31.584, Calls: Applied Linguistics/Belgium

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Subject: 31.584, Calls: Applied Linguistics/Belgium

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Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:18:03
From: Sylvie De Cock [sylvie.decock at uclouvain.be]
Subject: PLIN Day 2020: Linguistics applied to Business Language in a multilingual and multicultural world

 
Full Title: PLIN Day 2020: Linguistics applied to Business Language in a multilingual and multicultural world 
Short Title: PLIN Day 2020 

Date: 15-May-2020 - 15-May-2020
Location: Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 
Contact Person: Sylvie De Cock
Meeting Email: sylvie.decock at uclouvain.be
Web Site: https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc/plin/plinday2020.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 05-Mar-2020 

Meeting Description:

The PLIN Day is an annual one-day thematic conference hosted by the
Linguistics Research Unit of the Université catholique de Louvain
(Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium). The conference has established itself over the
years as an international forum for the exchange of ideas among scholars and
has brought together researchers from all over the world.

The 2020 PLIN Day will take place on Friday, May 15 and is devoted to
“Linguistics applied to Business Language in a multilingual and multicultural
world”. It offers academics, professionals, undergraduate and postgraduate
students an excellent opportunity to access, share and discuss cutting-edge
research in the field. The following (non-exhaustive) list of themes will be
covered this year:
 - The use of (corpus) linguistic methods in the study of organizational
communication and/or the characteristics of business language
 - Research on techniques and practices for clear and simple communication
within organizations. This includes techniques for simplifying documents
issued by organizations in order to enhance accessibility.
 - The challenges of the use of ''English as a lingua franca'' in
organizational communication and, more generally, of communication in English
between native and non-native speakers within organizations.
 - Intercultural communication in multilingual business communication

The core of the conference will consist in keynote sessions but participants
will also have the opportunity to present their most recent research and/or
work in progress during an interactive poster session. 

Keynote speakers: 
Isabelle Clerc, Université de Laval
Thierry Fontenelle, European Investment Bank
Michael Handford, Cardiff University
Geert Jacobs, Universiteit Gent

Organizing committee: 
Sylvie De Cock, Université catholique de Louvain 
Thomas François, Université catholique de Louvain
Philippe Hiligsmann, Université catholique de Louvain
Adeline Müller, Université catholique de Louvain
Laura Penha-Marion, Université catholique de Louvain

Scientific committee: 
Andrea Catellani, Université catholique de Louvain
Isabelle Clerc, Université de Laval
Sylvie De Cock, Université catholique de Louvain 
Amandine Dumont, Université catholique de Louvain
Thierry Fontenelle, European Investment Bank
Thomas François, Université catholique de Louvain
Michael Handford, Cardiff University
Philippe Hiligsmann, Université catholique de Louvain
Geert Jacobs, Universiteit Gent
Adeline Müller, Université catholique de Louvain
Sandrine Roginsky, Université catholique de Louvain
Lieve Vangehuchten, Universiteit Antwerpen 

Important dates: 
1 March, 2020: Registration opens
5 March 2020: Deadline for abstract submissions
27 March 2020: Notification of acceptance for a poster presentation
7 May, 2020: Registration closes


Call for Posters: 

In addition to the keynote sessions, an interactive poster session will be
organized to enable participants to present their most recent research and/or
work in progress. We invite abstracts (between 300 and 500 words) addressing
topics such as:
 - (Corpus) linguistic methods applied to the study of organizational
communication
 - Analyses of functional and formal characteristics of business language
 - Clear and simple (written or oral) communication within organizations
 - ''English as a lingua franca'' in organizational communication
 - Communication in English between native and non-native speakers within
organizations
 - Intercultural communication in multilingual business communication

We welcome contributions about languages other than Dutch, English, French,
German and Spanish. 

The posters (poster size: 900 x 1200 mm) will be presented in English (poster
size: 900 x 1200 mm). Further information on the posters will be provided in
due course. The presence of the author (or at least one of the authors) is
required as short oral presentations of the posters will also be organized in
a poster boost session.

Abstract submissions should be sent by 5 March 2020 to the following address:
plindayucl at uclouvain.be.

Acceptance for posters will be notified by 27 March 2020.

For more information:
https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc/plin/plinday2020.html




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