• Professor Paul Simpson (Liverpool) will be visiting professor at Aix-Marseille University (LERMA) from 12 March to 11 April 2018.

He ‘ll be giving a series of 5 conferences: Seminars – Paul Simpson – Aix-en-Provence

• 28 April 2017 International workshop (Aix-Marseille University):

‘Manipulating the reader in fiction. A stylistic perspective’
Organised by Sandrine Sorlin (Aix-Marseille University, LERMA/IUF)

Dowload the programme: Programme_manipulation
Download the abstracts: Abstracts_Manipulation

• 30-31 Mars 2017 International Conference
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (Lyon, France): ‘Egocentrism and anthropocentrism in language and discourse’
Organized by Laure Gardelle (ENS de Lyon, UMR ICAR) and Sandrine Sorlin (Aix-
Marseille Université, LERMA, Institut Universitaire de France)

Download the programme: EALD2017 – Programme

 

 

• 12-13 November 2015: ‘The Discursive Practice of Irony and Banter’

In memory of Geoffrey Leech

Université Lyon 3, Amphi Doucet-Bon, Palais de la recherche, 18 rue Pasteur, 69 007 Lyon
Organizers : Manuel Jobert (Lyon 3) and Sandrine Sorlin (Aix-Marseille University / IUF)

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