FOS: Fwd: DiPVaC4, University of Helsinki, 28-30 May 2018

[Suzanne Evans Wagner]

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From: Peterson, Elizabeth <elizabeth.peterson at helsinki.fi>
Date: Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:59 AM
Subject: DiPVaC4, University of Helsinki, 28-30 May 2018
To: <DIPVAC at jiscmail.ac.uk>


*CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS AND SAVE THE DATE*



Discourse-Pragmatic Variation & Change (DiPVaC) is a biennial international
conference series which was devised to further the *quantitative analysis
of variation and change at the level of discourse-pragmatics*. DiPVaC4 will
be held from May 28 to 30, 2018, at the University of Helsinki. The
confirmed plenarists are:



Yael Maschler, University of Haifa

Terttu Nevalainen, University of Helsinki

Heike Pichler, Newcastle University



The first call for papers will go out in the spring of 2017.



In the meantime, we invite* proposals for workshops* to be held at DiPVaC4.
Workshops must be hands-on and offer participants new methods, tools and/or
applications for corpus-based, quantitative analyses of discourse-pragmatic
variation and change. Proposals must be submitted by e-mail to the
conference organizer, Elizabeth Peterson (Elizabeth.peterson at helsinki.fi),
and will be evaluated by the DiPVaC steering committee according to
originality and impact.



Proposals must include the following information:

1. Details of workshop organizer(s) (and facilitators), including names,
affiliations, e-mail addresses and a short description of research expertise

2. Workshop title

3. Workshop length (maximum 3 hours including breaks)

4. Room/technical requirements (e.g. computer lab, seminar room)

5. Workshop description and delivery format (max. 500 words)





Proposal submission deadline: January 16, 2017

Notification of acceptance: February 17, 2017


Looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki,


Elizabeth



Elizabeth Peterson, PhD
University Lecturer, English Philology
Department of Modern Languages, University of Helsinki
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