We are pleased to reissue the Call for Papers for the 5th International Conference of the American Pragmatics Association (AMPRA-5), to be held 4-6 November 2022 at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A. The conference will have a hybrid format. The goal of this conference is to promote both theoretical and applied research in pragmatics, and to bring together scholars who are interested in different subfields of pragmatics (philosophical, linguistic, cognitive, social, intercultural, interlanguage, etc.). The four main topical strands of the conference are as follows:

(i) Pragmatic theories: neo-Gricean approaches, relevance theory, theory of mind, meaning, role of context, common ground, semantics-pragmatics interface, explicature, implicature, speech act theory, presuppositions, grammaticalization, im/politeness, etc.

(ii) Experimental pragmatics: models of language and meaning, experimental techniques, scalar implicatures, reference resolution, interpretation of figurative language, etc.

(iii) Intercultural, cross-cultural and societal aspects of pragmatics: research involving more than one language and culture, or varieties of one language, intercultural pragmatics, interlanguage pragmatics, variational pragmatics, social pragmatics, lingua franca, computer-mediated communication (CMC), 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.

(iv) Applications: usage and corpus-based approaches, pragmatic competence, teachability and learnability of pragmatic skills, pragmatic variations within one language and across languages, developmental pragmatics, cyber pragmatics, etc.

Keynote Speakers

Abstract Submission:

• Abstracts must be 250 words max. in length (including title, excluding references); 400 words max. in length for Panels (including title, excluding references). Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per person.

• Abstracts & proposals for all presentation formats must be submitted through EasyAbstracts (http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/ampra2022). The system opens March 15, 2022. When submitting the abstract or proposal, please specify your preference of format as well as the strand (i, ii, iii, iv) you would preferably like to be considered for.

  
  

• Presentation Formats:

• Panels: Panel organizers are expected to send their proposal (max. 400 words) with a list of possible participants to the conference committee. Panel sessions will be scheduled for no more than two timeslots (2x90 minutes).

• ‘Traditional’ Presentations:

• Papers submitted for this format must be research papers that present the results of a research project. Accepted papers will get 30 minutes for presentation, including discussion time.

• Short Presentations:

• Papers submitted for this format must be statement papers, work-in progress papers or opinion papers. Accepted papers will get 20 minutes for presentation, including discussion time.

• Poster Presentations:

• A poster presentation is regarded as an advertisement of an on-going project. It combines text and graphics to present a project in a way that is visually interesting and accessible.

• Submission portal opens: March 15, 2022 Final deadline: June 15, 2022 (no abstracts will be processed after this date) Notification of Acceptance: July 31, 2022.

• Details about the conference fees will be available soon. See the AMPRA website (link below) AMPRA membership:

• To submit an abstract for consideration, prospective participants are not required to be AMPRA members. However, if the abstract is accepted for presentation and the successful submitter wishes to participate at the conference, they must be a member of AMPRA. The membership fee, which covers membership for a period of 24 months, is US$ 80 for non-students, and US$ 40 for students. More details about membership fees and a link to the payment site can be found on the AMPRA website: https://americanpragmatics association.org/