15.3463, Calls: Forensic Ling/USA; Text/Corpus Ling/Germany

Sat Dec 11 03:08:35 UTC 2004

LINGUIST List: Vol-15-3463. Fri Dec 10 2004. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 15.3463, Calls: Forensic Ling/USA; Text/Corpus Ling/Germany

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Wayne State U <aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry at linguistlist.org>

Reviews (reviews at linguistlist.org)
        Sheila Collberg, U of Arizona
        Terry Langendoen, U of Arizona

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org/

The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, Wayne
State University, and donations from subscribers and publishers.

Editor for this issue: Amy Wronkowicz <amy at linguistlist.org>
================================================================

As a matter of policy, LINGUIST discourages the use of abbreviations
or acronyms in conference announcements unless they are explained in
the text.

To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at
http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.html.

===========================Directory==============================

1)
Date: 08-Dec-2004
From: John Costello < john.costello at nyu.edu >
Subject: Language and the Law: 50th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association

2)
Date: 08-Dec-2004
From: Monika Bednarek < Monika.Bednarek at phil.uni-augsburg.de >
Subject: Conference on Evaluation and Text Types

-------------------------Message 1 ----------------------------------
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:01:43
From: John Costello < john.costello at nyu.edu >
Subject: Language and the Law: 50th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association

Full Title: Language and the Law: 50th Annual Conference of the International
Linguistic Association

Date: 15-Apr-2005 - 17-Apr-2005
Location: New York, NY, United States of America
Contact Person: Effie Cochran
Meeting Email: efthymiaC at aol.com

Linguistic Field(s): Forensic Linguistics

Call Deadline: 17-Jan-2005

Meeting Description:

The theme of the conference is Language and the Law.  Papers on the
following topics are invited:  forensic linguistics, linguistics and Common
Roman Law, legal definitions and libel, courtroom discourse, translation
and the law:  courtroom interpreters, misconceptions about language and the
law, trademark language in advertising, plagiarism, linguistic change and
legal policy planning, the implications of 'legalese' vs. standard language
in the courtroom.

Papers on other topics in theoretical and applied linguistics are also welcome.

The abstract should be single spaced and should not exceed 425 words;  it
should clearly state the research questions and/or problems addressed, and
give some type of indication to resolve the issue at hand.  Send the
abstract via e-mail to jwoltjer at earthlink.net;  the abstract itself should
be sent as an attachment.  Please provide the following information in the
body of the e-mail itself:  name, affiliation, title of the paper, address,
and audio-visual equipment needs.  Also, for editing and verification,
please send one hard copy of the abstract with the additional information
on a separate sheet in a letter sized envelope to Johanna J. Woltjer,
Conference Coordinator, 511 West 112 Street, Apt. 14, New York, NY
10025-1634, USA.

Talks will be 20 minutes long plus five minutes for questions and discussion.
Plenary speakers:  Roger W. Shuy and John M. Conley

-------------------------Message 2 ----------------------------------
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:01:47
From: Monika Bednarek < Monika.Bednarek at phil.uni-augsburg.de >
Subject: Conference on Evaluation and Text Types

Full Title: Conference on Evaluation and Text Types

Date: 22-Jul-2005 - 23-Jul-2005
Location: Augsburg, Germany
Contact Person: Monika Bednarek
Meeting Email: Monika.Bednarek at phil.uni-augsburg.de

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Call Deadline: 28-Feb-2005

Meeting Description:

Two-day conference on evaluation and text types at Augsburg University,
focusing on evaluation in the new media and cross-cultural aspects of
evaluation.

The Department of (English) Linguistics at Augsburg University (Wolfram
Bublitz, Monika Bednarek) will host a 2-day conference on evaluation and
text types, to be held from the 22nd to the 23rd of July 2005.

For the purposes of this conference evaluation is defined as

the broad cover term for the expression of the speaker's or writer's
attitude or stance towards, viewpoint on, or feelings about the entities or
propositions that he or she is talking about. That attitude may relate to
certainty or obligation or desirability or any of a number of other sets of
values. (Thompson & Hunston 2000: 5)

and overlaps with competing notions such as stance and appraisal.

Proposals are invited for papers addressing various aspects of the analysis
of evaluation in different types of text. We welcome specifically papers
dealing with evaluation in the new media (internet, email etc) and
cross-cultural aspects of evaluation.

We invite abstracts and proposals of no more than 300 words to be submitted
via email by February 28, 2005. We expect to provide notification of
acceptance or otherwise by March 31, 2005.

ABSTRACTS

Abstracts should be 250-300 words long and should be submitted by email to:

Monika.Bednarek at phil.uni-augsburg.de

Abstracts should contain:

- Title of the presentation
- Name(s) of the author(s)
- Affiliation of the author(s)
- Both e-mail and postal addresses
- Any special audio-visual/IT requirements

Presentation slots will be 45 minutes long (30 minutes for presentation and
15 minutes for questions)

FURTHER CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Further details about the conference, including travel and accommodation
information, programmes and abstracts will be posted on the conference
website (currently under construction). There will be a conference fee of
25 Euro (postgraduate students excluded), but limited funding may become
available to individual participants.

References
Thompson, G. & S. Hunston 2000. ''Evaluation: an introduction''. In: Hunston,
S. & G. Thompson (eds). Evaluation in Text: Authorial Stance and the
Construction of Discourse. Oxford: OUP: 1-27.

-----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-15-3463