29.1250, Calls: Applied Linguistics/Poland

Tue Mar 20 22:21:30 UTC 2018

LINGUIST List: Vol-29-1250. Tue Mar 20 2018. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 29.1250, Calls: Applied Linguistics/Poland

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:21:22
From: Pawel Zakrajewski [pawel.zakrajewski at go2.pl]
Subject: Dimensions of Business Language and Culture

Full Title: Dimensions of Business Language and Culture 
Short Title: DOBLAC 

Date: 15-Oct-2018 - 16-Oct-2018
Location: Katowice, Poland 
Contact Person: Pawel Zakrajewski
Meeting Email: doblac2018 at gmail.com
Web Site: http://doblacwebpageeng.wixsite.com/doblac18/copy-of-team 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-May-2018 

Meeting Description:

Institute of English at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, has the
pleasure to announce the 1st International Conference titled Dimensions of
Business Language and Culture

The aim of the conference is to present, exchange, and discuss the results of
academic research in the sphere of business language and culture as well as
the work experience of pedagogical staff and practitioners concerned with the
contemporary business. It is an opportunity to look at various aspects of the
world of business presented in the form of papers and workshops.

In order to understand the complex nature of the contemporary business
environment, it is crucial to look at it from the point of view of several
disciplines, hence we welcome contributions from the authors working in such
fields as applied linguistics, sociology, psychology, economics, cultural
studies, and methodology. In the globalized world, where different fields of
science merge and have an impact on one another, such an approach will enable
us to study multiple discourses shaping the world, with language and culture
being the vehicle which influences them all.

Business practices are influenced by deeply held cultural attitudes.
Understanding and respecting them can be critical to success in both domestic
and international business. The elements pertaining to the numerous
definitions of culture are usually language, religion, art, different customs
and habits, variety of traditions, behaviour, and values. Moreover, culture
touches upon technology, knowledge and work patterns, which finds its
expression in various genres and registers that are characteristic of the
language of business. Therefore, the topics we propose are manifold and can be
investigated at various levels, from a mono or cross-cultural perspective. 

The list of topics includes but is by no means limited to:

1. Business  ethics
2. Business  etiquette
3. Business contracts - cultural and linguistic aspect
4. Business  negotiations - cultural and linguistic aspect
5. Business presentations - cultural and linguistic aspect
6. Business  meetings - cultural and linguistic aspect
7. Socializing and entertainment in business - cultural and linguistic aspect
8. Marketing - cultural and linguistic aspect
9. Public relations - cultural and linguistic aspect
10. Advertising - cultural and linguistic aspect
11. Business and recruitment process - cultural and linguistic aspect
12. Business and teamwork - cultural and linguistic aspect
13. Business and stereotypes - cultural and linguistic aspect
14. Business and conflict - cultural and linguistic aspect
15. Business and humour - cultural and linguistic aspect
16. Business and non-verbal and paraverbal communication
17. Business and religion
18. Corporate cultures
19. Culture shock in the corporate world
20. International managers
21. Business genres
22. Case studies, e.g. problems of mergers, joint ventures across cultures
23. Cultural taxonomies
24. Values, heroes, and rituals in the business environment
25. Teaching Business English

We are pleased to announce that the following speakers have expressed their
agreement to present plenary lectures during the conference:

Prof. Anthony Barker  (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Prof. Taina Vuorela (Oulu University of Applied Sciences OAMK , School 
of Business and Information Management, Finland)
Prof. Krystyna Warchał (University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland)
Prof. Piotr Mamet (Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland)

Scientific committee:

Prof. Danuta Gabryś-Barker
Prof. Krystyna Warchał
Prof. Adam Wojtaszek

Organising committee:

Urszula Michalik, PhD
Paweł Zakrajewski, PhD
Iwona Sznicer, MA
Anna Stwora, MA

Call for Papers:

Abstracts describing the topic of a presentation in up to 300 words should 
be included in your registration form available here
https://doblacwebpageeng.wixsite.com/doblac18/copy-of-team no later than by 15
May 2018.

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