[Corpora-List] 5th Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse -- Call for Participation

[Ute Römer]

Dear all, 

I thought this conference may be of interest to some of you. 

Best wishes... Ute  

 

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Are you interested in how culture influences spoken and written
communication?

Would you like to have an opportunity to meet with others who share your
interest?

Are you wondering what defines a culture?

Are you just curious about intercultural rhetoric? 

Please join us at the 5th Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse
in Ann Arbor June 11-13, 2009. 

We are pleased to invite you to attend this exciting, interdisciplinary
conference that will focus on the cultural factors—beyond those related to
geographic region—that shape communication. This year’s conference centers
on the way contextual occasions affect communicative and textual outcomes
across a wide range of intercultural settings. Papers will emphasize such
areas as:

*	Cross-cultural comparisons 

*	Cross-disciplinary differences 

*	Business climates 

*	Legal traditions 

*	A range of “small cultures” 

 

Plenary Speakers

Ulla Conner , Indiana University-Purdue University: Intercultural
Communication: A Call for Interactive Accommodation

Fethi Helal, University of Jendouba, Tunisia: The Franco-American “AIDS War”
(1983-1987): A Discourse Analysis 

Priscilla Rogers, Stephen J. Ross School of Business. University of
Michigan: “How May I Help You?” Call Center Conversations Are Lessons in
Politeness for Intercultural Business Communication

 

A Sampling of our Presentations

*	Expression of Modality in Newspaper Editorials: A Cross-Linguistic
Study of Editorialists’ Modal Choices 

*	Hip Hop and Globalization 

*	I’m Afraid That I Should Say I Can’t: Negotiating Refusals in L2
Business English Emails 

*	Metadiscourse in Research Articles Written By Chinese Writers 

*	New Texts and Contexts: A Comparative Study of English-Language Web
Pages of Universities in the U.S. 

*	No Small Feat: The Use of Communication Competencies in a Local-
Global Gymnastics Business 

*	The Rhetoric of Fatwas: A Gricean Perspective 

*	Reaching out to (small) Cultures, Linking to (big) Discourse: Using
the Web to Examine the Interaction between Public Speech and Insider Group
Discourse 

*	Self-Enhancement and Self-Effacement As Value-Laden Norms 

*	Description of Genre Structures of Legal Texts 

*	Discourse Flows, Interdiscursivity and the Construction of Small
Cultures 

 

For information on housing, registration and travel go to the conference
website:  <http://legacyweb.lsa.umich.edu/eli/eli1/CIRD5>
http://legacyweb.lsa.umich.edu/eli/eli1/CIRD5 

Conference E-mail:  <blocked::mailto:cidr5 at umich.edu> cird5 at umich.edu

Supported by: The University of Michigan English Language Institute,
Department of Linguistics, and the International Institute 

 

 
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Dr. Ute Römer
Director of the Applied Corpus Linguistics Unit
English Language Institute
University of Michigan
Email:  <mailto:uroemer at umich.edu> uroemer at umich.edu 
Phone: +1 734 763 7133 
Fax: +1 734 763 0369  
 <http://www.elicorpora.info/> http://www.elicorpora.info 
 <http://www.uteroemer.com/> http://www.uteroemer.com 

  
Surface mail address: 
Dr. Ute Römer 
University of Michigan 
English Language Institute 
500 E. Washington Street 
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2028 
USA 
 
 
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