)
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Contact
Email: inpra2020@uq.edu.au
Important Dates
First Call for Papers: September 1, 2019
Early Abstract deadline:
December 15, 2019
Early Acceptance notification:
January 31, 2020
Regular Abstract deadline:
January 31, 2019
Regular Acceptance notification:
March 1, 2020
Early bird registration: February 1, 2020
Early bird registration ends: March 31, 2020
Regular registration from: April 1, 2020
Deadline for registration: May 25, 2020
Provisional programme: May 15, 2020
Final programme: June 5, 2020
INPRA2020
The 9th International Conference on
Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication
June 12-14, 2020
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia
Call for Papers
The 9th International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication (INPRA) will be held 12-14 June 2020 at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. The main aim of INPRA is to bring together researchers from around the world who have diverse scientific backgrounds but share the same field of interest – pragmatics, broadly understood as a cognitive, philosophical, social, and intercultural perspective on language and communication.
Abstracts (max. 300 words) are invited for papers on any topic relevant to the fields of pragmatics and intercultural communication, including but not limited to:
(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, 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, computer 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.
Presentations will be 20-minutes long plus 10 minutes for questions. All presentations will be in English.
Individual papers:
Individual papers will be thematically grouped into parallel sessions depending on the area of research.
Panels:
Panels of 3 or 6 papers are welcome. Panel organisers need to submit their panel proposal (max. 400 words; including the accepted panel contributors’ names and presentation titles) via the submission system by the due date. Please make sure that your panel consists of 3 or 6 contributions.
Panel papers:
Panel contributors whose papers have been accepted by the panel organisers need to submit their abstracts via the submission system at the same time as the panel proposal by the due date.
Please note that no one can be presenting as first author more than twice.
Abstract submission:
Please submit your abstract via EasyAbs: http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/inpra2020
Abstract Submission
Please submit your abstract via EasyAbs:
Call for Papers Infosheet
Contact
Email: inpra2020@uq.edu.au
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Abstract submission deadline |
Notification of acceptance |
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Early |
December 15, 2019 |
January 31, 2020 |
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Regular |
January 31, 2020 |
March 1, 2020 |
Nick Enfield, The University of Sydney
Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr., University of California, Santa Cruz
Janet Holmes, Victoria University of Wellington
István Kecskés, State University of New York
A preliminary program will be available in May 2020.
Registration fee (in Australian dollars) covers all conference materials, morning tea and lunch breaks:
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Early bird registration |
Regular registration |
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Full: $350 Student*: $250 |
Full: $400 Student*: $300 |
*Students will need to provide a valid student card upon registration.
Travel Guide
Brisbane delivers a first-class travel and transport network making it an easy and cost effective choice for conference delegates.
Welcome to Brisbane!
Queensland's capital city Brisbane is known as Australia's New World City. Innovative, modern and welcoming, Brisbane has been rated in the top 30 per cent of the world's fastest-growing cities and in the top 10 cities in the world for lifestyle and talent.
Easily accessible, Brisbane is serviced by one of Australia's fastest growing airports with a network of direct flights from 31 international and 50 domestic destinations. As the closest eastern seaboard capital city to Asia, Brisbane offers frequent flights to various Asia Pacific destinations and is a transfer hub from major European destinations. Direct flights arrive several times a day from Asia, the United States, New Zealand, the Pacific and the Middle East.
International flights from Brisbane
Brisbane International Airport boasts an extensive network of direct flights to international destinations including but not limited to:
- Singapore
- Hong Kong
- Bangkok
- Shanghai
- Auckland
- Dubai
- Los Angeles
- Vancouver
This allows easy access for international delegates to travel home.
Brisbane city remains compact and well connected, allowing delegates to easily walk between venues, hotels, parklands, cultural attractions, entertainment precincts and dining locations.
A range of travel and accommodation suggestions will be available closer to the conference.
The University of Queensland
Located just seven kilometres from Brisbane's city centre (accessible by car or public transport), UQ St Lucia is renowned as one of Australia's most attractive university campuses.