INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION STYLES KROSNO STATE COLLEGE POLAND, 14-16 OCTOBER 2013 Conclusion of the conference.

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION STYLES KROSNO STATE COLLEGE POLAND, OCTOBER 2013 Conclusion of the conference

Style is a way of doing something an assemblage of design choices A style marks out or indexes a social difference. Part of our social competence is being able to understand these indexical links. [Coupland, N Style. Language Variation and Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 1] What is style?

Public discourse Business/corporate communication Scientific discourse Cultural institutions (e.g. museums, dance) Education and classroom discourse (as part of students’ critical cultural awareness) Online social networks Style has been investigated in a variety of contexts…

Media genres TV series Cartoons News reports Lifestyle magazines Advertisements Online memorials to pets Novels Political speeches Letters of application Narratives Across different genres…

Rhetorical and persuasion strategies Speech acts Threats Accusations Condemnations Insults Discourse markers ‘Abstract rhetor’ nouns Metaphors Loanwords and calques Spelling conventions Ceremonial wishes And by focusing on specific stylistic features…

Ethnic/cultural characteristics Gender Professional roles Language contact and inequality Public vs. private contexts They are also important in translation processes. Stylistic choices are influenced by (and indicative of)…

Two other topics have been discussed in relation to style… 1. Humor 2. Stereotypes

In scholarly communication In folklore In sitcoms In newspapers As a means of identity construction As a source of miscommunication Humor appears to be a significant stylistic resource…

Business communication Popular culture (e.g. sitcoms, entertainment programs) History Proverbs Students’ written essays Political discourse on multiculturalism Stereotypes are circulated via stylistic choices and humor in…