International Pragmatics Association Explained

International Pragmatics Association
Full Name:International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)
Abbreviation:IPrA
Founder:Jef Verschueren
Founding Location:Antwerp, Belgium
Type:Nonprofit
Status:International academic not-for-profit organization
Purpose:Study of language use
Fields:Pragmatics
Linguistics
Key People:Stephen Levinson (Outgoing President), Marina Sbisà (President), Michael Haugh (Incoming President), Jan-Ola Östman (Treasurer), Ann Verhaert (Executive Secretary), Helmut Gruber (Editor-in-Chief), Yoshiko Matsumoto, Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen, Salvador Pons Bordería, Gunter Senft, Mieke Vandenbroucke
Publication:Pragmatics
Handbook of Pragmatics
Bibliography of Pragmatics
Website:https://pragmatics.international/

The International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) is a scientific organization that focuses on the study of language use. It was established as a non-profit organization in 1986.[1]

IPrA represents the interdisciplinary field of pragmatics, offering a functional perspective on language and communication from cognitive, social, and cultural viewpoints.

Publications

IPrA has made contributions to pragmatics through conferences, handbooks, and its journal. It publishes the quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal Pragmatics, with Helmut Gruber serving as the Editor-in-Chief.[2] Additionally, the Association maintains the annually updated Handbook of Pragmatics[3] with Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren as its Founding Editors, and an online, freely accessible Bibliography of Pragmatics.[4]

History

In 1986, IPrA was established as a not-for-profit organization in Antwerp, Belgium.[5] The idea on which its establishment was based dates back to 1979 when Herman Parret enlisted Marina Sbisà and Verschueren to co-organize a conference on "Possibilities and limitations of pragmatics" in Urbino, Italy.[6] Another key event was the 1984 workshop "Between semantics and pragmatics," co-organized by Johan van der Auwera and Svenka Savić in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, which laid the foundation for the 1985 "International Pragmatics Conference" in Viareggio, Italy, co-organized by Marcella Bertuccelli Papi and Verschueren.[7] The success of this conference confirmed the belief that pragmatics provided a mobilizing idea for collaborative and trans-disciplinary research relevant for addressing problems of human communication, forming the basis for the association's establishment. In the same year, the Consultation Board was formed, and John Gumperz agreed to act as IPrA's first President. In early 1986, the Association was officially set up with its seat in Antwerp, Belgium.[8]

Presidents

Conferences

IPrA has organized eighteen International Pragmatics Conferences,[9] which are held biennially.[10]

Its educational and outreach efforts consist of a mentoring program designed for young scholars, introductory pragmatics courses offered in different languages, and an archive featuring pioneers and leading voices in the field of pragmatics.[26]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: K Faculty Present at Global Pragmatics Seminar. Andy. Brown. September 5, 2023.
  2. Web site: Helmut Gruber. linguistik.univie.ac.at.
  3. Web site: LINGUIST List 13.2066: Handbook of Pragmatics: Verschueren et al. August 11, 2002. The LINGUIST List.
  4. Web site: Bibliography of Pragmatics Online. rena.mpdl.mpg.de.
  5. Web site: International Pragmatics Association. MERLOT.
  6. Book: Possibilities and limitations of pragmatics: proceedings of the Conference on Pragmatics, Urbino, July 8-14, 1979. Studies in language companion series : SLCS . Herman. Parret. Marina. Sbisà. November 20, 1981. Benjamins. 978-90-272-3006-5 . K10plus ISBN.
  7. Book: The Pragmatic Perspective : Selected papers from the 1985 International Pragmatics Conference | WorldCat.org. 713010252 .
  8. Web site: International Organizations Search | Union of International Associations. uia.org.
  9. Web site: 18th International Pragmatics Conference, Brussels, 9-14 luglio 2023, call for papers. www.aitla.it.
  10. Web site: IPrA Conferences | Grammar and Pragmatics | University of Antwerp. www.uantwerpen.be.
  11. Web site: 6th International Pragmatics Conference - IPrA 1998 - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. fox.leuphana.de.
  12. Book: Grounding: the epistemic footing of deixis and reference. Cognitive linguistics research . Frank. Brisard. November 20, 2002. M. de Gruyter. 978-3-11-017369-7 . Library Catalog (Blacklight).
  13. Web site: Japan Association for Language Teaching.
  14. Web site: 9th International Pragmatics Conference (Riva del Garda, 10-15 luglio 2005). accademiadellacrusca.it.
  15. Web site: News: News: Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering: Indiana University Bloomington. luddy.indiana.edu.
  16. Web site: 11th International Pragmatics Conference | ACL Member Portal. www.aclweb.org.
  17. Web site: 12th International Pragmatics Conference. the Research Portal - University of Namur.
  18. Web site: 13th International Pragmatics Conference. Research Explorer The University of Manchester.
  19. Web site: 14th IPrA Conference Presentation. November 3, 2015. Birkbeck, University of London.
  20. Web site: IprA 2015 (2): International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) Conference, Antwerp, July 2015. August 15, 2015.
  21. Web site: 15th International Pragmatics Conference | Linguistic Society of America. www.linguisticsociety.org.
  22. Web site: Guest blogs: Reflections on IPrA 2017, Belfast (Part 1). July 29, 2017.
  23. Web site: 16th International Pragmatics Conference | Events | News and Events. Department of English and Communication.
  24. Web site: IPrA Conference. ZHAW Applied Linguistics.
  25. Web site: 18th International Pragmatics Conference | Portal del Hispanismo. hispanismo.cervantes.es.
  26. Web site: Gumperz | The Language Archive. archive.mpi.nl.

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