VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics Net
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<DIV>Dear Dr. Peterson,<BR> <BR>This is Joey Wong of the City University of
Hong Kong assisting Professor 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 an
International Conference on "Translation, Language Contact, and
Multilingual Communication" (HCLS-C2) - the second of a series of annual
conferences - to be held from 13 to 15 August 2008. The
Conference will be preceded by a Pre-Conference Institute on 11
and 12 August 2008.<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>
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<DIV>Joey Wong (Ms.)<BR>Conference Secretariat<BR>Conference on "Translation,
Language Contact, and Multilingual Communication"<BR>The Halliday Centre for
Intelligent Applications of Language Studies<BR>City University of Hong
Kong</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">2<SUP>nd</SUP> HCLS
Conference<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Translation, Language
Contact, and Multilingual Communication<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></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">The Halliday
Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies (HCLS) invites you to
participate in an International Conference on <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"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: -54pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">ˇ§Translation, Language Contact, and Multilingual
Communicationˇ¨<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">11 ˇV 12 August 2008:
Pre-Conference Institute<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">13 ˇV 15 August 2008:
Conference<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">City</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:place w:st="on">Hong Kong</st1:place>
(CityU)<S><o:p></o:p></S></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: -54pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><A
href="http://www.hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk/HCLS-C2-2008"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://www.hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk/HCLS-C2-2008</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: -54pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Plenary
Speakers:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm -17.65pt 0pt 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-para-margin-right: -1.47gd; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Christian
Matthiessen (<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Macquarie</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Sydney</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>)<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"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Adriana Pagano
(<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Minas Gerais</st1:PlaceName>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Belo Horizonte</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm -17.65pt 0pt 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-para-margin-right: -1.47gd; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN
lang=DE style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Erich Steiner (University of Saarland, Saarbrücken,
Germany)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm -17.65pt 0pt 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-para-margin-right: -1.47gd; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Elke Teich
(<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Technical</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Darmstadt</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm -17.65pt 0pt 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-para-margin-right: -1.47gd; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Chunshen Zhu</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"> (<st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:place w:st="on">Hong
Kong</st1:place>, Hong Kong)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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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=DE style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: DE"><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 (the modelling of) translation, relate it to other forms of
communications in contexts of multilinguality, and suggest ways in which
translation as process and as product may contribute to language contact. Among
relevant questions arising out of this theme are: What are the specific
characteristics of translation, as opposed to other forms of text production?
And hence, what are possible specific properties of translations as texts?
Furthermore, what is the relationship of translation to other multilingual
situations of communication? Also, and importantly, are there interesting senses
in which we would want to speak of inter-semiotic translations, involving
different modalities (music, visual, etc.?). And in what senses, and on which
levels, is translation a context and a vehicle of language contact and language
change? These questions are meant to illustrate some avenues of thought to be
explored in the conference, but many others will no doubt be raised by
contributors and participants.<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 the topic of our conference. Please send abstracts for papers (35 minutes + 5
minutes discussion), <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">approximately 400
words</B>, in MS Word format to </FONT><A href="mailto:HCLS@cityu.edu.hk"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">HCLS@cityu.edu.hk</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">no later than 31 March 2008</B>. Please
show your name, designation, institution and country of residence <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">on a separate
page</B>.<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; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Information
about a Pre-Conference Institute to be held 11 and 12 August will become
available at </FONT><A
href="http://www.hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk/HCLS-C2-2008"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://www.hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk/HCLS-C2-2008</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> as soon as possible.<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 participate in this
conference at CityU in August 2008.<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>
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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"><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=DE style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Convenors:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=DE style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Jonathan J. Webster, City University of Hong Kong,
Director, HCLS<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=DE
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: DE">Erich Steiner, University of
Saarland</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">, Germany, Guest
Convenor<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></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,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Macquarie University</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
Programme Director, HCLS</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=DE
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: DE"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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