Subject: relevance theory workshop

relevance theory workshop 8-10 september 1998 , university of luton , england call for papers and registration the second relevance theory workshop aims to bring together those interested in cognitive approaches to communication , in particular ( but not exclusively ) relevance theory . the workshop will feature refereed and invited papers , including a keynote address by professor deirdre wilson . papers contributions are invited for papers on the following topics : ( 1 ) non-truth - conditional meaning ; ( 2 ) conceptual and procedural encoding ; ( 3 ) metarepresentation and interpretive use ; ( 4 ) the nature of and relation between the distinctions : semantics / pragmatics and explicature / implicature ; ( 5 ) critiques of relevance theory ; ( 6 ) any other topic dealt with from a relevance theoretic perspective or which has some bearing on relevance theory . papers on topics ( 1 ) - ( 5 ) will be presented in special topic panels and should be 20 minutes . other papers will be allocated 40 minutes for presentation and discussion ( either 20 + 20 , or 30 + 10 ) . complete papers will be distributed in advance of the workshop in order to increase the chances for useful feedback . instructions for contributors in order to distribute proceedings in advance , full-length papers are invited rather than the more usual abstracts . papers may take the form of pre-publication drafts , and should be a maximum of 6 pages in length , including references and a short ( ten line ) abstract . manuscripts should be typed ( 12 point font ) , single-spaced , with 1 inch ( 2 . 5 cm ) margins on all sides , and no page numbering . three copies of the manuscript should be submitted , one with the author 's name and two anonymously . please also include the following information on a seperate sheet : name , address ( postal and e-mail if available ) , affiliation , title of paper , the topic to which your paper relates ( see ( 1 ) - ( 6 ) above ) , and a contact telephone number . manuscripts should be submitted to : dr . steve nicolle , middlesex university , trent park , bramley road , london n14 4yz , united kingdom deadline for submission : 24 april 1998 contributors will be informed of the status of their paper by the end of may 1998 . additional information the second relevance theory workshop is scheduled to take place immediately prior to the autumn 1998 meeting of the linguistics association of great britain ( 10-12 september 1998 , also at the university of luton ) . the lagb meeting features a keynote address by professor dan sperber and a workshop on experimental pragmatics . luton is easily accessible from london and has its own international airport . registration form if you wish to register , please complete this form and send it back with ( evidence of ) your payment to the following address : dr . vlad zegarac dept . of linguistics university of luton faculty of humanities 75 castle street luton bedfordshire lu1 3aj united kingdom name : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ address for correspondence : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ e-mail address : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i would like to register for : ( please circle a or b ) a - 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