special theme: Pragmatics and philosophy
CONFERENCE CHAIR: Marina SBISA (Univ. of Trieste) 

LOCAL SITE COMMITTEE:  

The other members of the Local Site Committee are:
Claudia BIANCHI (Univ. of Genova)
Paolo BOUQUET (Univ. of Trento)
Claudia CAFFI(Univ. of Genova)
Alessandra FASULO (Univ. of Roma ‘La Sapienza’)
Roberta FERRARIO (Univ. of Trento)
Franca ORLETTI (Univ. of Roma Tre)
Fabio PIANESI (Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, Trento)
Oliviero STOCK (Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, Trento)
Stefano ZANOBINI (Univ. of Trento) 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:
 
In addition to the members of the Local Site Committee, the International Conference Committee  includes: 

Karin AIJMER (Univ. of Göteborg)
Jens ALLWOOD (Univ. of Göteborg) 
Charles ANTAKI (Loughborough Univ.)
Walter DE MULDER (Univ. of Antwerp; IPrA Editor)
Helmut GRUBER (Univ. of Vienna; IPrA Editor)
John GUMPERZ (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; IPrA President 1986-1990)
Monica HELLER (Univ. of Toronto)
Andreas JUCKER (Justus Liebig Univ. Giessen; IPrA Treasurer) 
Sophia MARMARIDOU (Univ. of Athens; IPrA Editor) 
Bonnie McELHINNY (Univ. of Toronto) 
Jacob MEY (Odense Univ.) 
Jan-Ola ÖSTMAN (Univ. of Helsinki)
Ben RAMPTON (King's College London) 
Anna-Brita STENSTRÖM (Univ. of Bergen) 
Elizabeth TRAUGOTT (Stanford Univ.) 
Jef VERSCHUEREN (Univ. of Antwerp; IPrA Secretary General) 
Yorick WILKS (Univ. of Sheffield 
John WILSON (Univ. of Ulster at Jordanstown)