30.4016, Calls: General Linguistics, Typology/Netherlands

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Subject: 30.4016, Calls: General Linguistics, Typology/Netherlands

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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 06:15:56
From: Hella Olbertz [h.g.olbertz at uva.nl]
Subject: 6th International Conference on Functional Discourse Grammar

 
Full Title: 6th International Conference on Functional Discourse Grammar 
Short Title: FDG2020 

Date: 30-Jun-2020 - 03-Jul-2020
Location: Schoorl (North-Holland), Netherlands 
Contact Person: Hella Olbertz
Meeting Email: fg-fgw at uva.nl
Web Site: http://home.hum.uva.nl/fdg/events/conferences/IC-FDG-2020/Conference_2020.html 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Typology 

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2020 

Meeting Description:

The aim of FDG2020 is to further elaborate the model of Functional Discourse
Grammar (FDG) as proposed by Kees Hengeveld and J. Lachlan Mackenzie. Full
treatments of FDG may be found in: Hengeveld, Kees and Mackenzie, J. Lachlan.
2008. Functional Discourse Grammar: A typologically-based theory of language
structure. Oxford: Oxford University Press; and in Keizer, Evelien. 2015. A
Functional Discourse Grammar for English. Oxford: Oxford University Press.


Call for Papers:

The conference is organized by the University of Amsterdam and will be held in
Schoorl, The Netherlands.

The Venue:

FDG2020 will take place in Dopersduin, Oorsprongweg 3, 1871 HA Schoorl, The
Netherlands. Dopersduin is a conference center located near the sea and dunes
in North-Holland, at approximately an hour's travel from Amsterdam. Affordable
full-board (from June 29-July 3, 2020) and bicycle rental arrangements will be
offered. The second circular will contain more detailed information.

The conference:

All sessions at the conference will be plenary, so as to enhance discussion
between participants. A poster session will be part of the programme. The
language of the conference will be English.

Abstracts:

Abstracts should contain at least the following items: a clearly defined and
well-motivated research question; the crucial examples illustrating the
relevance of the research question; and the main conclusions of the paper.
Abstracts should be approximately 1,000 words long, i.e. roughly 3 pages, and
should not contain the name of the author. References to literature cited
should be provided in addition to the 1,000 words. References containing the
name of the author may also be given but will be suppressed before the
abstract is sent to the programme committee. Please indicate in the
accompanying message whether you want to present a paper or a poster.
Abstracts should be submitted electronically as a Word-file to the
International Secretary of the FGF at fg-fgw at uva.nl.

Organizing Committee:
The members of the Organizing Committee are: Hongmei Fang, Kees Hengeveld
(chair), Lois Kemp, and Marieke Olthof, all from the University of Amsterdam. 

Programme Committee:

The board of the Functional Grammar Foundation (FGF) has appointed a Programme
Committee that consists of the following members: Inge Genee (University of
Lethbridge), Kees Hengeveld (University of Amsterdam), and Hella Olbertz
(Chair, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela/University of Amsterdam). The
Programme Committee will evaluate anonymized abstracts and decide on their
inclusion in the conference programme. Abstracts submitted by members of the
Programme Committee themselves will be evaluated by an independent member of
the board of the FGF.

Further information on accommodation, fees, and registration will be provided
in the second circular.




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