18th International Congress of Linguistics

Seoul, Korea, July 21-26, 2008

http://www.cil18.org/

Parallel Session of Designated Topic 4:

Intercultural Pragmatics, Language and Society [http://www.cil18.org/Topic/CIL%2018-Topic-4.htm]
Organizer: Shoshana Blum-Kulka, Hebrew University
mskcusb@huji.ac.il

Proposals are invited for thirty minute papers (20 minutes for presentation plus 10 minutes for questions), in English, on any topic relating to the general domain of intercultural pragmatics, language and society. Of particular interest will be research that fits within the four sub-panels planned for this parallel session. Proposals can be sent directly to sub-panel organizers with a copy to the session chair.  Abstracts are accepted until August 31.

Interculturality as Discursive Construction
Sub-panel organizer: Gabriele Kasper, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
gkasper@hawaii.edu

Historical Pragmatics of Religious Cultures
Sub-panel organizer: Menahem Blondheim, Hebrew University
mblond@huji.ac.il

Globalization of Discourse
Sub-panel organizer: Juliane House, Hamburg University
jhouse@uni-hamburg.de

International Workplace Communication
Sub-panel organizer: Johannes Wagner, The University of Southern Denmark
jwa@sitkom.sdu.dk