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Subject: Call for Papers and Participation ¡V Conference on ¡§Becoming a
World Language¡¨, Hong Kong, December 2007

Dear Colleagues,

I write on behalf of The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of
Language Studies to invite you to participate in an International
Conference on

¡§Becoming a World Language: the growth of Chinese, English and Spanish¡¨

City University of Hong Kong, 5 ¡V 7 December 2007

http://www.hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk/HCLS-C1-2007

Plenary Speakers:

Cecilia Colombi (University of California, Davis)

Fang Yan (Tsinghua University)

M.A.K. Halliday (University of Sydney)

Yamuna Kachru (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Christian Matthiessen (Macquarie University)

Larry Smith (Christopher, Smith & Associates LLC; and Japan-America
Institute of Management Science, Honolulu)

The objective of the conference is to explore from a multiple perspective
the significance of a language becoming a world language. English is
already acknowledged as a world language, but both Chinese and Spanish
appear to be moving in the same direction. This raises some interesting
issues. For example: is the pattern of emergence to this status the same
in all three cases, or do they have different trajectories? Does the
system of language change in this process, and if so, how? What kind of
resources, if any, does the language have to develop along the way, and
what are the consequences of its growth for those who speak it? What
relevance do modes of language education have to this process? What are
its effects on the formation of speaker identity, for both the native
speakers of the world language and the foreign learners?

The field is thus excitingly open to, and in need of, interpretation. We
invite you to participate in this venture by presenting your thoughts on
any aspect relevant to becoming a world language. Papers could be of (i)
30 minutes or (ii) 50 minutes duration. Please send your abstracts to
HCLS at cityu.edu.hk no later than 25 August 2007. The length of the abstract
should be 150 ¡V 250 words (Microsoft Word format preferred). Please show
name, institution and country of residence at top of page and indicate
whether your paper is intended for category (i) or (ii).

There will be a Pre-Conference Institute on 3 and 4 December 2007. The
instructors and titles of the courses are as follows:

M.A.K. Halliday: Theoretical Foundations of Systemic Functional Linguistics

Ruqaiya Hasan: Analysing Text: Meaning in Context

Paul Thibault: Image and Language in Pedagogic Discourse: An Application
of Systemic Functional Linguistics

Participants will be offered a certificate of attendance. For details of
course design and fee and online registration, please visit
http://www.hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk/HCLS-C1-2007/institute.htm.

Advance registration (with concession) for the Conference will be
available until 29 September 2007.

We look forward to receiving your abstracts and hope you will be able to
join us in Hong Kong in December 2007.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Jonathan Webster & Emeritus Professor Ruqaiya Hasan

Convenors, International Conference on ¡§Becoming a World Language: the
growth of Chinese, English and Spanish¡¨

