15.2804, Calls: Socioling/UK; Discourse Analysis/Italy

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LINGUIST List: Vol-15-2804. Wed Oct 06 2004. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 15.2804, Calls: Socioling/UK;  Discourse Analysis/Italy                                                                                                                                                                 

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1)
Date: 05-Oct-2004
From: Lowri Griffith < Griffithl at cf.ac.uk >
Subject: Language and Global Communication Conference 

2)
Date: 06-Oct-2004
From: Marina Dossena < marina at unibg.it >
Subject: 15th European Symposium on Language for Special Purposes 
 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 15:39:47
From: Lowri Griffith < Griffithl at cf.ac.uk >
Subject: Language and Global Communication Conference 
 
Full Title: Language and Global Communication Conference 
Short Title: LGC2005 

Date: 07-Jul-2005 - 09-Jul-2005
Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Theo Van Leeuwen
Meeting Email: LGC2005 at cf.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www.global.cf.ac.uk

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 29-Oct-2004 

Meeting Description:

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
LGC 2005
Language and Global Communication Conference
Cardiff University, Wales, 7 - 9 July 2005

The Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University
will hold a conference in Cardiff from 7-9 July 2005.

PLENARY SPEAKERS
Bryan S. Turner, Cambridge University, UK
Monica Heller, University of Toronto, Canada
Jan Blommaert, Ghent University, Belgium
Clare Mar-Molinero, Southampton University, UK
John Urry, Lancaster University, UK
	
The conference will bring together scholars working with language and
global communication across all fields of inquiry. Anticipating innovative,
challenging contributions, we welcome proposals from sociolinguistics,
linguistics, communication, journalism, semiotics, cultural theory and the
social sciences. This is an interdisciplinary conference covering, but not
limited to, such areas as
	
- Global media
- Shifting flows of communication
- Global and minority languages
- Policy and practices of global institutions and organisations
- Diaspora
- Global tourism
- Multimodality and global communication 
- Colonisation and appropriation of communicative forms
- Global health
- Global governance

Submitting proposals
Proposals should be submitted by 29th October 2004. Abstracts should be in
English, and not more than 200 words. 
Online submission only at http://www.global.cardiff.ac.uk
Proposals may be for papers: 30 minute sessions including at least 10
minutes for discussion, and/or poster presentations. Proposals for other
types of contribution will also be considered

For further information please see http://www.global.cardiff.ac.uk
or email LGC2005 at cardiff.ac.uk


	
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Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 15:39:51
From: Marina Dossena < marina at unibg.it >
Subject: 15th European Symposium on Language for Special Purposes 

	
Full Title: 15th European Symposium on Language for Special Purposes 
Short Title: LSP2005 

Date: 29-Aug-2005 - 02-Sep-2005
Location: Bergamo, Italy 
Contact Person: Maurizio Gotti
Meeting Email: lsp2005 at unibg.it
Web Site: http://dinamico.unibg.it/cerlis/page.aspx?p=99

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Historical
Linguistics; Lexicography; Pragmatics; Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Syntax;
Text/Corpus Linguistics; Translation 

Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2004 

Meeting Description:

The conference will aim to highlight recent evolutions in specialized 
discourse research and innovative experiences in Language for Special
Purposes (LSP) teaching.

Invited Keynote speakers:

- Christopher N. Candlin (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia )
- Konrad Ehlich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany)
- Francesco Sabatini (Accademia della Crusca, Florence and Università
Roma3, Italy)
- Françoise Salager-Meyer (Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela)

Conference themes include:

- Linguistic features of specialized discourse 
- Textual and genre analysis of specialized discourse 
- Multilingualism and cultural aspects of specialized communication 
- Cognitive aspects of specialized languages 
- Pedagogical aspects of LSP 
- The translation of specialized discourse 
- LSP and multimedia communication 
- Terminology and terminography 
- Diachronic perspectives on LSP

 


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