Subject: pragmatics / extended deadline

extended deadline - december 1 , 1998 : call for papers pragma99 international pragmatics conference on pragmatics and negotiation june 13-16 , 1999 tel aviv university and hebrew university of jerusalem tel aviv and jerusalem israel the main theme of this conference is the pragmatics of negotiation , interpreted in a very broad sense . interlocutors engage in negotiations about every aspect of their interaction - such as floor access and topic selection , contextual assumptions , conversational goals , and the ( mis ) interpretation and repair of their messages . topics such as cross-cultural and cross-gender ( mis ) communications , conversational procedures in disputes and collaborations , argumentation practices , and effects of assumptions and goals on the negotiating strategies of interlocutors are of special interest for this conference . the conference will be interdisciplinary , bringing together pragmaticists , linguists , philosophers , anthropologists , sociologists and political scientists . we are soliciting papers on all issues relevant to the theme of the conference , as well as papers in other areas of pragmatics and dialogue analysis . the conference will include plenary addresses , regular session lectures , and organized panels around any of the relevant topics . among the plenary speakers : elinor ochs ( ucla ) , itamar rabinovitch ( tel aviv university ) , emanual schegloff ( ucla ) , thomas schelling ( university of maryland ) , deborah schiffrin ( georgetown university ) , deborah tannen ( georgetown university ) , ruth wodak ( university of vienna ) . presentation of regular session lectures is 30 minutes long , with a subsequent discussion of 10 minutes . panels take the form of a series of closely related lectures on a specific topic , which may or may not be directly related to the special topic of the conference . they may consist of one , two or three units of 120 minutes . within each panel unit a maximum of four 20 - minute presentations are given consecutively , followed by a minimum of 30 minutes of discussion ( either devoted entirely to an open discussion , or taken up in part by comments by a discussant or discussants ) . panels are composed of contributions attracted by panel organizers , combined with individually submitted papers when judged appropriate by the program committee in consultation with the panel organizers . typically , written versions or extensive outlines of all panel contributions should be available before the conference to facilitate discussion . submissions abstracts for papers and panels should be submitted in the following format : 1 . for papers - five copies of an anonymous abstract ( up to 300 words ) . 2 . for panels - a preliminary proposal of one page , detailing title , area of interest , name of organizer ( s ) and invited participants to be sent by sept . 30 , 1998 . organizers of approved panels will then be invited to submit a full set of abstracts , including : a . a brief description of the topic area , b . a list of participants ( with full details , see below ) , c . abstracts by each of the participants by november 1 , 1998 . 3 . in all cases , a page stating : a . title , b . audiovisual / computer request , and c . for each author : i . full name and affiliation ; ii . current address ; iii . e - mail address ; iv . fax number . deadline for submission of abstracts : dec . 1 , 1998 . abstracts may be sent by hard copy , disk , or e-mail to pragma99 , faculty of humanities , tel aviv university , tel aviv 69978 , israel . e - mail : pragma99 @ post . tau . ac . il date of notification : march 1 , 1999 . program committee : mira ariel , hava bat - zeev shyldkrot , jonathan berg , anat biletzki , shoshana blum - kulka , marcelo dascal , nomi erteschik - shir , tamar katriel , ruth manor , george - elia sarfati , elda weizman , yael ziv . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = pragma99 registration form please send the following information , accompanied by cheque payable to tel - aviv university in the amount of us $ 75 if paid before november 1 , 1998 , otherwise us $ 100 , to pragma99 faculty of humanities tel aviv university tel aviv 69978 , israel dr . / mr . / mrs . / ms . / name : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ address : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ university / organization : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ email : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fax : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( home ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( office ) telephone : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( home ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( office ) signature : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ date : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ those wishing to pay by credit card should provide the following information : type of credit card : mastercard / visa / american express name as it appears on credit card : sum of paymnt : us $ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ card no . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ expiration date : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ date : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ signature : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ those wishing to present a paper should follow the instructions above . hotel information will be provided after registration . the international association for dialogue analysis is co-sponsoring a part of our conference , which will be devoted to " negotiation as a dialogic concept . 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