22.4691, Calls: Discourse Analysis, Applied Ling/Malaysia

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Subject: 22.4691, Calls: Discourse Analysis, Applied Ling/Malaysia

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Date: 24-Nov-2011
From: Dr. Krishnavanie Shunmugam [umdsc2012 at um.edu.my]
Subject: University of Malaya Discourse and Society Conference


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Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:59:21
From: Dr. Krishnavanie Shunmugam [umdsc2012 at um.edu.my]
Subject: University of Malaya Discourse and Society Conference

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Full Title: University of Malaya Discourse and Society Conference 
Short Title: UMDS 2012 

Date: 27-Jun-2012 - 29-Jun-2012
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
Contact Person: Dr. Krishnavanie Shunmugam
Meeting Email: umdsc2012 at um.edu.my

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis 

Call Deadline: 31-Dec-2011 

Meeting Description:

University of Malaya Conference on Discourse and Society
Transforming Scholarship: Setting a New Agenda for Language Learning and Research
Intercontinental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, 27-29 June, 2012

The Faculty of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Malaya is pleased to announce the third University of Malaya Conference on Discourse and Society (UMDS 2012). 

The aim of this conference is to go beyond conventional papers and presentations, and to set a new agenda for research and scholarship in the study of language, with the focus on discourse and society. Firstly, it is not restricted to academic research, but seeks to bring together scholars, theoreticians and practitioners from different disciplines and professional fields to exchange ideas and offer new perspectives and directions in research on discourse and society. The meeting of the two different worlds of academic knowledge and professional experience is intended to lead both sides to a richer understanding of how language functions in contemporary society.   

Secondly, the conference will be multidisciplinary in nature; the participation of practitioners from various fields is intended to provide opportunities for cross-disciplinary dialogue which will enable us to engage in and make sense of the discursive practices of the professional world. At the same time, linguistics, pragmatics and discourse analysis will provide the approaches and analytical tools to help make sense of the meaning-making process involved in this kind of interaction.

Finally, the new agenda is intended to provide a way forward for academics working on language from different disciplinary perspectives, particularly those at an early stage in their careers. Items on the new agenda include working with colleagues who possess complementary skills in related disciplines, and bringing academic research out of the university and into the community, the world of business and the world of professional practice.

The conference will end with a round table discussion to draw up a new agenda with a timetabled action plan. The agenda will include new proposals for the teaching of language in its various forms at the university level. It is hoped that the conference will open up new areas of research into language as a discourse and an as an academic subject in addition to bringing forth new approaches to the study of language which will be able to provide meaningful input into language teaching and learning and curriculum design for programmes in languages and linguistics. 

Call for Papers:

While papers are invited in English or Malay from any topic in the field of discourse, preference will be given to contributions that encourage debate from interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives. Areas of interest include: 

Discourse and health practices 
Discourse and business practices
Discourse and academic practices 
Discourse and teaching practices 
Discourse and social work practices 
Discourse and journalistic practices
Discourse and broadcasting practices
Discourse and legal practices
Discourse and military practices
Discourse and engineering practices
Discourse and industrial practices
Discourse and practices in the creative/performing arts
Discourse and practices of service providers 
Other related areas of research in discourse and society

We also invite papers investigating the discourse of language teaching and training in the contexts of professional communication which require an understanding of professional practice while still focusing on language. 

Abstracts of 200 -250 words for 20-minute oral presentations are to be submitted to Dr. Fauziah Taib, Head of the Abstract Committee at umdsc at um.edu.my by 31 December 2011. Notification of acceptance will be sent via e-mail by 28 February, 2012.

Selected papers will be published in an internationally peer-reviewed book.





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