28.1691, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis/Belgium

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-1691. Thu Apr 06 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.1691, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis/Belgium

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Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 13:56:56
From: Stef Slembrouck [stef.slembrouck at ugent.be]
Subject: Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice

 
Full Title: Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice 
Short Title: ALAPP 

Date: 21-Nov-2017 - 23-Nov-2017
Location: Ghent, Belgium 
Contact Person: Stef Slembrouck
Meeting Email: alapp at ugent.be
Web Site: http://www.alapp.ugent.be 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis 

Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2017 

Meeting Description:

The 7th ALAPP-Conference will be hosted by the Research Centre for
Multilingual Practice and Language Learning in Society and held at Ghent
University, Belgium, 21-23 November 2017.

Conference Theme: Communication, Interaction and Quality of Service

The ALAPP conference aims to bring together scholars from different
disciplinary backgrounds, especially language and communication research and
professional specialities (e.g. business, education, health, immigration and
border control, journalism, law, organizational practice & administration,
police work, research, therapy, social care and welfare, translation and
interpreting). ALAPP welcomes contributions on any topic linking professional
and occupational practice with language and communication issues.

Conference themes include:

- Identity construction in professional communication
- Globalisation-affected multilingualism in the professions
- Use of lingua franca in professional encounters
- Multimodality in professional practice
- Professional practice, discourse and the new media
- The role of translation and interpreting in professional practice
- Language policy and practice in the professions
- Linguistic, interactional and communicative training for professionals


Call for Papers:

Submission Guidelines:

The submission of proposals opens on 22 February 2017. Proposal categories
include panels, individual presentations (oral or poster) and work-in-progress
roundtable contributions.

Deadline call for papers: 15 April
Communication decisions: 15 May

The ALAPP conference policy is “one main oral presentation per author”. One
may choose to submit more than one proposal, but normally only one proposal
will be accepted for oral presentation. Any additional accepted proposals may
be presented as poster(s) or by co-author(s).

Before you submit an abstract you must register on site, at
http://www.alapp.ugent.be/call-for-papers/abstracts/.

You will receive an email to confirm your login and set a password of your
choice.




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