Discourse Markers: Markers in Discourse and Markers on Discourse
Date: 21-Jun-2024 – 22-Jun-2024
Location: Metz, France
Contact Person: Isabelle Gaudy-Campbell
Meeting Email: isabelle.gaudy-campbell@univ-lorraine.fr
Web Site: https://discoursemarkers.sciencesconf.org
Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics
Call Deadline: 01-Feb-2024
Meeting Description:
Discourse markers have been examined in various models of grammar, such as Functional Discourse Grammar or Construction Grammar, considering their status as markers in discourse. From a macro-syntactic point of view, they are seen as peripheral, independent and movable entities enabling a bracketing function. In interaction-based models of grammar, such as Interactional Linguistics, the focus of analysis has been on their status as markers on discourse. As such, these approaches examine interpersonal and interactional functions, for instance, turn-taking, positioning of interlocutors vis à vis each other, vis à vis their discursive contribution and their attitude towards their own contribution.
The goal of this conference is to bring together research from different theoretical frameworks in order to find possible bridging points between grammar-based approaches of “markers in discourse”, function-based approaches of “markers in /on discourse” and discourse-based studies.
2nd Call for Papers:
We welcome studies which address at least one of the following issues:
1) Revisiting “in discourse” on a wider scale:
Studies would go beyond single discourse markers and examine for instance
– Clusters of discourse markers in their linearity
– Patterned co-occurrences of discourse markers and their syntactic slots (or macro-positions)
– Multiword units as discourse markers
– Discourse markers across discourse units (prospective and retrospective pointing function)
2) Revisiting “in / on discourse” on a wider scale:
Studies would need to make a link between position and function of discourse markers in and on language, considering for instance
– Discourse markers, sequentiality and cohesive function
– Discourse markers and discourse coherence
– Stretch of discourse and span of meaning negotiation
– Discourse markers, subjectification and intersubjectification
– Discourse markers and dynamics of interpersonal attitude
3) Revisiting markers “on discourse” on a wider scale:
Studies would need to be interaction-based and tackle the distribution of discourse markers in and across discourse genres and/or the ways in which discourse markers intertwine with context
– Discourse markers, and linguistic accommodation
– Discourse markers, contextualisation cues and indexicality
– Discourse markers, linguistic variation and language varieties
Please send your abstract (500 words including bibliography) to: discoursemarkers@sciencesconf.org
All the information will be available by mid October on the following website :
https://discoursemarkers.sciencesconf.org/
Invited Speakers
Graham Ranger
Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen
Conference languages: English and French
Location: Metz, UFR ALL, Ile du Saulcy
Dates: Friday 21 June / Saturday 22 June 2024
Scientific committee
Karin Aijmer, Florine Berthe, Mathilde Dargnat, Stefan Diemer, Anita Fetzer, Isabelle Gaudy-Campbell, Günther Kaltenböck, Matthias Klumm, Laure Lansari, Ursula Lenker, Diana Lewis,
Francois Nemo
Organising committee
Florine Berthe (ALTER, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour), Mathilde Dargnat (ATILF, Université de Lorraine), Anita Fetzer (University of Augsburg), Isabelle Gaudy-Campbell (IDEA, Université de Lorraine),
Contact : isabelle.gaudy-campbell@univ-lorraine.fr
Please send your abstract by 01 February 2024
Notification will be sent out mid March 2024