Call for papers for the Third International Conference on Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG2014) - Jaen, Spain, September 2014

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Call for papers for the

Third International Conference on Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG2014)

to be held in Jaén, Spain, from 17-20 September 2014.

This conference will be preceded by a

Preconference Course on FDG

on 15 and 16 September 2014.


Objectives
The aim of FDG2014 is to further elaborate the model of Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG) as proposed by Kees Hengeveld and J. Lachlan Mackenzie. A full treatment of FDG may be found in: Hengeveld, Kees and Mackenzie, J. Lachlan (2008), Functional Discourse Grammar: A typologically-based theory of language structure. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

The conference
All sessions at the conference will be plenary, so as to enhance discussion between participants. A poster session will be part of the programme. The language of the conference will be English.

The venue

FDG2014 will take place in Spain, in the city of Jaén, located in Andalucía. The conference will be hosted by the University of Jaén at their main campus, the Campus de Las Lagunillas, which is located to the north of the city. Jaén is a small city for Spanish standards (120.000 inhabitants) and is beautifully located. Details on travel and accomodation will be published in the near future at www.functionaldiscoursegrammar.info<http://www.functionaldiscoursegrammar.info>.

Abstracts
Each abstract should contain at least the following items: a clearly defined and well-motivated research question; the crucial examples illustrating the relevance of the research question; and the main conclusions of the paper. Abstracts should be approximately 1,000 words long, i.e. roughly 3 pages, and should not contain the name of the author. References to literature cited should be provided in addition to the 1,000 words. References containing the name of the author may also be given but will be suppressed before the abstract is sent to the programme committee. Please indicate in the accompanying message whether you want to present a paper or a poster. The deadline for the submission of abstracts for papers and posters is February 15, 2014. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to fg-fgw at uva.nl<mailto:fg-fgw at uva.nl>.

Organizing Committee
The members of the Organizing Committee are Ventura Salazar García (Chair, University of Jaén), Carmen Conti Jiménez (University of Jaén), María Belén Díez-Bedmar (Secretary, University of Jaén), Elena Felíu Arquiola (University of Jaén), Francisco Fernández-García (University of Jaén), and Paula García-Ramírez (University of Jaén).

Programme Committee
The board of the Functional Grammar Foundation (FGF) has appointed a Programme Committee that consists of the following members: Gudrun Rawoens (Chair, Ghent University), Evelien Keizer (University of Vienna), and Ventura Salazar García (University of Jaén). The Programme Committee will evaluate anonymized abstracts and decide on their inclusion in the conference programme. Abstracts submitted by members of the Programme Committee will be evaluated by an independent member of the board of the FGF.

Preconference course
The preconference course on FDG is aimed at graduates and postgraduates and will be taught by Evelien Keizer (University of Vienna), using her forthcoming new textbook on Functional Discourse Grammar.

Further information
Further information on accomodation, fees, and registration will be provided in the second circular.

How you can reach us
The email address for all enquiries related to the course and conference is fg-fgw at uva.nl<mailto:fg-fgw at uva.nl>




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Functional Grammar Foundation
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Department of Theoretical Linguistics
Spuistraat 210
NL-1012 VT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
e-mail: fg-fgw at uva.nl
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