conference 2008

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Faculty of Letters from the University of Bacau- Romania, together with UFR ARTS University, Bordeaux 3 – France and “Alecu Russo” State University of Bălţi – the Republic of Moldavia invite you to take part in the annual International Conference on the topic

“Particular signs. Language, discourse, society”

21-23 noiembrie 2008

The topic we suggest continues and enriches the directions of discourse analysis begun in the previous editions. This year, the social discourse will be the main theme that we invite you to reflect upon. It was suggested to us both by the interesting debates from the previous conference and by the preoccupations of the groups of research from our faculty
The debate we wish to initiate together starts from the recognition of the controversial nature of discourse - complex object of study, claimed by linguistics, logics, semiotics, literature. More than a mere reflection of society, the discourse builds the elements and institutions of the social space and produces the intersubjective relations / connections. Beyond the theoretical preoccupations, the discourse and its analyses must consequently serve the needs of society. That is why we suggest focusing our attention on the contemporary discursive manifestations, analyzing at he same time their effectiveness and the way in which the discourse becomes action. We have primarily in view the necessity that the researchers’ work to find possibilities of application in the social space. We hope that this topic will rouse your interest and, through your participation, we may gain the favorable premises for a scientific reunion.

Thematic areas:
I. Language and action, discourse and power:
construction of meaning in institutional space;
argumentative markers in the social discourse;
mass-media, news bulletine discourse;
advertizing and marketing;
public relations and the public sphere.

II. The literary text and its social constraints
ideology, morals and literature;
collective mentality and fiction;
auto-biographies, between individual and social.

III. Theatre and society.
voices, texts, representations;
theatrical signs

IV. Types of interactional mechanisms
- politeness and interpersonal relationships;
- interactional structures in the social space

V. When seeing means doing: non-verbal practices
- image;
- photography;
- posters;
- advertisements;
- dance.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Prof. Maria Carpov, PhD - „Al.I.Cuza” University of Iaşi, Romania
Prof. Régine Bruneau-Suhas, PhD - « Michel de Montaigne » University of Bordeaux 3, France
Prof. Michel Beniamino - University of Limoges, France
Prof. Adriana-Gertruda Romedea, PhD - Universitaty of Bacău, Romania
Prof. Anca Gâţă, PhD- “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galaţi, Romania
Prof. Anna Bondarenco, PhD - UEM, Chişinău, The Republic of Moldavia
Prof. Constantin Parascan, PhD – Universitaty of Bacău, Romania

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
President: Associate professsor Elena Bonta, PhD
Members:
Angela Coşciug (the Republic of Moldavia)
Emilia Munteanu
Philippe Rousseau (France)
Simina Mastacan
Nicoleta Popa
Violeta Popa
Elena Ciobanu
Gabriela Andrioai
Amalia Andronic
Cătălina Bălinişteanu
Raluca Bonta
Ioana Nica
Alin Popa

Papers will be selected by the scientific committee on the basis of an abstract (15 lines) sent by e-mail to organizers. The abstract and the registration form will be sent to organizers until September 20.

Information regarding the Conference:
September 20 – deadline for abstracts and registration forms
October 1 – confirmation of acceptance
October 15 - presentation of the conference programme
November 10 - deadline for payment of fee
November 21- 23 - Conference
January 20 – deadline for the full revised paper

Conference fee: 50 euros (includes: conference materials, festive dinner, publication of papers, coffee breaks).

Papers will de defended in concurrent sessions, in 20 minutes (presentation and discussions)
Papers will be published in Studii şi cercetări ştiinţifice. Seria filologie.
Conference languages: Romanian, English, French
Publication languages: English and French.

REGISTRATION FORM:
Name..............
Surname.................
Institution...................
Address.....................
Phone number.....................
E-mail......................
Thematic area.............
Title of the paper...............

Participants are kindly asked to send titles, abstracts and papers to the following e-mail addresses:
elenabonta@yahoo.com – for Romanian and English papers
simina_mastacan@yahoo.com – for French papers

Instructions for submitting manuscript
Use Microsoft WORD for WINDOWS only.
A4 format.
Font: Times New Roman, 12, single, justify.
Do not write more than 10 pages (including bibliography).
The first page should include:
the title of the paper (Times New Roman, 12, bold) in capitals;
the first and the last names of the author/authors, two lines extra space below the title, right side of the page (Times New Roman, 12, bold);
university/affiliation, one line extra space below the name of the author (Times New Roman, 12, bold);
two lines extra space below, the abstract and the key words (Times New Roman, 11).
Use inverted commas for quotations; do not use italics
Use footnotes for references
Examples should be written one line extra space; indent 1 cm
Bibliography should be written at the end; authors, in alphabetical order, following the example:
Kerbrat-Orechioni, Catherine (1977): La connotation, Lyon: Presses Universitaires de Lyon.
Kleiber, George (1994): « Contexte, interprétation et mémoire: approche standard vs approche cognitive », in Langue française, no 103, Paris: Larousse.
Do not use page numbers.
The final paper will be handed in to organizers at the conference (electronic version/on CD and one single-sided hard copy). It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that the hard copy exactly matches the electronic version.