DiPVaC 5
14th-16th December 2021
The fifth international Discourse-Pragmatic Variation and Change (DiPVaC) conference was held in a hybrid format (online or in person at The University of Melbourne) from 14-16 December 2021. In total there were 293 registered attendees, 29 talks, 4 plenaries and 2 workshops. Conference talks were recorded and made available on our online platform. All talks were also live-streamed with live Q&As held across in-person and Zoom audiences.
Research was presented which took a quantitative approach to data analysis and dealt with diverse aspects of discourse-pragmatic variation and change in any language or variety. Presentations were in English, and were 20 minutes long, followed by a 10-minute question period.
In acknowledgement of the financial hardship caused by the pandemic and the desire to be inclusive of attendees at all stages of their careers, conference attendance was free.
The fifth international Discourse-Pragmatic Variation and Change (DiPVaC) conference was held in a hybrid format (online or in person at The University of Melbourne) from 14-16 December 2021. In total there were 293 registered attendees, 29 talks, 4 plenaries and 2 workshops. Conference talks were recorded and made available on our online platform. All talks were also live-streamed with live Q&As held across in-person and Zoom audiences.
Research was presented which took a quantitative approach to data analysis and dealt with diverse aspects of discourse-pragmatic variation and change in any language or variety. Presentations were in English, and were 20 minutes long, followed by a 10-minute question period.
In acknowledgement of the financial hardship caused by the pandemic and the desire to be inclusive of attendees at all stages of their careers, conference attendance was free.
Plenary Speakers
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Derek Denis
Discourse-pragmatic innovation in one of the world's most multicultural cities Derek Denis is Assistant Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Language Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Much of his work has taken a variationist approach to the study of pragmatic markers in Canadian English. For the last few years, his work has focussed on the emergence of Multicultural Toronto English. He has been a member of the DiPVaC Research Network since its beginnings and has presented at the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th meetings. His work has appeared Language in Society, Language Variation and Change, and American Speech. (Abstract here) |
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Janet Holmes Doing leadership in style: the contribution of pragmatic particles in New Zealand workplace interaction Janet Holmes is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Associate Director of the Wellington Language in the Workplace Project at Victoria University of Wellington. (www.victoria.ac.nz/lwp/). She has published on many aspects of sociolinguistics, including workplace discourse, language and gender, and New Zealand English. (Abstract here) |
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Celeste Rodríguez Louro & Glenys Collard
The soul of language: Discourse-pragmatic variation and change in urban Aboriginal English Celeste Rodríguez Louro is Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow at the University of Western Australia. She is interested in the social and linguistic factors constraining variation in synchrony and diachrony. Her current research examines variation and change in urban varieties of Aboriginal English. Glenys Collard is a UWA Honorary Research Fellow, a Nyungar matriarch and native speaker of Australian Aboriginal English. (The Nyungar people are the First Nations people of Southwest Western Australia). She has amassed an impressive record of accomplishments in language teaching and learning, curriculum development and education management. She has qualifications in Aboriginal Community Management and Development (Curtin University, 1997) and has chaired multiple state-level and national committees. She has taught workshops to thousands of West Australians and has compiled unique collections for the recording and analysis of Nyungar language and AAE, including recordings of Nyungar language with respected elders in the Nyungar community. (Abstract here) |
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Lesley Stirling & Ilana Mushin
Be in the moment: attending to interactional context in analysing discourse-pragmatic variation Lesley Stirling is Professor in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics and Head of the School of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Melbourne. She completed her PhD in Cognitive Science and Linguistics at Edinburgh University, and her research interests lie in descriptive and typological linguistics, discourse analysis and conversation analysis, and cognitive science and psycholinguistics. Her current major research project is the Australian Research Council funded “CIARA” project which aims to compare conversational style among speakers of Australian Aboriginal languages and Anglo-Australian speakers in remote regions – for this project she is leading the Storytelling in Conversation subproject and overseeing the Australian English data collection. Associate Professor Ilana Mushin is a Reader in Linguistics in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Queensland. Her research incorporates findings from descriptive linguistics, linguistic typology, interactional linguistics, conversation analysis and applied linguistics to address questions of the relationship between language, culture, cognition and interaction. She is the author of A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012, Mouton De Gruyter) and Evidentiality & Epistemological Stance (2001, John Benjamins) and founding editor of the journal Interactional Linguistics. (Abstract here) |