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-- 
John Peterson
FB 7, Sprachwissenschaft
Universität Osnabrück
D-49069 Osnabrück
Germany
Telephone: (+49) (0)541-969 4252
Telefax: (+49) (0)541-969 4256
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=3>Dear Dr. Peterson,<BR> <BR>This is Joey
Wong  of the City University of Hong Kong assisting Dr. Jonathan Webster
(Centre's  Director) in handling matters relating to The Halliday Centre
for Intelligent  Applications of Language Studies. Officially launched in
March 2006, The  Halliday Centre has the distinct honour of being named
after the world-renowned  linguist, Professor M.A.K.
Halliday.<BR> <BR>The Halliday Centre will  organize a Conference on
"Becoming a World Language: the growth of Chinese,  English and Spanish"
(HCLS-C1) - the first of a series of annual conferences -  to be held from
5 to 7 December 2007. The Conference will be preceded by a  Pre-Conference
Institute on 3 and 4 December 2007. <BR> <BR>We would be  most
grateful if you could include the following "Call for Papers & 
Participation" on VYAKARAN.
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<DIV>Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions on the 
above.<BR> <BR>Thank you for your kind assistance in
advance.<BR> <BR>Best regards,</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Joey Wong (Ms.)<BR>Conference Secretariat<BR>Conference on "Becoming
a  World Language: the growth of Chinese, English and Spanish"<BR>The
Halliday  Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies<BR>City
University of  Hong Kong</DIV>
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face="Times New
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w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName 
w:st="on">California</st1:PlaceName>, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place 
w:st="on">Davis</st1:place></st1:City>)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P
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lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Fang Yan 
(<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tsinghua</st1:PlaceName> 
<st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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13pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">M.A.K. Halliday  (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of 
<st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sydney</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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13pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Yamuna Kachru  (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of 
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Illinois</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> at
Urbana-Champaign)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Christian 
Matthiessen (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Macquarie</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Larry
Smith  (Christopher, Smith & Associates LLC; and <st1:country-region 
w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region>-<st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Institute</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Management</st1:PlaceName> Science, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place 
w:st="on">Honolulu</st1:place></st1:City>)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P
class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT:
15pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN 
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT:
15pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN 
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The <B 
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">objective</B> of the conference is to
 explore from a multiple perspective the significance of a language
becoming a  world language. English is already acknowledged as a world
language, but both  Chinese and Spanish appear to be moving in the same
direction. This raises some  interesting issues. For example: is the
pattern of emergence to this status the  same in all three cases, or do
they have different trajectories? Does the system  of language change in
this process, and if so, how? What kind of resources, if  any, does the
language have to develop along the way, and what are the  consequences of
its growth for those who speak it? What relevance do modes of  language
education have to this process? What are its effects on the formation  of
speaker identity, for both the native speakers of the world language and
the  foreign learners?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT:
15pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN 
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: red"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT:
15pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN 
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The field
is  thus excitingly open to, and in need of, interpretation. We invite you
to  participate in this venture by presenting your thoughts on any aspect
relevant  to becoming a world language. Papers could be of (i) 30 minutes
or (ii) 50  minutes duration. Please send your abstracts to </FONT><A
href="mailto:HCLS at cityu.edu.hk"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">HCLS at cityu.edu.hk</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New
Roman">  <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">no later than 25 August
2007</B>. The  length of the abstract should be 150 ¡V 250 words
(Microsoft Word format  preferred). Please show name, institution and
country of residence at top of  page and indicate whether your paper is
intended for category (i) or  (ii).<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New
Roman">There will be a  <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Pre-Conference Institute</B> on 3 and 4  December 2007. The
instructors and titles of the courses are as
follows:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New
Roman">M.A.K. Halliday:  <I style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Theoretical Foundations of Systemic  Functional
Linguistics<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New
Roman">Ruqaiya Hasan:  <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Analysing
Text: Meaning in  Context<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New
Roman">Paul Thibault:  <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Image and
Language in Pedagogic  Discourse: An Application of Systemic Functional
Linguistics<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New
Roman">Participants  will be offered a certificate of attendance. For
details of course design and  fee and online registration, please visit
</FONT><A
href="http://www.hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk/HCLS-C1-2007/institute.htm"><FONT
 face="Times New
Roman">http://www.hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk/HCLS-C1-2007/institute.htm</FONT></A><FONT
 face="Times New Roman">.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New
Roman">Advance  registration (with concession) for the Conference will be
available until <B  style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">29 September
2007</B>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P
class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New
Roman">We look forward  to receiving your abstracts and hope you will be
able to join us in <st1:place  w:st="on">Hong Kong</st1:place> in December
2007.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New
Roman">Yours  sincerely,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><o:p><FONT
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New
Roman">Dr.  <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Jonathan Webster</st1:PersonName>
& Emeritus  Professor Ruqaiya Hasan<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN  lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New
Roman">Convenors,  International Conference on ¡§Becoming a World
Language: the growth of Chinese,  English and
Spanish¡¨<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV>
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-- 
John Peterson
FB 7, Sprachwissenschaft
Universität Osnabrück
D-49069 Osnabrück
Germany
Telephone: (+49) (0)541-969 4252
Telefax: (+49) (0)541-969 4256
Homepage: http://www.SouthAsiaBibliography.de/