national or international?

[Aileen Han]

I totally agree. Perhaps the focus should be on 'international' language
and gender issues, rather than confining ourselves to issues relevant to
the US.

Aileen Han
University Putra Malaysia
Malaysia

>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"


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