1st CFP: ISFC39, 2012

[el don]

dear colleagues,

the usual apologies for cross-posting - and do 
consider a short stay down-under next july,
where & when winter can be sunny and mild...

we welcome papers and posters which address 
issues related to language and gender, especially 
in such areas of research as contexts of 
performance, online communities of practice & 
social media, and gender in education. please 
note, however, that preference will be given to 
those papers which apply a functional linguistic 
eye to the data.

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1st Call for papers

International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress ISFC39, 2012

Submissions are now open for the next 
International Systemic Linguistics Conference to 
be held at The University of Technology Sydney 
(UTS), in Sydney, Australia, July 16th - 20th 
2012. We are pleased to invite abstracts related 
to the conference themes which encompass 
language, society, semiotics, education, 
knowledge, learning, and multi-literacies.

Plenary speakers
o	Chris Cléirigh
o	Shoshana Dreyfus (University of Sydney)
o	Karl Maton (University of Sydney)
o	Clare Painter (University of Sydney)
o	Beatriz Quiroz (University of Sydney and 
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile)
o	Ladjane de Souza (Universidade Federal de 
Santa Catarina, Florianopolis)
o	Maree Stenglin (University of Sydney)
o	Christine Tardy (DePaul University, Chicago)
o	Geoff Williams (University of Sydney)
o	Michele Zappavigna and Bandar Alhumaidi A 
Almutairi (University of Sydney)

Papers
Papers should relate to the field of systemic 
functional linguistics and/or social semiotics, 
and should aim to connect to one of the main 
themes of the conference:
o	Language and knowledge;
o	Context and Variation;
o	Learning Language;
o	Language in Education;
o	Typology and Translation;
o	Multimodality.

Each paper will be provided with a 35-minute time 
slot (30 mins + 5 minutes for questions and 
answers). An abstract of 250 words should be 
submitted via the website (see below).

Individual papers for full paper review
Refereed conference proceedings will be published 
online simultaneously with the congress. The 
process of full paper refereeing is available to 
paper presenters and symposia participants after 
abstracts have been accepted. The deadline for 
submission of full papers for review is 11.59pm, 
Saturday, April 21, 2012, AEST (effectively, 
Friday April 20 in many parts of the world). Late 
submissions will not be accepted. Author and 
submission guidelines for full papers will be 
made available with notification of acceptance of 
abstracts. Only participants who have registered 
for the conference by July 1, 2012 are eligible 
to have their papers included in the proceedings.

Posters
An abstract of 150-200 words should be submitted. 
Print and digital posters are welcome.
Workshops and symposia
We encourage the organization of workshops and 
symposia that explore analysis, data description 
or methodology; a particular theme; use of 
systemic functional linguistics in applied 
settings; or common interests among researchers.

Workshops and symposia time slots are 1hr and 15 
mins (= 2 papers) and 1hr and 55 mins (= 3 
papers).
Abstracts of workshops should be around 400 
words; abstracts of symposia should include a 
general abstract of around 400 words from the 
symposium convenor(s) plus specific abstracts by 
the individual presenters of around 200 words 
each.

A review of the proposals will be conducted by 
members of the organising committee, supported by 
a panel of experts in systemic functional 
linguistics. Decisions on acceptances will be 
made by email (and by mail where required) as 
soon as possible after submission.

Important dates
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Abstract submission deadline: 15th February, 2012
Notification of acceptance by: 20th March 2012
Early Bird Registration deadline: 30th April, 2012

Online submissions being accepted now at the conference website:
http://www.fass.uts.edu.au/research/conferences/isfc39/

for updates and other information see:
http://www.socialsemiotics.org/ISFC39/

you can also follow us on twitter @ISCF39


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best wishes,
dr alexanne don
for the ISFC39 organising committee
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