The First International Conference of Discourse Studies (I CIED) aims at the discussion of research results in the discourse studies field, embracing several theories and allowing an interdisciplinary approach. In this sense, the interfaces with Philosophy, Psychology, Communication Studies, Law, Social Sciences, Political Sciences, Cognitive Sciences, Religion Sciences and Education are welcome.
The event takes place from August 6 to August 8, 2014, in the Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences (FFLCH) of São Paulo University (USP) – capital campus.
The following scholars have confirmed their attendance: Patrick Charaudeau (Université Paris 13), Maria Alexandra Guedes Pinto (Universidade do Porto), Maria Aldina Marques (Universidade do Minho), Ana Zandwais (UFRGS), Ida Lúcia Machado (UFMG) e Beth Brait (USP/PUC-SP).
The conference is promoted by São Paulo University’s Discourse Studies Group (GEDUSP), which is constituted by researchers from several Brazilian universities.
As the event is itinerant, the II CIED will be held in the University of Porto (Portugal).
Papers are requested in the following areas:
- Pragmatics;
- Text Linguistics;
- Conversational Analysis;
- Discourse Analysis;
- Critical Discourse Analysis;
- Rhetoric/Argumentation;
- Cognitive Linguistics;
- Functional Linguistics;
- Bakhtin’s Theory;
- Lexicology;
- Stylistics;
- Semiotics.