15.2887, Calls: Socioling/English/Canada; Pragmatics/USA

Wed Oct 13 19:46:33 UTC 2004

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Subject: 15.2887, Calls: Socioling/English/Canada; Pragmatics/USA                                                                                                                                                                

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1)
Date: 12-Oct-2004
From: Alex D'Arcy < alex.darcy at utoronto.ca >
Subject: Canadian English in the Global Context 

2)
Date: 12-Oct-2004
From: Alwiya Omar < aomar at indiana.edu >
Subject: 16th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:33:13
From: Alex D'Arcy < alex.darcy at utoronto.ca >
Subject: Canadian English in the Global Context 

Full Title: Canadian English in the Global Context 
Short Title: CanEng 

Date: 28-Jan-2005 - 30-Jan-2005
Location: Toronto, Canada 
Contact Person: Alex D'Arcy
Meeting Email: caneng at chass.utoronto.ca
Web Site: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/canengglobal

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Subject Language(s): English 

Call Deadline: 15-Oct-2004 

Meeting Description:

A conference focusing on current research on Canadian English, being held
in honour of Professor Jack Chambers 

This call is a reminder that the deadline for abstract submission is
Friday, October 15.

The Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, is organizing a
conference on Canadian English in the Global Context in honour of Jack
Chambers. The conference aims to address the following questions: What are
the characteristics of Canadian English that distinguish it from other
English dialects? How does Canadian English vary across the nation? What
accounts for this variation? What changes is Canadian English undergoing?
How has Canadian English been influenced by contact with other languages
such as Aboriginal languages, French, and immigrant languages? What effect
does American English have on Canadian speech? What is the role of Canadian
English in the context of World English?

Abstracts are invited for twenty minute talks (plus ten minutes discussion).
- Abstracts should be a single page, 12 point type; examples and references
can be on a second page.
- Abstracts should be submitted as .pdf or Microsoft Word attachments, sent
to the e-mail address below.
- Please send two copies of the abstract, one with no identifying
information and a second including your name and affiliation below the title.
- In the body of the e-mail, please include the following information:
		name
		affiliation
		e-mail address
		student / non-student

Invited speakers:
Katherine Barber, Editor, Canadian Oxford Dictionary; Sandra Clarke,
Memorial University of Newfoundland; Jack Chambers, University of Toronto;
Beat Glauser, University of Heidelberg; James Milroy, University of
Michigan; Leslie Milroy, University of Michigan; Shana Poplack, University
of Ottawa; Peter Trudgill, Freiburg University

Graduate student symposium on new directions in the study of Canadian English

Abstract deadline: 15 October 2004

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:33:18
From: Alwiya Omar < aomar at indiana.edu >
Subject: 16th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning 

Full Title: 16th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning 

Date: 14-Apr-2005 - 16-Apr-2005
Location: Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America 
Contact Person: César Félix-Brasdefer
Meeting Email: cfelixbr at indiana.edu
Web Site: http://www.indiana.edu/~pll2005/index.htm

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Pragmatics;
Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-Nov-2004 

Meeting Description:

16th International Conference on 
Pragmatics and Language Learning
April 14-16, 2005
Indiana University, Bloomington 

Keynote Speakers:  Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Indiana University & Gabriele
Kasper, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Papers are welcome on any of the following topics:
- the contributions of pragmatic competence to overall language proficiency
- cross-cultural pragmatics/discourse analysis
- pragmatic development in a second language
- developments in pragmatic research and methodology
- integrating pragmatics in language teaching

Abstract Submissions:
- Abstracts should be sent via electronic mail as an attachment (Word,
WordPerfect, or PDF format) to:  pll2005 at indiana.edu
- One-page abstract (300 words, maximum) with the title but no author's name
- Include a separate page with author's name, email address, and
institutional affiliation
- Authors may submit one individual and one joint abstract

Abstract deadline: November 1, 2004

Workshops:
There will be a pre-conference workshop on the teaching pragmatics in
foreign and second language contexts on Thursday, April 14, 2005. A 3-hour
workshop, Learner Corpus Analysis and the Development of L2 Pragmatic
Competence in Computer Networked Environments, will be conducted by Julie
Belz, Pennsylvania State University, followed by three one-hour workshops
by Alwiya Omar, César Félix-Brasdefer, and Rebecca Mahan-Taylor. The
workshop will feature poster sessions on teaching pragmatics by
participants (poster proposal deadline February 1, 2005). 

Colloquium:
There will be a colloquium on Political Discourse and Intercultural
Pragmatics led by Beverly Hartford and Samuel Obeng, Indiana University, on
Saturday, April 16.

Conference Proceedings:
Participants will be invited to submit their papers to be considered for
publication in the conference proceedings.

All questions should be sent to: pll2005 at indiana.edu

For additional information please visit the conference website:
http://www.indiana.edu/~pll2005/

Conference Organizers:

Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, TESOL and Applied Linguistics
Alwiya Omar, Linguistics and African Studies
César Félix-Brasdefer, Spanish and Portuguese

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