32.1187, Confs: Applied Ling/Online

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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2021 15:53:39
From: Sylvie De Cock [sylvie.decock at uclouvain.be]
Subject: 2021 PLIN Day - “Linguistics applied to Business Language in a multilingual and multicultural world”

 
2021 PLIN Day - “Linguistics applied to Business Language in a multilingual and multicultural world” 
Short Title: 2021 PLIN Day 

Date: 07-May-2021 - 07-May-2021 
Location: Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve) (Online), Belgium 
Contact: Sylvie De Cock 
Contact Email: sylvie.decock at uclouvain.be 
Meeting URL: https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc/plin/plinday2021.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

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 2021 PLIN Day will take place on Friday, May 7 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 a ‘short papers’ session.

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

Program Information: 

Registration is now open (and free) for the 2021 PLIN Day
Friday May 7h, online 

The core of the conference will consist in four keynote sessions and 22 ‘short
paper’ presentations organized in 2 sessions of 3 parallel tracks: 
Morning sessions:
-Keynote: Geert Jacobs (Universiteit Gent): How to make free trade cool
(again): A metapragmatic analysis
-Keynote: Michael Handford (Cardiff University): Corpus linguistic approaches
to business English
-‘Short paper’ parallel sessions

Afternoon sessions: 
-Keynote: Thierry Fontenelle (European Investment Bank): Translation and
multilingual communication at the European Investment Bank
-Keynote: Isabelle Clerc (Université de Laval) : Comment estimer l’efficacité
communicationnelle à l’écrit : Le cas de lettres adressées par le ministère de
la Santé publique du Québec à des sinistrés
-‘Short paper’ parallel sessions

More information :
https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc/plin/plinday2021.html

We look forward to welcoming you on May 7!

The organizing committee 
Sylvie De Cock, Thomas François, Philippe Hiligsmann, Adeline Müller, Tran
Hanh Trang Pham, Laura Penha-Marion (Université catholique de Louvain)





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