Fourth Brno Conference on Linguistic Studies in English

Interpretation of Meaning in Spoken and Written Discourse

Brno, 16-17 September 2010

Call for Papers

The Fourth Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English Interpretation of Meaning in Spoken and Written Discourse will be held in Brno on 16-17, September 2010. The host institution will again be the Department of English Language and Literature at the Faculty of Education of Masaryk University.

The Conference will take place at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno. A detailed programme of the two-day conference will be sent after the submission of proposals.

We are pleased to announce that the following keynote speakers have confirmed their participation at the Conference:

• Prof. Henry Widdowson, University of Vienna
• Prof. Laslo Komlosi, University of Pécs

All contributions presented at the Conference will be published either in the Conference Monograph or in the linguistics journal Discourse and Interaction. Authors will receive a free copy of the respective volume. Further copies may be ordered.

There will be a conference fee of CZK 1000 and participants must pay their own travel and accommodation costs. Accommodation will be arranged, if required. We can provide accommodation for any of the nights 15-16, 16-17 and 17-18 September at the university hotel. The price of a double room is CZK 980; when occupied by a single person the price of the double room is CZK 790. Coffee and light refreshments as well as a small reception on 16^th September will be provided by the host institution.

If you wish to attend the conference, please complete the Registration Form and return it by 30 April 2010. If you would like to offer a contribution, please indicate the title of your contribution on the Registration Form. The abstracts should be sent by e-mail (malaskom@gmail.com) by 15 June 2010.

For the Fourth Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English Organizing Committee:

• Doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
• Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navratilova, Ph.D.
• Mgr. Renata Jancaríková
• Mgr. Martina Malášková
• Mgr. Vera Zouharová

Department of English Language and Literature,
Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno
Porící 9, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
tel. +420 549 49 3696, 6383; fax +420 549 49 1620
E-mail: povolna@ped.muni.cz, navratilova@ped.muni.cz, renata.jancarikova@gmail.com, malaskom@gmail.com, 105093@mail.muni.cz