30.3679, Calls: Applied Linguistics/Switzerland

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Subject: 30.3679, Calls: Applied Linguistics/Switzerland

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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:28:57
From: Anne Parpan-Blaser [anne.parpan at fhnw.ch]
Subject: KLAARA 2020 Conference on Easy-to-Read Language Research

 
Full Title: KLAARA 2020 Conference on Easy-to-Read Language Research 
Short Title: KLAARA 

Date: 31-Aug-2020 - 01-Sep-2020
Location: Olten, Switzerland 
Contact Person: Anne Parpan-Blaser
Meeting Email: anne.parpan at fhnw.ch
Web Site: http://www.klaara.ch 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-Mar-2020 

Meeting Description:

The aim of this multidisciplinary conference is to provide scholars in the
field of EtR languages and accessible communication an opportunity to share
their research. It also aims to advance networking of professionals interested
in adapted language for communication with people having various difficulties
in understanding standard forms of language.


Call for Papers:

After the successful launch of the KLAARA Conference on easy-to-read (EtR)
language research in Helsinki 2019, it is our great pleasure to invite you to
the second international KLAARA conference. It takes place on the 31st August
and 1st September 2020 in Olten, Switzerland.

There is a growing awareness that access to information and barrier-free
communication is a prerequisite for persons to participate as self-determined
and equal citizens at all areas of society. Article 2 of the UN convention on
the rights of persons with disabilities includes the use of easily
understandable language as a means of achieving this. Against the background
that accessible language benefits numerous other target groups, there is a
growing interest in and more research on the topic. Changes in society
increase the demand for research-based standards, practices, and applications
in various social contexts. On the theoretical side, EtR has to be seen in the
broader context of participation, addressee orientation, communication,
comprehensibility, literacy and intralingual translation.
Studies from different disciplinary perspectives will be presented and
discussed, as e.g. social sciences, linguistics, special education,
translation studies, visual communication and information design.
Contributions may be addressing topics as for example principles and
standards, text types, target groups, services, user participation and text
checking, instructions and cooperation with text owners, education in/on EtR,
language policy, empirical verification of guidelines, methods etc.

The conference organizers invite abstracts for section papers, posters and
workshops.
Section papers and posters should be based on completed or research in
progress. Workshops may also be aiming to connect people on new topics or
provisional ideas.
Abstracts for papers and posters must be maximum 300 words, excluding
references. They should articulate: the objectives or questions being
addressed; the conceptual or theoretical perspectives informing the work;
where appropriate, the methodology; and the contribution to knowledge in light
of the conference topics.
Workshop proposals should include: the workshop purpose and its relationship
to the conference topics; details of the program and the expected contribution
of the workshop.

Important dates:

- First call for papers: September 18, 2019
- Abstract submission opens: December 15, 2019
- Second call for papers: December 15, 2019
- Abstract submission deadline: March 1, 2020
- Notification of acceptance: May 1, 2020
- Registration closes: August 1, 2020




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