Seminar: 'Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Gender and Language Study'

[Jane]

British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)/Cambridge University
Press Applied Linguistics Seminar Programme 

(seminar grant awarded)

 

'Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Gender and Language Study'

 

 

Dates: Friday Nov. 18 – Saturday Nov. 19, 2005

 

Venue: Birmingham University, UK

 

The purpose of this seminar is to look at the contributions (actual and
potential) of different theoretical and methodological approaches to
gender and language study, e.g.:

 

·        Critical discourse analysis

·        Conversation analysis

·        Corpus linguistics

·        Discursive psychology

·        Feminist post-structuralist discourse analysis

·        Sociolinguistics

 

The following people have agreed to contribute in relation to the
following approaches:

 

CDA:      Carmen Rosa Caldas Coulthard (Centre of English Language
Studies (CELS) -             University of Birmingham, Veronika Koller
(Lancaster University), Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University)

 

Conversation analysis: Celia Kitzinger (University of York) 

 

Discursive psychology:   Nigel Edley (Nottingham Trent University), Liz
Stokoe
(Loughborough University)

 

Feminist post-structuralist discourse analysis:  Judith Baxter (National
Centre for Language and Literacy)

 


CALL FOR ABSTRACTS


 

We are now inviting proposals for contributions to this seminar. 

 

Contributions will be in the form of 15-minute papers, followed by
discussion. All participants in the seminar will contribute with a
paper. Each contribution will be aimed at generating subsequent
discussion.

 

We seek contributions that clearly focus on a particular theoretical and
methodological approach – either one of those indicated above, or a
different one. Please indicate in brackets, after the title of your
abstract, the approach your contribution follows, exemplifies, or
critically examines. Contributions should have a theoretical or
methodological focus, and any data and findings will clearly relate to
this. 

 

Abstracts will be anonymously reviewed on the basis of the following
criteria: 

 

*	Relevance to the focus of the seminar 
*	Awareness of the debates surrounding the approach focused upon 
*	Clear and specific presentation of points 
*	Opportunities the contribution is likely to make for further
discussion
*	Distribution of approaches across the whole seminar

 

Guidelines:

 

*	Each person may submit ONE abstract only
*	Abstracts must be submitted by e-mail only. Please submit your
abstract as a regular, single e-mail message (no attachments or any
special formatting). 
*	Please include

Ø      Name(s) of author(s) (should not appear in text of the abstract)

Ø      Author affiliation(s), e-mail and mailing address, phone no.

Ø      Title 

Ø      Relevant theoretical/ methodological approach adopted (see above)

Ø      Up to 3 keywords

Ø      Abstract (300 words maximum, excluding any references)

 

Please e-mail abstracts to Dr Lia Litosseliti: l.litosseliti at city.ac.uk 

 

DEADLINE for receipt of abstracts: 30 June 2005 

 

NOTIFICATION: August 2005, when more details about the structure of the
seminar will also be available. We will also provide more details of
costs, which we are trying to keep as low as possible.

 

We expect this event to result in a Cambridge University Press edited
publication.

 

We also hope that this seminar will develop a sense of cohesion and
identity to the proposed new BAAL Gender and Language Special Interest
Group. 

 


The organisers


 

Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard (Centre of English Language Studies,
Birmingham University)

Lia Litosseliti (City University)

Helen Saunston (Birmingham University)

Kate Segall (BAAL/Roehampton University)

Jane Sunderland (Lancaster University)

 

Please address any enquiries to Helen Sauntson (
<mailto:hvs798 at bham.ac.uk> hvs798 at bham.ac.uk), except in July, when they
should be addressed to Jane Sunderland (j.sunderland at lancs.ac.uk).

 

 

 

 
 


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