CONFERENCE SERIES ​

The DiPVaC biennial international conference series was devised and successfully launched in 2012 by Heike Pichler (Newcastle University, UK), founding chair of DiPVaC. The conference provides a forum for discussion of methodological, empirical and theoretical advancements in the analysis of variation and change in the use of discourse-pragmatic features; the presentation of cutting-edge research; opportunities for the examination of the theoretical and social implications and applications of research into the use of these features; and the formation of new international and multidisciplinary research networks. 

Papers deal with, but are 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;
• discourse-pragmatic features in the construction and negotiation of social identities;
• acquisition of discourse-pragmatic variation by children, L2 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.

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​For a summary of previous DiPVaC conferences, see here.

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