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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN>2<SUP>ND</SUP> CALL FOR PAPERS </SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN>Queen’s University Belfast is pleased to announce its 1st Interdisciplinary Linguistics Conference (ILinC), a student-led venture to take place on 14-15 October 2011 (Friday and Saturday). This two-day conference is designed to offer participants a stimulating and friendly forum in which they may present and discuss their research findings. Additionally, the event aims at bringing together researchers from different academic divisions carrying out language studies in order to foster cross-disciplinary contact.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN>This year’s conference theme is “Crossing Boundaries: The Impact of Language Studies in Academia and Beyond”. We therefore seek to look into the role played by language studies both within the academic scenario and outside it, paying special attention to the relevance of current language research findings to society in general.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN>The following distinguished scholars have confirmed their participation at the conference:</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN>Prof. Deborah Cameron</SPAN></B><SPAN> (University of Oxford);</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN>Prof. Michael Halliday</SPAN></B><SPAN> (University of Sydney);</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN>Prof. Ruqaiya Hasan</SPAN></B><SPAN> (Macquarie University).</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN>We invite researchers (both students and staff members) working in the broad area of language studies to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations based on the (non-exhaustive) list of areas below:</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Applied linguistics;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Classroom discourse;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Corpus linguistics;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Critical discourse analysis;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Discourse analysis;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Genre analysis;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Language change;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Language policy;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Language teaching/learning;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Linguistic and cultural imperialism;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Multimodality;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Phonetics/phonology;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Pragmatics;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Semantics;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Sociolinguistics;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Syntax;</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Stylistics.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN>Submission guidelines</SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN>Proposals should be submitted via EasyAbs available at </SPAN><A href="http://go.qub.ac.uk/ilinc2011" target=_blank><SPAN>http://go.qub.ac.uk/ilinc2011</SPAN></A><SPAN>, following the guidelines below:</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN>1.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Abstracts should be 300 words long (maximum) and should clearly indicate the research question/objective, literature review, methodology, results and conclusions (without any subheadings).</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN>2.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>The DOC file to be submitted via the online facility should be formatted as such:</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN>a.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>The first line should specify the title, which must be centralized, in bold, and in capital letters.</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN>b.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>After skipping a line, the abstract should be typed, containing a maximum of 300 words. Citations should be included as deemed necessary, but there is no need to include full references at the end of the abstract.</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN>c.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Please do not use any foot/endnotes and avoid unusual symbols (such as phonetic transcriptions) which may be changed in electronic communication.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN>Key dates</SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Abstract submission deadline: 8 July 2011</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Notification of reviewers’ decision: 15 August 2011</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Presenters’ registration deadline: 26 August 2011</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Conference: 14-15 October 2011</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN>Publication</SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN>It is expected that a selection of the papers presented at the conference will be published in an edited collection. Further information will be disclosed in due course.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN>Further information</SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>Site: </SPAN><A href="http://go.qub.ac.uk/1stILinC" target=_blank><SPAN>http://go.qub.ac.uk/1stILinC</SPAN></A></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>E-mail address: <SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><A href="mailto:ilinc@qub.ac.uk" target=_blank>ilinc@qub.ac.uk</A></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN>Support</SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>School of Education (Queen’s University Belfast)</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>School of English (Queen’s University Belfast)</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN>School of Languages, Literatures and Performing Arts (Queen’s University Belfast)</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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