[Corpora-List] First International Symposium on Chinese Language & Discourse, UCLA, October 29-30, 2010

[Hongyin Tao]

Call for Papers
First International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse
http://cldsymposium2010.blogspot.com/

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
October 29-30, 2010

	This is the first of a series of international symposia on the theme
of Chinese Language and Discourse, to be held once every two years in
different parts of the world. Paper proposals are invited to showcase
latest advancements in broadly-defined discourse functional studies of
the Chinese language. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the
following:

o	Language and interaction
o	Language and society
o	Language and culture
o	Language and cognition
o	Corpora and Chinese studies
o	Language change and development
o	Chinese language acquisition and education
o	Chinese language and new media
o	Multilingualism and identity construction
o	Language contact

	Keynote speakers
	Charles Goodwin (UCLA)
	Li Wei (University of London)
	Kang Kwong Luke (Nanyang Technological University/the University of Hong Kong)
	Sandra A. Thompson (UC Santa Barbara)

	Presentations are for 30 minutes, including 5 minutes for discussion.
A one page abstract should be submitted to the conference email
address:
	CLD.symposium2010 at gmail.com
	Deadline for submission of abstracts: May 31, 2010
	Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2010

	Best Student Paper Award
	A cash prize of $300 will be awarded to a paper submitted and
presented by a current student who has not had a PhD degree at the
time of the symposium. Selection is based on both the content and the
presentation. Those who wish to participate in the competition should
indicate the intention with “For Best Student Paper Award” marked on
top of the abstract. A full paper is encouraged but not required for
the competition.

	________________________________________
 	Sponsors: Asian Languages and Cultures Dept, UCLA; UCLA Confucius Institute
	Organizer: Hongyin Tao, UCLA
	Executive Editor, Chinese Language and Discourse: An International &
Interdisciplinary 	Journal and Studies in Chinese Language and
Discourse Book Series

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