CFP:LIBFFD IN CHINA

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Dear colleagues,
I just thought the following CFP might be of interest to some of you.
Kindest regards,
Francisco Gonzálvez García


CALL FOR PAPERS FOR LIBFFD IN CHINA

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Languages and International Business:
First Forum across Disciplines (LIBFFD)


In order to encourage the cross-discipline research between language  
and business, Languages and International Business: First Forum across  
Disciplines will be held at University of International Business and  
Economics (UIBE) in Beijing, from 20-21 March 2010.

PLENARY SPEAKERS
	F. Ruiz de Mendoza---University of La Rioja
	Ricardo Mairal----- National Distance University
	LuJianming------- - Peking University
	XuShenghuan----- -Henan University
	WangLifei------------University of International Business and  
Economics
	Huangguowen-------Zhongshan University
	WangMingyu--------Heilongjiang University
	Zhanghanlin-------- University of International Business and  
Economics
	Zhangli---------------Beijing Language and Culture University
	WangYonggui-------University of International Business and Economics
	Caodafeng-----------Beijing Foreign Studies University



CONFERENCE THEME
The theme of the conference is international business research from a  
multi-linguistic perspective, focusing on business language research  
and including business language theory, business advertisement  
research, business negotiation research, and business language from a  
number of (potentially relatable) perspectives: cognitive, functional,  
social, corpus-based, comparative, applied, cultural, pedagogical,  
pragmatic, discursive, etc. The theme of this forum is intended to be  
broad and inclusive. It may involve views from theoretical approaches  
within Construction Grammar(s), Cognitive Grammar, Cognitive  
Semantics, and Functional Linguistics.

WEBSITE

http://www.uibelcc.com

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

Proposals for paper presentations, workshops and colloquia should be  
sent in abstract form to LanguageBusiness at 126.com by March 5th, 2010.
Abstracts should be around 400 words and include the following information:
- Type of Presentation: Paper, colloquium, workshop.
- Title of Paper
- Presenters: Names of presenters and institutional affiliation and  
address, including email address
- Presentation Aim: Succinct statement of the aim of the contribution
- Presentation Background: Relationship to previous and current work  
with key references.
- Presentation Body: Description of the main part of the presentation
- References: List of references cited in the abstract
- Key terms: Key terms identifying the field(s) of presentation

  (Conference Fee：600 Yuan for each participant with food and  
drink without hotel and transport)

LOCATION OF UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

No. 10 Huixin Dongjie
Chaoyang District
Beijing, China

Check-in Place: Yinhua Hotel (Tel: 010-64934455)
Conference fee: ¥600 (¥300-Registered students), meals and drink are included.


CONFERENCE ORGANISERS

Language Research Center
University of International Business and Economics
Beijing, China
E-mail：LanguageBusiness at 126.com
Tel：+8610-62522328

CONTACT US
Xianglan Chen (UIBC): 010-62522328, 13811127336;
Jun Wu (UIBC): 13910066881;
Xingquan Tang (UIBC): 13681196838;
E-mail: LanguageBusiness at 126.com.

Keep up-to-date by bookmarking and checking the website regularly:  
http://www.uibelcc.com