8th international pragmatics conference
Linguistic pluralism: policies, practices and
pragmatics
clac 7/
2001
Toronto, Canada 13-18 July 2003
Call
for papers deadline Nov 2002
The International
Pragmatics Association 8th conference will be held in
Ontario, Canada, in 2003. The conference will be open to all themes relevant to
the pragmatics of language in its widest sense as an interdisciplinary
cognitive, social, and cultural perspective. In addition, there is a special
theme: “Linguistic pluralism: policies, practices and pragmatics”.
From the Conference’s website: “This theme was chosen
for a variety of reasons. It permits one to link cognitive, linguistic, social
and political approaches to a phenomenon of long-standing interest in pragmatics
and of current theoretical, as well as social and policy importance. The theme
is one which also fits the venue, given Canada's historical involvement in
debates on such issues, and Toronto's profile as a major centre of new
globalized urban multilingualism. However, it is meant here to go beyond
traditional ideas about "multilingualism" understood as connecting
linguistic difference primarily to ethnic or national distinctions, and rather
to extend that concept to the links between language and all forms of social
difference and social inequality. The theme is also based on a commitment to
tying academic approaches to broader public debates.”
A formal call for papers
and panels will be launched in early 2002. The anticipated deadline will be 1
November 2002.
See the IPrA website http://ipra-www.uia.ac.be/ipra/
and the conference page
http://ipra-www.uia.ac.be/ipra/8th_conference.html
Organizers: Chair: Monica Heller
(University of Toronto); Local Site Committee: Bonnie McElhinny (University of Toronto),
Normand Labrie (University of Toronto), Donna Patrick (Brock University), Grit
Liebscher (University of Waterloo), Susan Ehrlich (York University), Ruth King
(York University)
© clac Circle of Linguistics Applied to
Communication/ Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación 7,
September 2001. ISSN 1576-4737.
http://www.ucm.es/info/circulo/no7/toronto.htm