DiPVaC5: Discourse-Pragmatic Variation and Change 5 Hybrid conference held online and in-person at The University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia, December 14-16, 2021 |
Conference website | https://www.dipvac.org/dipvac-5.html |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dipvac5 |
Poster | download |
Abstract registration deadline | June 30, 2021 |
Submission deadline | June 30, 2021 |
Notification of acceptance | July 30, 2021 |
DiPVaC is a biennial international conference series showcasing cutting-edge research into quantitative approaches to variation and change in what are broadly termed ‘discourse-pragmatic features’: this includes (but is not limited to) research on discourse markers or pragmatic particles whose primary functions are interpersonal and textual (e.g. well, like, you know, comme, alors, doch, zwar, diciamo, dakedo, etc.); tag questions; silence; filled pauses; adjectives; adverbs; and general extenders.
DiVaC5 was postponed in 2020 and is now taking place in 2021. Anyone accepted for DiPVaC 2020 has automatically been given the opportunity to be included in the 2021 program; however, considering the delay, we are re-issuing the call for papers for anyone who now has new research that they wish to present this year.
The conference builds on an extensive international research network (see https://www.dipvac.org/) and a track record of profiling the latest research in discourse-pragmatic variation and change in a wide variety of languages. It also provides a forum for the discussion of methodological, empirical and theoretical advancements in the analysis of variation and change in the use of discourse-pragmatic features; opportunities for the examination of the social implications and applications of research into the use of these features; and the formation of new international and multidisciplinary research networks.
Submission Guidelines
Abstracts are welcomed for oral presentations which take a quantitative approach to data analysis and deal with diverse aspects of discourse-pragmatic variation and change in any language or variety. This is the first time the conference will take place in the Asia-Pacific region; and as such, research on the following is particularly encouraged: discourse-pragmatic variation and change in contexts of language contact; patterns of discourse-pragmatic variation and change in minority and/or under-described languages; the acquisition of discourse-pragmatic variation by second language learners and bilingual speakers.
Presentations will be in English, and will be 20 minutes long, followed by a 10-minute question period. This is a single-session conference (i.e., there are no parallel sessions). We welcome papers dealing with, but not restricted to, the following topics:
- sociolinguistic patterns of discourse-pragmatic variation and change;
- discourse-pragmatic variation and change in contexts of language contact;
- quantitative studies addressing the grammaticalization of discourse-pragmatic features;
- contrastive/cross-linguistic studies of discourse-pragmatic variation and change;
- methods in the quantitative analysis of discourse-pragmatic features;
- social and geographical diffusion patterns of innovative discourse features;
- discourse-pragmatic features in the construction and negotiation of social identities;
- acquisition of discourse-pragmatic variation by children, L2 learners and bilingual speakers;
- discourse-pragmatic variation and change across the lifespan;
- socio-perceptual studies of discourse-pragmatic variation;
- discourse-pragmatic variation across interactional, situational and technological settings;
- implications and applications of discourse-pragmatic variation and change within and beyond linguistic theory.
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words in length (excluding title and references), and be single-spaced and in 12-point font. Please ensure that abstract content is properly anonymized in order to allow for blind review. You should copy and paste your abstract into the EasyChair submission form AND upload it as a PDF file.
Deadline for abstracts: Wednesday 30th June 2021, 23:59 Nieue time. Notification of acceptance by Friday 30th July 2021.
Committees
Conference organizer
Chloé Diskin-Holdaway (The University of Melbourne)
Conference secretary
Cedar Brown
Plenary Speakers
- Derek Denis (University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada): Discourse-pragmatic innovation in one of the world's most multicultural cities
- Janet Holmes (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand): Doing leadership in style: the contribution of pragmatic particles in New Zealand workplace interaction
- Ilana Mushin (The University of Queensland, Australia) & Lesley Stirling (The University of Melbourne, Australia): Be in the moment: attending to interactional context in analysing discourse-pragmatic variation
- Celeste Rodríguez-Louro (The University of Western Australia): The soul of language: Discourse-pragmatic variation and change in urban Aboriginal English
With special workshops on The acquisition of discourse-pragmatic variation led by Alexandra D'Arcy (University of Victoria, Canada)
and Integrating interactional methods into our analysis of discourse-pragmatic variation by Mirjam Eiswirth (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Venue
The conference will be held in hybrid format, both online and in-person at the University of Melbourne (Parkville campus), Melbourne, Australia.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to dipvac.network@gmail.com
Sponsors
ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language
School of Languages and Linguistics, The University of Melbourne
Ampersand - an international journal of general and applied linguistics