Workshops
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Alexandra D'Arcy
The acquisition of discourse-pragmatic variation Alexandra D’Arcy is Associate Dean Research and Professor of Linguistics at the University of Victoria (Canada), where she directs the Sociolinguistics Research Lab. She specializes in the study of language variation and change through the lens of variationist sociolinguistics. Her current project, Only Time Will Tell: Incrementation and Language Change in the Preschool and Early Elementary Years (aka, Kids Talk), is a real time, longitudinal analysis of how children come to participate in ongoing language change. The project considers the effect of the home environment and the peer group on linguistic modelling. (Abstract here) |
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Mirjam Eiswirth
Integrating interactional methods into our analysis of discourse-pragmatic variation Mirjam Eiswirth’s postdoctoral work focuses on the relationship between interactional structure, sociolinguistic variation, and language change across the life span. She completed her PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 2020 and is currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Sociolinguistics Lab at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. (Abstract here) |
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LocationHybrid conference with options for participation online and in person at The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Links to online platform Whova will be sent to attendees before the conference. |
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Accommodation
For those of you planning to attend in person, here are some accommodation providers within walking distance of the conference venue:
Budget: Melbourne Metro YHA Mid-range: The Best Western Plus Travel Inn Carlton Quest Apartments Carlton Top-end: Rydges on Swanston As the University of Melbourne is located close to the city centre, accommodation options (such as hostels and other budget accommodation) in the Melbourne CBD would also be appropriate. Airbnb is both legal and commonly used in Melbourne. |
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Transport
Closest Airport: Tullamarine Airport (Melbourne)
Closest train station: Melbourne Central Train Station is a 15-20 minute walk from the conference venue, or a 7 minute tram ride. City loop trains go through Melbourne Central.
Closest tram stop: The tram alights right outside the conference venue at Melbourne University - Stop 1. Tram routes 1, 3/3a, 5, 6, 8, 16, 64, 67, 72 along Swanston St service this stop.
myki is your ticket to travel on trains, tram and buses in Melbourne and many parts of regional Victoria. You can purchase a physical myki card or, if you have an Android phone, a digital myki called Mobile myki.
Download a PDF how-to myki guide or learn more at the Public Transport Victoria website.
The ptv app gives real time information regarding the arrival of trams, trains, and buses. There is also a ScreenReader app suitable for vision-impaired customers who use an iPhone.
Several rideshare companies operate in Melbourne.
Closest train station: Melbourne Central Train Station is a 15-20 minute walk from the conference venue, or a 7 minute tram ride. City loop trains go through Melbourne Central.
Closest tram stop: The tram alights right outside the conference venue at Melbourne University - Stop 1. Tram routes 1, 3/3a, 5, 6, 8, 16, 64, 67, 72 along Swanston St service this stop.
myki is your ticket to travel on trains, tram and buses in Melbourne and many parts of regional Victoria. You can purchase a physical myki card or, if you have an Android phone, a digital myki called Mobile myki.
Download a PDF how-to myki guide or learn more at the Public Transport Victoria website.
The ptv app gives real time information regarding the arrival of trams, trains, and buses. There is also a ScreenReader app suitable for vision-impaired customers who use an iPhone.
Several rideshare companies operate in Melbourne.
Accessibility and Inclusivity
DiPVaC strongly values diversity, accessibility and inclusivity. First nations people, LGBTQI+ people, people of colour, and others from marginalised groups are encouraged to attend.
Please contact us if you have accessibility questions or concerns. Access accommodation requests should be made by August 30th 2021 to Cedar Brown at dipvac.network@gmail.com
Please contact us if you have accessibility questions or concerns. Access accommodation requests should be made by August 30th 2021 to Cedar Brown at dipvac.network@gmail.com
DiPVaC 5 takes place on the stolen land of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge the deep traditions of knowledge sharing that has occurred on these lands for millennia. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
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Conference organiser: Chloé Diskin-Holdaway Contact us:
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