The International Communication Styles conference is the fifth in the series of biannual conferences which were initiated in 2013 and took place four times in Krosno, Poland (see the first conference opening speech by Geert Hofstede). This time, after a pandemic break, we would like to invite international scholars to the city of Krakow, Poland.
We welcome papers related to all aspects of communication styles, broadly understood as clusters of features of verbal and nonverbal language that run the spectrum of discourses, genres and media and mark social and cultural differences. The 5th ICS Conference brings into focus the theme of communication in times of permacrisis, recently named the Collins Word of the Year 2022 and understood as “an extended period of instability and insecurity”. It aims to examine the diverse effects of social, political, economic, and cultural conflicts in public and private communication across cultures and genres.
We invite linguists, communication scholars, folklorists, translation scholars, language teaching scholars and experts in related fields to submit abstract proposals on topics that include, but are not limited to discussing how various communication styles are used in coping with:
The papers could deal with various types of discourses (public and private, business, political, social media, and face-to face, translation), genres or registers, drawing attention to intra-, inter- and cross-cultural communication issues, such as populism, propaganda, polarization of opinions, political correctness, politeness, netiquette, hate speech, obscenity and taboo, humour, creativity, metaphor, intertextuality, and globalization as exemplified by the use of English as lingua franca.
Abstract submission in English (up to 300 words through the conference website at https://tertium.edu.pl/en/): 15 February 2023 – extended deadline
Abstract acceptance: 20 February 2023
Conference registration (including payment of fees): 1 March 2023
Conference 24-25 April
Submission of papers to Tertium Linguistic Journal: 30 April 2023
Publication: autumn or winter 2023
So far the conferences have a publication record with a collection of articles entitled Culture’s Software: Communication Styles (Cambridge Scholars 2015), a special issue of the Styles of Communication journal (9:2; 2017) and several issues of open access Tertium Linguistic Journal (including 3.1 in 2018 and 5.1 in 2020).
We would like to invite all the conference participants to submit a paper to Tertium Linguistic Journal – the 2023 issues of the journal are open to ICS contributions. Deadline for submitting to issue 8(1) is April 30, 2023 and to issue 8(2) is June 30, 2023. The journal is indexed in a number of international indexes and databases (see journal.tertium.edu.pl).
Contact information
tertium2016@gmail.com
150 Euro for international participants
or 500 PLN for Polish participants
25% reduction for Cracow Tertium Society members and doctoral students
Fees include: participation in the conference, conference materials, lunches and coffee breaks. conference dinner – they do not include travel and accommodation
Fees should be transferred to Cracow Tertium Society bank account:
BANK SPÓŁDZIELCZY RZEMIOSŁA
account number
IBAN: PL94 8589 0006 0000 0011 0640 0001
SWIFT CODE: POLUPLPR
Payment is also possible via PayPal.
Plenary speakers
Andreas Musolff (University of East Anglia, UK)
Laura Alba-Juez (UNED University of Madrid. Spain)
Organising Committee
Władysław Chłopicki, Jagiellonian University, Poland, Head of the Organizing Committee
Dorota Brzozowska, University of Opole, Poland
Jan Chovanec, University of Brno, Czechia
Piotr Chruszczewski, University of Wrocław, Poland
Mihaela-Viorica Constantinescu, University of Bucharest, Romania
Joanna Dybiec-Gajer, Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland
Liisi Laineste, Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu, Estonia
Mariusz Marczak, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Villy Tsakona, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Ene Vainik, The Institute of Estonian Language, Tallinn, Estonia
Joanna Ziobro-Strzępek, Carpathian State College in Krosno, Poland
Krakow City Council – Kraków as the city of endless possibilities
https://business.krakow.pl/start/211278,artykul,economic_profile.html
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