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International Pra~at ies Association Univers|ty of Antwe~, Linguistics (GER) Universitei~e|n 1, B-~IO Wihijk Bel~um

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1990 IN'IrERNATIONAL PILAGMATICS COIqFEKENCE Barcelona Jury 99o

Special topi.c: The interdependence of social and cognitive aspects ,of language use

Members of the local o:rgan/zation eom_nfittee ~ad of the/ntemafional con- ference program cornm/~tee: Albert Bastardas (Dept. of Carat!an, UB), Jos6 M. Blecua (Dept. of Span/sh, UAB), Mel/ssa Bowerman (Meo: Pllanck Insfitut f~r Psycholingtfist/k, Nijmegen), Helena Calsamiglia (Dept. of Spanish, UAB), Teresa Espinal (Dept. of Catalan, UAB), Gilles Fauconn/er (Cognitive Science Dept., UC San Diego), Charles Fillmore (Dept. of Lingu/s~fics, UC Berkeley). John Gumperz (Dept. of Anthropology, UC Berkeley), Me,1/ssa Mayer (Dept. of English, UAB), Elh:Lo~- Od~s (Dept. of Ling~:~fies, USC), Llu/s Pay:ato (Dept. of Catalan, UB)~ Sebasfi~ Serr~mo (Dept. of Lingms~tics, UB), Arn~aaro Tuson (Dept. of Span!ish, UAB), Jef Verschueren (Linguistics, Antwerp & Belgian NSF), Ignasi Vila (Dept. of Developmentall Psychology, UB), ¥or/ck W ~ s (Computing Research Lab., Las Cruces).

The special topic of the 1990 Intema~onal Pragmat/cs Conference is the interdependence of social and cognitive as~:ects of lan~,nmge use. Papers will be inv/ted on issues relevant to th/s topee ~n general, or related to the following areas in particular. 1. Language acquisition 2. Co~unJcafion disorders 3. Conversation and text 4. Communication in muRflingual settings 5. Natural language processing

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In addition to the special topic sessions, there will be open topic sessions for which papers may be proposed on any subject studied from a pragmatic perspective.

The offici~ c~,dl for papers will be drcuiated in February 1989. If you arc not a member of the Intcmafioa~ Pragmauc~ Association, you may request your copy by writing directly to the address at the head of this news section of the Journal of Pragmatics, or you may consult the next issue of the Journal for further information.

Call [or pub|~eafions

Jan Nuyts is currently working on an update of the Comprehensive Bibliogra- phy of Pragmatics (4 volumes, Amsterdam, Benjanfins, 1987). If you want your work on pragmatics to be included in the update, send him copies of every relevant publication. Address: Jan Nuyts, Pragmatics Documea~ation Center,

New series: Language in Pefform~ce

The Lang~age-in-Performance (LIP) Series will deal with such key topics within the main branches of linguistics as try to explain verbal and nonverbal communication within human beings. The wide thematic range emails that investigations into all aspects of language-in-performance will be considered for publication as long as they are corpus-based and undergo the te:;t of

speech production and perception, language and (mter-)action, conversa~:ion, monologue, dialogue, oral vs. written text, rhetoric, style, register, language, for special p ~ o s e s , first, se~nd, etc. language acquisition, learning and teaching, translation.

The publisher is Gunter Narr (Tiibingen) and the series editors are Wemer H~llen and Rainer Schulze. Contact: Rainer Schulze, Universit~t/Gesamt- hochschule Essen, Fachbereich 3, Literatur-und Sprachv4ssenschaften, Post- fach 103 764, D-4300 Essen 1, FRG

New Series: Croom Helm Germanic Linguistics

After a penoO Ourmg winch iinguistic theor~ng wa~ closely associated with the study of a single Germanic language, viz. English, the importance of comparative evidence for linguistic theory is now widely recognized. The Germanic languages are among the best described in the world and exhibit a considerable degree of variation. Yet, with th,~ exception of English, their

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properties and structural variance ~ave yet to be fully e~ploited for linguistic theory. The purpose of the series is to promote a more i~tense interaction of general linguistics with the field of ,Germ~c. ~g'~s~ics. Comparauve studies as well as detailed studies of ce::tain areas of grammar, semantics and pragmatics will be a major focus of the series.

The publisher is Croom Helm (B~oufledge), London m'ld the series editors are Ekkehard Ki~nig and Johan vaxl der Auwera. Contact: Ekkehard K~nig, Freie Universit~t Be~'~, FB Neuphfl, WE 2, GoBlerstrasse 2-4, D-1000 Berlin (West) 33. emall: auwera~uiag.uu~,

New Journal: Language L~ues

Language Issues is the Journal of the National Associ~,Ltion for Teaching English and Other Community Languages for Adults. It provides a forum for p=~oetitioners to share ideas on_ language teaching and learning specific to their field, and covers the political and social implications r;fised by language learning and teaching of bilingual/mult'flingual adults who may be members of settled ethnic minorities, refugee3 of migrant workers and their families. Contact: The Editor, Language Issues, NATECLA National Centre, Hall Green College, Floodgate Street Site, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 5SU, UK.

New Journal: Language Variation and Change

The journal will publish original research reports that are based on data of language produc~on~ either ~ral or written, from both contemporary and historical sources. These data should be utilised to investigate linguistic problems with a clear relation to the literature and within the vadationist perspective. Papers with substantive content will be preferred over articles that are solely argumentative or methodological.

The publisher is Cambridge University Press. Contact: David Sankoff, Language Variation and Change, Centre de recherches math6matiques, Uni- versit6 de Montr6al, C.P. 6128, $uceursale "A", Montr6al, Canada H3C 3JF. email: 99@umtlvr.bitnet