polysemy in language and translation

THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF THE HIGHER SCHOOL
OF LABOR SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN KATOWICE
is pleased to announce an international conference
POLYSEMY IN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION
Katowice, Poland, May 12-13, 2014
Over the last thirty years or so an increasingly large number of linguists have become
aware that meaning is at the centre of language and must be taken into account on every
level
of linguistic analysis, from phonology to pragmatics and discourse studies. At the same time,
this growing interest in linguistic meaning has made it quite clear that most linguistic units,
again from phonemes to utterances and texts, are polysemous. Our conference is intended as
a forum for presenting and discussing linguistic polysemy in all its multifarious variety.
Therefore we invite researchers of all linguistic persuasions who are working on the
polysemous structure of linguistic units to present and share with us results of their studies in
whatever linguistic discipline they are working, be it polysemy in phonology, morphology,
syntax, semantics, pragmatics or discourse studies.
In addition to purely linguistic presentations, we also invite researchers who deal with
the practical consequences of polysemy from the cross-linguistic perspective, i.e. translators.
We expect those presentations to be perhaps less theoretical and more practical in the sense
of addressing the translators’ and interpreters’ choices and decisions in their actual work and
practice of translation.
We wish also to extend a most welcome invitation to university students and young
scholars, both linguists and translators, to join our Workshops on Polysemy in Language and
Translation, conducted by some of the most distinguished scholars in these two fields. We
hope this will be a unique opportunity for all the participants to learn some of the details and
tricks of linguistic analysis of polysemy and its applications in the process of translation.
Venue:
The conference will be held in Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania Ochrona Pracy w Katowicach
(the Higher School of Labour Safety Management in Katowice), ul. Bankowa 8, 40-007
Katowice.
Conference languages:
English and Polish
PLENARY SPEAKERS:
Prof. Elżbieta Tabakowska (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Prof. Francisco Gonzálvez-García (University of Almería, Spain)
Prof. Wacław Osadnik (University of Alberta, Canada – unconfirmed)
Prof. Andrzej Łyda (University of Silesia, Poland)
Prof. Bogusław Bierwiaczonek (WSZOP, Poland)
TRANSLATION WORKSHOP:
Przemysław Janikowski, PhD (University of Silesia, Poland)
POLYSEMY IN LANGUAGE WORKSHOP:
Prof. Bogusław Bierwiaczonek (WSZOP, Poland)
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstracts for 20-minute presentations (plus ten-minute discussion) should be no more than
250 words (excluding references). Abstracts should be sent by email as a Word or PDF
attachment to [email protected] by February 28, 2014. The body of the email
should include the following information: the author’s first name and surname, title of the
presentation, affiliation with postal and contact details, and the author’s email address. The
authors will be notified of acceptance via email by March 17, 2014. Registration opens on
March 18, 2014.
Further
information
and
the
registration
form
will
soon
be
available
at:
www.wszop.edu.pl/polysemy2014
REGISTRATION FEES:
Regular fee
BA, MA & doctoral
students (reduced fee)
Early registration
65 EUR/ 250 PLN
40 EUR / 150 PLN
Regular registration
75 EUR / 300 PLN
50 EUR / 200 PLN
The conference registration fee covers conference materials, coffee breaks with
refreshments, two lunches, conference dinner, and post-conference publication of selected
articles in a reviewed volume.
Participation in one workshop:
50 PLN
Participation in both workshops:
70 PLN
Organizing committee:
Bogusław Bierwiaczonek
Arkadiusz Rojczyk
Marek Bielski
Joanna Paszenda
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]