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Full Title: Discourse-Pragmatic Variation and Change 4 Short Title: DiPVaC4 Date: 28-May-2018 - 30-May-2018 Location: Helsinki, Finland Contact Person: Elizabeth Peterson Meeting Email: [log in to unmask] Web Site: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/discourse-pragmatic-variation-change-4 Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 10-Dec-2017 Meeting Description: Discourse-Pragmatic Variation & Change (DiPVaC) is a biennial international conference series which was devised to further the quantitative analysis of variation and change at the level of discourse-pragmatics. DiPVaC4 will be held from May 28 to 30, 2018, at the University of Helsinki. The confirmed plenarists are: Yael Maschler, University of Haifa Terttu Nevalainen, University of Helsinki Heike Pichler, Newcastle University Jan-Ola Östman, University of Helsinki Final Call for Papers: This is the final reminder that abstract submissions for Discourse-Pragmatic Variation & Change 4 at the University of Helsinki, 28-30 May 2018, are due on December 10, 2017. We welcome abstracts for oral presentations which take a quantitative approach to data analysis and deal with diverse aspects of discourse-pragmatic variation and change in any language or variety. Presentations will be 20 minutes long, followed by a 10-minute question period. Presentations will be in English. We welcome papers dealing with, but not restricted to, the following topics: - Sociolinguistic patterns of discourse-pragmatic variation and change - Discourse-pragmatic variation and change in contexts of language contact - Quantitative studies addressing the grammaticalization of discourse-pragmatic features - Contrastive/cross-linguistic studies of discourse-pragmatic variation and change - Methods in the quantitative analysis of discourse-pragmatic features - Social and geographical diffusion patterns of innovative discourse features - The role of discourse-pragmatic features in the construction and negotiation of social identities - The acquisition of discourse-pragmatic variation by children, second language learners and bilingual speakers - Discourse-pragmatic variation and change across the lifespan - Socio-perceptual studies of discourse-pragmatic variation - Discourse-pragmatic variation across interactional, situational and technological settings - Implications and applications of discourse-pragmatic variation and change within and beyond linguistic theory Further information can be found at the conference website: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/discourse-pragmatic-variation-change-4 Abstract submissions should be made through EasyChair. A link and instructions for submission are available through the conference website. Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words in length (excluding title and references), and should be single-spaced and in 12-point font. Please ensure that abstract content is properly anonymized in order to allow for blind review. You should copy and paste your abstract into the EasyChair submission form AND upload it as a PDF file. Please contact Elizabeth Peterson ([log in to unmask]) for further information. Sincerely, Maisa Heinola Conference Secretary ######################################################################## The Variationist List - discussion of everything related to variationist sociolinguistics. To send messages to the VAR-L list (subscribers only), write to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe from the VAR-L list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=VAR-L&A=1