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<div>dear colleagues,</div>
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<div>the usual apologies for cross-posting - abstracts for the 39th
annual international systemic functional linguistics conference in
sydney, australia, are soon due. details of the CFP appears
below.</div>
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<div>europeans who'd like to spend their summer in our winter are
encouraged to attend!</div>
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<div>best wishes,<br>
dr alexanne don<br>
for the ISFC39 organising committee</div>
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<div>*******</div>
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<div><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000"><b>2nd Call for
papers</b></font></div>
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<div><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000"><b>International
Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress ISFC39, 2012</b></font><br>
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<div><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Submissions are
now open for the next International Systemic Linguistics Conference to
be held at The University of Technology Sydney (UTS), in Sydney,
Australia, July 16th - 20th 2012. We are pleased to invite abstracts
related to the conference themes which encompass language, society,
semiotics, education, knowledge, learning, and
multi-literacies.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000"><b>Plenary
speakers<br>
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</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Chris
Cléirigh<br>
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</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Shoshana
Dreyfus (University of Sydney)</font></div>
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face="Arial" size="-2"
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</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Karl
Maton (University of Sydney)</font></div>
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</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Clare
Painter (University of Sydney)<br>
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</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Beatriz
Quiroz (University of Sydney and Pontifical Catholic University of
Chile)<br>
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</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Ladjane
de Souza (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis)<br>
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</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Maree
Stenglin (University of Sydney)<br>
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</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2"
color="#000000">Christine Tardy (DePaul University, Chicago)<br>
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</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Geoff
Williams (University of Sydney)<br>
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</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Michele
Zappavigna and Bandar Alhumaidi A Almutairi (University of Sydney)<br>
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<b>Papers<br>
</b>Papers should relate to the field of systemic functional
linguistics and/or social semiotics, and should aim to connect to one
of the main themes of the conference:<br>
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</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Language
and knowledge;<br>
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color="#000000"><x-tab>
</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Context
and Variation;<br>
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</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Learning
Language;<br>
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face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Language in Education;<br>
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</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Typology
and Translation;<br>
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</x-tab></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2"
color="#000000">Multimodality.<br>
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Each paper will be provided with a 35-minute time slot (30 mins + 5
minutes for questions and answers). An abstract of 250 words should be
submitted via the website (see below).</font></div>
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<b>Individual papers for full paper review<br>
</b>Refereed conference proceedings will be published online
simultaneously with the congress. The process of full paper refereeing
is available to paper presenters and symposia participants after
abstracts have been accepted. The deadline for submission of full
papers for review is 11.59pm, Saturday, April 21, 2012, AEST
(effectively,<b> Friday April 20</b> in many parts of the world).<b>
Late submissions will not be accepted</b>. Author and submission
guidelines for full papers will be made available with notification of
acceptance of abstracts. Only participants who have registered for the
conference by July 1, 2012 are eligible to have their papers included
in the proceedings.</font></div>
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<b>Posters<br>
</b>An abstract of 150-200 words should be submitted. Print and
digital posters are welcome.<br>
<b>Workshops and symposia<br>
</b>We encourage the organization of workshops and symposia that
explore analysis, data description or methodology; a particular theme;
use of systemic functional linguistics in applied settings; or common
interests among researchers.<br>
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Workshops and symposia time slots are 1hr and 15 mins (= 2 papers) and
1hr and 55 mins (= 3 papers).<br>
Abstracts of workshops should be around 400 words; abstracts of
symposia should include a general abstract of around 400 words from
the symposium convenor(s) plus specific abstracts by the individual
presenters of around 200 words each.<br>
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A review of the proposals will be conducted by members of the
organising committee, supported by a panel of experts in systemic
functional linguistics. Decisions on acceptances will be made by email
(and by mail where required) as soon as possible after submission.<br>
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<b>Important dates<br>
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<div><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Abstract
submission deadline:<b> 15th February, 2012</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Notification of
acceptance by:<b> 20th March 2012</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000">Early Bird
Registration deadline:<b> 30th April, 2012<br>
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Online submissions being accepted now at the conference website:<br>
</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2"
color="#0000FF"><u><b
>http://www.fass.uts.edu.au/research/conferences/isfc39/<br>
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</b></u></font><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000"><b>for
updates and other information see:<br>
http://www.socialsemiotics.org/ISFC39/</b></font><br>
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<div><font face="Verdana" size="-2" color="#000000"><b>you can also
follow us on twitter @ISCF39</b></font></div>
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