Conference Topics

We welcome any proposals covering topics on the relationship between language and emotion, such as the following:

A) LANGUAGE AND EMOTION ‘AT WORK’

• The relationship and/or differences between evaluation/stance and emotion in language. Are they the same?
• Emotion as contemplated in the Attitude subsystem within Appraisal Theory (Martin & White, 2005): Does this model provide an all-embracing functional approach to emotion?
• The expression and/or conceptualization of emotion at the different levels of linguistic description.
• The conceptualization and expression of emotion in discourse, and especially, in corporate and institutional discourse, within working environments such as those related to health or education.
• The relationship between the linguistic and the paralinguistic, gestural or bodily expression of emotion.
• The effect of the expression of emotion upon interpersonal relationships, especially those at the workplace.
• The grammaticalization and the conventionalization of emotion in language.
• Discourse functions of the expression of emotion: intensification, evidentiality, etc.
• Emotions as the trigger for the creation of discourse: How emotions shape language and how language is shaped by emotions.
• Multilingualism and emotion: Do we feel the same when expressing emotions in different languages?
• Humor, irony and emotion in language.
• (Im)politeness and the expression of emotion.
• Cyberemotion: Emotion as expressed on the web (work-oriented social networks such as Linked-in, Academia, e-mails, forums, blogs, etc.).
• The affective component in the teaching/learning of a foreign language.
• Interdisciplinary studies on emotion: Combination of linguistic, and psychological, sociological, philosophical, etc. approaches to the phenomenon.
• The relationship between the expression of emotion and emotional intelligence.

B) PERSUASION ‘AT WORK’

• The relationship between emotion and persuasion.
• Persuasion in online communication (e-mail, social and professional networks such as Linked-in, Academia, etc.).
• Persuasion in social technology.
• Gender differences in the expression of persuasive communication.
• The expression of persuasion in different contexts (social media, institutions, the workplace, etc.).
• Interdisciplinary studies on persuasion: Combination of linguistic, and psychological, sociological, philosophical, etc. approaches to the phenomenon.
• Theoretical groundings of persuasion.
• Methods and tools for evaluating persuasion.
• Persuasion through language.
• Rhetorical approaches to persuasion.
• Persuasion across languages.
• Persuasion: Linguistic markers, discursive processes and cognitive operations.
• The expression of persuasion in non-verbal communication.
• Persuasion and multimodality.
• Humor, irony and persuasion in language.
• (Im)politeness and the expression of persuasion.
• Persuasion in communication studies.