[EDLING:894] CFP: Power of Language, Theory, Practice, and Performance

[Francis M Hult]

http://www.poweroflanguage.org/callforpapers.htm

1st World Congress on the Power of Language: 
Theory, Practice and Performance
Date: March 6 - 10, 2006
Bangkok, Thailand

On this very auspicious occasion, Thai people will join hands with linguists and scholars 
around the world to organize an international conference entitled “The Power of Language: 
Theory, Practice and Performance” to celebrate the 50th Birthday Anniversary of the 
beloved H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, a world linguist scholar, for her 
dedication to languages. 
A World Forgotten Fact: The Power of Language

As the world becomes more globalized, language is unquestionably an international issue as 
well as a national agenda that requires attention from all. Language is a success key to 
social, economic, political, and cultural development. Inventions will not be utilized 
widely at the fullest extent; national development ideas cannot be immersed into and 
implemented in communities unless they are well communicated to create local understanding 
through appropriate languages. Conflicts and their resolutions within and among countries 
are examples to prove how great an impact language could bring to the world at large. The 
power of Language goes beyond spoken or written words. Unless we are able to really 
understand each other, and learn more about the world and people through language, it is 
not possible to have sustainable development and peace. 

To know the power of language is thus essential for global socio-economic, cultural and 
academic development, community capacity building, transfer of technology, international 
trade, international relations, laws and legal interactions, human relationships and 
people, quality of life, esthetics, and world existence.

The attempt to understand each other is prerequisite if we are to live and interact in the 
world. Through language, when information is transferred for various purposes, what we get 
in addition is to understand each other. In this context, translation and interpretation 
are unique human ability subsuming the most effective discipline to fulfill world 
communication and understanding where the plethora of languages is used which is beyond 
one’s ability to learn.

Many research studies on languages have been undertaken worldwide; nevertheless, a few 
have been effectively put beyond practice into real performance including reaching the 
application in societal development. This is further confirmed by the paradox of 
knowledge-based society in that limited existing effective research findings have been 
distributed even though there are unlimited available channels. This leads to a serious 
deficit in communication and cultural understanding in the world today.

We fully share the rationale behind the U.S. and Europe Year of Languages Projects, and 
further consider that language is an essential indicator of success, not only of a nation 
but also the whole world at large. With our intervention, support, promotion, and 
management as scholars, linguists, development advocates, language specialists, 
translators, interpreters, writers, teachers, students, all language users, the power of 
language would no longer be underestimated. 

We would like to invite multidisciplinary scholars, experts, and researchers, 
multidisciplinary professionals, government officials, politicians, development advocates, 
NGO members, private sector, academicians, educators, linguists, writers, translators, 
interpreters, technologists, teachers, students around the world to share knowledge, 
findings and experiences on this world forgotten fact.


 

Objectives:

To call for the world’s awareness and concrete action plans from national and 
international bodies to jointly address how an impact language could bring to the world, 
especially to promote understanding through languages, and their translation and 
interpretation across borders; 
To bridge the gaps among linguists and scholars, and among multidisciplinary professionals 
as well as to smooth articulation between both groups; 
To promote world intellectual gatherings where experts, professionals, novices exchange 
knowledge, expertise, and experiences on the power of language, and how language could be 
used to improve quality of life and societal development; 
To encourage more advanced research, grants and scholarships on the power of language, and 
how it can enhance world peace and sustainable development. 
 

Papers are invited in the following tracks:

Language and Linguistics, Pure and Applied Linguistics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, 
Semantics, Discourse, Cognitive Science, Neurology and Artificial Intelligence. 

Language and Education, Teaching, Learning, Testing, and Training of Language and their 
Interdisciplinary Applications, etc. 

Language and Communication, Media Discourse, Professional Discourse, Computer Language, 
Power of Public Discourse, Language and Style/Sign, Discourse of Jokes. 

Language and Culture, Literature, and Esthetics, Language and Emotions, Language and Self 
Representations, Language and Gender and Race Discrimination, Language and Register and 
Genre, Language and Arts and Pleasure and Music, Effective Use of the Power of Language. 

Language and Socio-economic Development and Globalization, Language and Social Change, 
Language and Quality of Life, Language and Professions, Language for International Trades 
and Global Economy, Language and Environment and Health Policy, Language and Community and 
Capacity Building, Language and Self and the Country Development, Language and Deaf. 

Language and Ethnic Minority and Gender, Racial/Ethnic Bias in Language, Ethnic Minority 
Language Surviving in Globalization, Ethnic Minority Language and Culture, Discrimination 
and Bias in Ethnic Minority Language, Ethnic Minority Language and Multilingualism. 

Language and Politics, and International Relations, Role of the Power of Language on World 
Peace, Conflicts, Violence, Safety and Security, Language and Inequality, Language and 
Propaganda. 

Language and Law and Ethics, Language and Legal Interpretation, Ethical Language and 
Culture, Bias in Legal language. 

Language and Translation and Interpretation, Translation and Interpretation in 
International Relations, Trades, World Tourism, and World Peace, Translation and 
Interpretation in the third Millenium/Globalization, Translation and Interpretation for 
Socio-economic Development, Translation and Interpretation in Multilingualism, 
Multiculturalism, Multiliteracy, and Communication. 

Translation and Interpretation in Academia and Careers, Translation and Interpretation as 
a Discipline, Teaching, Learning, Training and Testing of Translation and Interpretation, 
Best-Seller Translation, Cultural Conflicts and Discrepancy in Translation and 
Interpretation, Translation and Interpretation in Professions and Interdisciplinary, 
Successful Translators and Interpreters. 

Machine Translation, Localization and Internationalization, Computer-aided Translation, 
Translation and Documentation, Corpus, Corpora, Localization and Internationalization and 
Culture, Role of Localization and Internationalization in Globalization, Communication, 
and Information Technology, Computer Language and System Operation, Software, and 
Application, Language and Internet and Information Technology, Language and Technology 
Transfer. 

Innovative Issues: Linguistics, Language, and Translation and Interpretation. 
Language : English