GeoContrast 2025

Geographical Contrast in Variational Pragmatics (GeoContrast 2025)

Date: July 30 - August 01, 2025
Location: Bielefeld (Germany)

At GeoContrast 2025, jointly hosted by the PraProNE and VariPrag project team, we will discuss the various ways in which geographical location or distance comes into play regarding pragmatic variation, comprising both national and regional differences, as well as social and cultural differences related to geographical location.

You can download the full programme here:
Programme_GeoContrast2025.pdf

Organisers:

Tanja Ackermann, Henrik Discher, Anne Schröder, Pawel Sickinger, Horst Simon, Janel Zoske

Invited Speakers:

• Jonathan Culpeper (Lancaster University)
• J. César Félix-Brasdefer (Indiana University)
• Jenny Nilsson (Institute for Language and Folklore)

Discussants:

• Antje Dammel (University of Münster)
• Christa Dürscheid (University of Zurich)
• Stephan Elspaß (University of Salzburg)
• Ulrike Gut (University of Münster)
• Eva Ogiermann (King's College London)
• Klaus P. Schneider (University of Bonn)

The workshop is jointly organised by PraProNe and VariPrag.

For further information please contact: vari.ling@uni-bielefeld.de