Over the last decades discourse has taken up an important place in the field of linguistics. Nowadays the interface between grammar and language use is a demanding topic which many scholars deal with on a formal, functional and typological basis. Since the focus of this year's conference will be the relation between discourse and grammar, we especially welcome contributions in the following domains:- formal, functional and typological accounts of grammatical and discourse-related issues- formal, functional and typological analyses of morphological and syntactic structures- formal, functional and typological accounts of textual phenomena (inversion, discourse anaphora, deixis, etc.)- historical pragmatics- pragmatic analyses of functionally-grounded constructions- theoretical studies aiming at grounding formal or functional accounts within a theory of science.Scholars are also encouraged to organize workshops dealing with specific topics. Workshops should be open to all participants and favor the debate on ongoing research.Individual papers are 20 minutes long, plus 10 minutes for questions and discussion. Workshop papers can last 30 minutes, provided that an additional time slot is reserved for discussion. To improve the interaction among scholars we invite all participants to prepare a hand-out, a computer assisted presentation or transparencies, or a combination of these.In the perspective of extending the membership of the SLE, both members and non- members are invited to send in an abstract.Guidelines and deadline for the submission of abstracts Abstracts must (i) clearly state the topic/problem of the paper and the research questions to be discussed, (ii) specify the approach or method and data used, and (iii) announce the (expected) results. The abstract should be anonymous and contain no more than 500 words, exclusive of references. When printed out, the title and body should fit on a single page of 12-point type, with 2 cm. margins. The deadline for receipt of proposals is 1 April 2005. Before you submit your abstract to sle2005@sl-europaea.org, please fill out the registration form at the SLE website.Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by the scientific committee. Submitters will be notified of acceptance by 30 April 2005 (by e-mail).Registration feesAll participants should pay the registration fee before 30 May 2005. General: 90 euro (120 euro after this date)Scholars from Central and Eastern Europe: 60 euro (90 euro after this date)Students: 30 euro (50 euro after this date)For any further questions, please write or call:Salvador Pons (President)SLE Meeting 2005Departamento de Filología EspañolaAvda. Blasco Ibáñez, 3246010 Valencia (Spain)Phone: +34 963983269Fax: +34 963864492E-mail: salvador.pons@uv.es
