Call for Papers

Pragmatic Variation across the New Englishes (PVNE)

August 17 and 18, 2023
University of Münster, Germany

 

There is still little research on the pragmatics of the ‘New’ varieties of English, although first studies have shown their specific pragmatic properties (e.g. Anchimbe 2018, Leimgruber 2018, Schröder & Schneider 2018, Unuabonah & Gut 2018) and theoretical approaches have been developed to describe and explain pragmatic variation across varieties of English (e.g., Schneider & Barron 2008, Anchimbe 2018). The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers in this field in order to stimulate theoretical development as well as further studies and future collaboration.

Abstracts (500 words excluding references) are invited for 20-minute talks on any aspect of the pragmatics of the New Englishes. The submission deadline is January 15th, 2023.

Please submit your abstract to PVNE2023@uni-muenster.de

The workshop will take place in a hybrid format. Please indicate whether you would like to give an online presentation or join the workshop in person.

 

References

Anchimbe, Eric 2018. Offers and offer refusals: A postcolonial pragmatics perspective on World Englishes. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Leimgruber, Jakob (2018). Ethnic and gender variation in the use of Colloquial Singapore English discourse particles. ISLE5: 5th Conference of the International Society for the Linguistics of English. University College London, United Kingdom, 17–20 July 2018.

Schneider, Klaus & Barron, Anne (Eds.). 2008. Variational Pragmatics: A focus on regional varieties in pluricentric languages. Amsterdam/Philadelphia:Benjamins.

Schröder, Anne & Schneider, Klaus (2018). Variational Pragmatics, Responses to Thanks, and the Specificity of English in Namibia. English World-Wide 39(3): 338-363.

Unuabonah, Foluke & Gut, Ulrike (2018). Commentary pragmatic markers in Nigerian English. English World-Wide, 39(2), 190-213.