[Corpora-List] Final CFP: Varieties of Voice

[Hubert Cuyckens]

++With apologies for cross-postings++

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

VARIETIES OF VOICE - 3rd international BAAHE conference
7-9 December 2006, University of Leuven, Belgium
http://www.kuleuven.be/ilt/baahe_2006conference/

EXTENDED DEADLINE: 20 August 2006

The Belgian Association of Anglicists in Higher Education (BAAHE) will 
organize its Third International Conference from 7 to 9 December 2006 at 
the University of Leuven, Belgium.

This interdisciplinary conference will explore the role played by VOICE in 
various fields of English studies. It will consider:
* the synchronic and diachronic ways in which the (subjective) voice of the 
language user manifests itself linguistically, i.e. in the constructional 
properties of syntagms used,
* those aspects of academic English that are relevant to helping learners 
find an appropriate academic voice in speaking and writing.
* the literary status of 'voice': we will inquire into the impact of recent 
theoretical and/or technological developments on how the concept is handled 
in literary studies,

Paper proposals (20 minutes + 10 minutes discussion) are invited on the 
following questions and issues:

LINGUISTICS
* (inter-)subjective motivations of voice such as
-choice of active vs. passive voice for optimal negotiation of information 
between speaker/hearer;
-evaluative and other subjective effects of middle constructions;
* subjective vs. more objective constructions (e.g. subjective vs. 
objective modality);
* speech and thought representation: representational vs. subjective uses, 
their impact on point of view;
* the diachronic shift from representational to interpersonal import of 
constructions;
* other aspects of interpersonal varieties of voice.

ELT-Academic English
* author stance in academic writing: differences between disciplines and 
cultures (e.g. hedging)
* register varieties: formality in academic genres; diachronic developments
* citation strategies: how and why do writers incorporate other voices in 
their own writing?
* resentation and seminar skills: tone and register; strategies to voice 
comments and objections
Exploring the differences between native and non-native speakers, or 
between learners and experienced speakers, should yield insights into how 
EAP materials can help learners construct an appropriate academic voice.

Literature
* Is voice still part of 'what is at stake in modernity', as Barthes once 
argued?
* After deconstruction, does voice exist hors texte? How does it relate to 
écriture?
* What is the relation between voice and (point of) view? How does a 
textual voice acquire authority?
* To what extent is voice a gendered concept?
* Can a literary voice travel across cultures, periods and languages? Is it 
bound to cultural identity?
* Do different voices always imply Bakhtinian polyphony? Does the single, 
lyrical voice survive in poetry? How crucial is voice in drama and film?

Plenary speakers:
Suzanne Kemmer (Rice University): "Intransitive Structures and Functions"
Ken Hyland (University of London): "Disciplinary voices: interactions in 
research writing"
Anne Fogarty (University College Dublin): "'I was a Voice': Orality and 
Silence in Contemporary Irish Women's Poetry"

Selected proceedings will be published in the 2007 issue of the 
international journal BELL.

Abstracts (up to 500 words) should be sent before 20 August 2006 to
Linguistics: liesbet.heyvaert at arts.kuleuven.be
ELT: an.laffut at ilt.kuleuven.be
Literature / Cross-disciplinary: raphael.ingelbien at arts.kuleuven.be

Notification of acceptance: early September 2006

The conference will be hosted in historic buildings at the University of 
Leuven, within easy reach of Brussels airport and Eurostar/Thalys 
terminals. Visit http://www.kuleuven.be/english
The conference venue can be visited at http://www.facultyclub.be/site/index.php
For transport information, see http://www.kuleuven.be/transportation/

Scientific committee:
- K.U.Leuven members: Prof. Kristin Davidse, Prof. Hubert Cuyckens, Prof. 
Raphaël Ingelbien, Prof. Hedwig Schwall, Dr. Kristin Blanpain, Dr. Elke 
D'Hoker, Dr. Liesbet Heyvaert, Dr. An Laffut.
- Other Belgian members: Prof. Sylvie De Cock (Université catholique de 
Louvain), Prof. Michel Delville (Université de Liège), Prof. Johan Van der 
Auwera (Universiteit Antwerpen).
- International advisory board: Prof. Claire Colebrooke (Edinburgh), Prof. 
Ricardo Maldonado (Mexico, UNAM), Prof. Hilary Nesi (Warwick).


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