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Relevance Researchers’ Network Conference 2025

23 May 2025

This free one-day online conference will bring scholars together to share their latest work in relevance theory across different fields. By showcasing a wide range of topics, we aim to provide a platform for fruitful discussions to reconfirm the explanatory power of the theory and its potential.

Conference topics: We welcome all and any contributions grounded in relevance theory. There is no limit on specific topics, but we welcome ideas that engage fully with relevance theory, as well as interdisciplinary contributions.

The conference will consist of two plenary lectures and a programme of full papers. Full papers will be 20 minutes with 10 minutes for discussion.

Submissions: We invite original submissions that fully engage with relevance theory or apply relevance theory in pragmatics and other related areas. We also welcome interdisciplinary contributions from researchers of various disciplines. Submissions should be 300 words or less and fully anonymised. Please email your submission to relevance.researchers@gmail.com by 16 December 2024.

Important dates:

• Deadline for Submission of abstracts: 16 December 2024
• Notification of acceptance: Mid-February 2025
• Registration from 1 April 2025

Abstracts of all accepted papers and recordings of all presentations will be made available online through RRN’s website.

Organising committee: Ryoko Sasamoto (Nara Women’s University, Japan) and Kate Scott (Kingston University, UK)

Please use the following email address to contact the organisers: relevance.researchers@gmail.com

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