national or international?

[marie]

I'd also like to have an international list. No
reason why 'national' support shouldn't be
canvassed for specific campaigns.
Pilar Campos. Valencia, Spain

Beeching, Kate wrote:

> You echo my sentiments exactly! I was somewhat
> dismayed to
> read "national" and realised this meant US. I
> also wondered
> whether this could be adjusted to international.
>
> Wishing GALA all the best, Kate Beeching,
> Bristol, UK.
>
> On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:19:00 +0100 Piller
> <piller at UNI-HAMBURG.DE> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I think the creation of a language and gender
> association is a great
> > idea, and I'd like to thank the facilitators
> for all the work they are
> > putting into this. However, I share a concern
> that has already been
> > addressed by others: why a national list? In a
> field where many
> > theoretical debates have centered around the
> generalizability of
> > findings from the language use of white
> middle-class speakers of
> > American English, such a restriction seems
> even less appropriate than in
> > other fields.
> >
> > A lot of feminist theory is strongly concerned
> with diversity these
> > days, and again I think that such a concern
> would call for an
> > international orientation of a professional
> organization dedicated to
> > language and gender. Actually, I can think of
> numerous reasons for an
> > international organizations: the strong
> contribution of French and
> > Italian scholars to feminist theory,
> globalization in the academic
> > community and elsewhere, the challenge of
> multilingualism to linguistic
> > theory and practice, etc.
> >
> > Basically, what I am asking is to place the
> issue "national or
> > international" on your list of issues for
> debate. An organization such
> > as the International Pragmatics Association
> might serve as a model, in
> > this respect.
> >
> > With my best wishes for the success of GALA,
> Ingrid Piller
> > --
> >       Dr. Ingrid Piller
> > Seminar fuer Englische Sprache und Kultur
> > Universitaet Hamburg
> > mailto:piller at uni-hamburg.de
>
> ----------------------------------------
> Beeching, Kate
> Email: Kate.Beeching at uwe.ac.uk
> "University of the West of England"