Cfp: SPR-09: International Workshop on Semantics, Pragmatics, and Rhetoric, ILCLI, University of the Basque Country, May 6-8, 2009.

This Workshop seeks to examine and explore issues concerning the semantics, pragmatics and rhetoric of ordinary language, both from a linguistic and a philosophical viewpoint. Perspectives are sought from those engaged in the fields of philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, linguistics, cognitive science, applied logic, action theory, epistemology, communication theory, discourse theory, and specially in formal semantics, pragmatics, and rhetoric, as well as in the history of those disciplines and in the history of philosophy connected with those fields. These disciplines are indicative only as papers are welcome from any area taking into account the following Main Topics: 1. Action Theory for Pragmatics and Aesthetics. 2. Linguistic Contents: Utterances, Sub-utterances, Discourse. 3. Semantics, Pragmatics, and Rhetoric of Questions. 4. Topoi in the Rhetoric of Argumentation. Abstracts between 3,500 and 4,000 words should be submitted by February 6, 2009 (e-mail only). Notification of acceptance/rejection: February 23, 2009. If selected for presentation, whole papers (between 9,000 and 12,000 words) should be submitted by March 5, 2009. Papers will be blind reviewed by the Programme Committee. The Proceedings including Invited lectures, Tutorials and Contributed Papers will be published by The University of the Basque Country Press (EHU Press), before the beginning of the Workshop. Further information is here: http://www.ilcli.ehu.es/p287-content/en/contenidos/evento/ilcli_spr_09/en_spr_09_1/spr_1.html.