ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
By inviting you to this conference, we would like to create a new discussion space and forum for topics in linguistic pragmatics. Our main goal is to facilitate the establishment of new contacts in the field of pragmatic research (not only within the Czech Republic).
As we believe that multilingualism and linguistic diversity can lead to inspiring perspectives in scientific discourse, we would like to offer a linguistically diverse and relatively open space within the framework of our conference, accepting German, English, Czech, and Slovak as conference languages. However, to ensure that this multilingualism does not hinder discussions, we request that slide presentations be in a language other than that of the oral presentation, preferably in combination with English (e.g., a presentation in German with slides in English). In this regard, we would like to invite not only Germanic linguists but also colleagues from other philologies and related disciplines.
Not only linguistically, but also thematically, we aim to set few boundaries at this inaugural meeting. The pragmatic-linguistic framework can be filled with contributions to classical areas of linguistic pragmatics (such as speech act theory and implicatures), as well as with interdisciplinary or language-philosophically oriented approaches reflecting the latest trends in communication research.
As this is the first meeting within this framework, while we do not plan to publish conference proceedings, we do intend to publish an online brochure containing the abstracts on this website.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Pilsen!
