17.686, Calls: English Ling/Belgium;Applied Ling/Italy

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Subject: 17.686, Calls: English Ling/Belgium;Applied Ling/Italy

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Date: 03-Mar-2006
From: Hubert Cuyckens < hubert.cuyckens at arts.kuleuven.be >
Subject: Varieties of Voice -- Third International BAAHE conference 

2)
Date: 02-Mar-2006
From: Frank Burchert < burchert at ling.uni-potsdam.de >
Subject: Science of Aphasia 7: Neurocognition of Language - Innovative aspects 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:12:17
From: Hubert Cuyckens < hubert.cuyckens at arts.kuleuven.be >
Subject: Varieties of Voice -- Third International BAAHE conference 

Full Title: Varieties of Voice -- Third International BAAHE conference 

Date: 07-Dec-2006 - 09-Dec-2006
Location: Leuven, Belgium 
Contact Person: Hubert Cuyckens
Meeting Email: hubert.cuyckens at arts.kuleuven.be
Web Site: http://www.kuleuven.be/ilt/baahe_2006conference/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 15-Jun-2006 

Meeting Description:

Third International Conference of the Belgian Association of Anglicists in Higher Education (BAAHE) 

VARIETIES OF VOICE - 3rd international BAAHE conference
7-9 December 2006, University of Leuven, Belgium
 http://www.kuleuven.be/ilt/baahe_2006conference/

The Belgian Association of Anglicists in Higher Education (BAAHE) will organize its Third International Conference from 7 to 9 December 2006 at the University of Leuven, Belgium.

This interdisciplinary conference will explore the role played by VOICE in various fields of English studies. It will consider:  
* the synchronic and diachronic ways in which the (subjective) voice of the language user manifests itself linguistically, i.e. in the constructional properties of syntagms used,
* those aspects of academic English that are relevant to helping learners find an appropriate academic voice in speaking and writing. 
* the literary status of 'voice': we will inquire into the impact of recent theoretical and/or technological developments on how the concept is handled in literary studies,

Paper proposals are invited on the following questions and issues:

Linguistics
(inter-)subjective motivations of voice such as 
-choice of active vs. passive voice for optimal negotiation of information between speaker/hearer; 
-evaluative and other subjective effects of middle constructions;
subjective vs. more objective constructions (e.g. subjective vs. objective modality); 
speech and thought representation: representational vs. subjective uses, their impact on point of view;
the diachronic shift from representational to interpersonal import of constructions;
other aspects of interpersonal varieties of voice.

ELT-Academic English
author stance in academic writing: differences between disciplines and cultures (e.g. hedging) 
register varieties: formality in academic genres; diachronic developments
citation strategies: how and why do writers incorporate other voices in their own writing? 
presentation and seminar skills: tone and register; strategies to voice comments and objections
Exploring the differences between native and non-native speakers, or between learners and experienced speakers, should yield insights into how EAP materials can help learners construct an appropriate academic voice.

Literature
Is voice still part of 'what is at stake in modernity', as Barthes once argued? 
After deconstruction, does voice exist hors texte?  How does it relate to écriture? 
What is the relation between voice and (point of) view? How does a textual voice acquire authority?
To what extent is voice a gendered concept?  
Can a literary voice travel across cultures, periods and languages? Is it bound to cultural identity?   
Do different voices always imply Bakhtinian polyphony? Does the single, lyrical voice survive in poetry? How crucial is voice in drama and film? 

Plenary speakers: Suzanne Kemmer (Rice University), Ken Hyland (University of London), Anne Fogarty (University College Dublin). 

Selected proceedings will be published in the 2007 issue of the international journal BELL. 

Abstracts (up to 500 words) should be sent before 15 June 2006 to 
Linguistics: liesbet.heyvaert at arts.kuleuven.be
ELT: an.laffut at ilt.kuleuven.be
Literature / Cross-disciplinary: raphael.ingelbien at arts.kuleuven.be

The conference will be hosted in historic buildings at the University of Leuven, within easy reach of Brussels airport and Eurostar/Thalys terminals. Visit http://www.kuleuven.be/english
The conference venue can be visited at http://www.facultyclub.be/site/index.php
For transport information, see http://www.kuleuven.be/transportation/

Scientific committee: 
- K.U.Leuven members: Prof. Kristin Davidse, Prof. Hubert Cuyckens, Prof. Raphaël Ingelbien, Prof. Hedwig Schwall, Dr. Kristin Blanpain, Dr. Elke D'Hoker, Dr. Liesbet Heyvaert, Dr. An Laffut. 
- Other Belgian members: Prof. Sylvie De Cock (Université catholique de Louvain), Prof. Michel Delville (Université de Liège), Prof. Johan Van der Auwera (Universiteit Antwerpen).
- International advisory board: Prof. Claire Colebrooke (Edinburgh), Prof. Ricardo Maldonado (Mexico, UNAM), Prof. Hilary Nesi (Warwick).

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:12:21
From: Frank Burchert < burchert at ling.uni-potsdam.de >
Subject: Science of Aphasia 7: Neurocognition of Language - Innovative aspects 

Full Title: Science of Aphasia 7: Neurocognition of Language - Innovative aspects 
Short Title: SoA7 

Date: 07-Sep-2006 - 12-Sep-2006
Location: Sardinia (Alghero), Italy 
Contact Person: Frank Burchert
Meeting Email: burchert at ling.uni-potsdam.de
Web Site: http://www.soa-online.com 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2006 

Meeting Description:

The SoA conferences are intended to bring together established and junior scientists working in the multidisciplinary field of neurolinguistics and language neuroscience, both normal function and disorders. These are small conferences, with a maximum of 100 participants, that ensure direct interaction between the participants. 

Abstract submissions:
SoA7 invites abstract submissions with the focus on one of the following four themes:

- Technical innovations for studying brain and language
- Lexicon models and lexical retrieval
- Morphosyntax and its impairments
- Recovery and therapy

Contributed papers are planned in the form of short oral presentations and poster sessions, starting with brief oral presentations to present the highlights of each poster (3-5 min), and with ample time for discussion.

Guidelines for submission:
- abstracts for poster presentation must be in English. 
- abstracts should not exceed 1000 words and should contain information about the research question, the design of the study, the results,
including the data and a discussion of the results
- all abstracts will be refereed by members of the scientific organizing committee
- the deadline for submission is April 15 and we will let you know before May 15 whether your submission has been accepted
- format of posters should be portrait, ca. 118 x 84 cm

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