LINGUIST List 12.1515

Thu Jun 7 2001

Calls: Georgetown U Round Table, Portuguese/2nd Lang

Editor for this issue: Jody Huellmantel <jodylinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Philip LeVine, Georgetown University Round Table on Language & Linguistics: GURT 2002
2. Ida Rebelo, Portuguese as a Second Language - SIPLE's

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

Georgetown University Round Table on Language and Linguistics (GURT)
2002:
Discourse Analysis and Technology: Multimodal Discourse Analysis

March 7 - 9, 2002
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.


Conference Chairs: Ron Scollon and James E. Alatis


DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2001


GURT 2002 will open up a discussion among discourse analysts and others
both in linguistics and in related fields about the two-fold impact of
new communication technologies: The impact on how we collect,
transcribe, and analyze discourse data and, possibly more importantly,
the impact on social interactions and discourses themselves that these
technologies are having. Discourse analysis as we know it is in many
ways the product of technological change. Small, inexpensive cassette
tape recorders made it possible to capture language in use in a way that
was prohibitively difficult before the 60's. Now we are seeing the
proliferation of communication technologies from palm-sized digital
video recorders to cell phones and chat rooms on the internet. Journals
are going online and theses are being submitted in multimedia formats.
The term 'multimodality' is coming to be used across many fields within
which linguists work to encompass these many new technological changes.

GURT 2002 brings together scholars working in a variety of fields and
subdisciplines of linguistics both to assess the state of the art in
different areas of research as well as to facilitate cross-disciplinary
and cross-subfield links in the development of research in discourse and
technological change.


PLENARY SPEAKERS:

Lilie Chouliaraki, Institute of Film and Media, University of Copenhagen

Colleen Cotter, Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University

Fred Erickson, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies,
UCLA

Carey Jewitt, Culture, Communication and Societies, Institute of
Education, London

Joel Kuipers, Department of Anthropology at George Washington University

Theo van Leeuwen, Centre for Language and Communication Research,
Cardiff University

Marilyn Whalen, KIPA (Knowledge, Interaction, and Practice Area) Palo
Alto Research Center (PARC), Xerox Corporation




CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics
(GURT) 2002 welcomes papers related to the conference theme, including
but not limited to the topics of multimodal discourse analysis, the
impact of technology on discursive practices, and the effect of new
technologies on data collection, analysis and presentation. We invite
proposals for individual papers as well as for 2-hour colloquia.
Specifications for all proposal submissions follow.

INDIVIDUAL PAPERS will be 20 minutes long followed by 10 minutes of
discussion. To propose an individual paper, send four copies of a
one-page abstract. In the upper left-hand corner of one copy, place the
submitter's name, address, phone, e-mail address, and institutional
affiliation. The other three copies should contain no identifying
information.

Organizers of COLLOQUIA may send proposals for 2-hour blocks of time.
Colloquium organizers serve as the liaison between participants in their
colloquium and the GURT 2002 organizers, and are responsible for
communication among the participants. To propose a colloquium, send
four copies of a single page statement from the organizer explaining the
theme of the colloquium, how the individual presentations relate to each
other, and how the time will be allocated. In the upper left-hand
corner of one copy, place the organizer's name, address, phone, e-mail
address, and institutional affiliation. The other three copies should
contain no identifying information.

In addition to the organizer's umbrella abstract, four copies of
one-page abstracts should be sent for each individual presentation
within the colloquium. In the upper left-hand corner of one copy, place
the presenter's name, address, phone, e-mail address, and institutional
affiliation. The other three copies should contain no identifying
information. Abstracts for all presentations within one colloquium must
be submitted together.


ALL PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2001.

Send proposals to:

GURT 2002,
Department of Linguistics,
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057-1051.

E-mail inquiries should be directed to: gurtgeorgetown.edu

The International Society of Portuguese as a Second Language -SIPLE's
4th Conference
The Challenge of the New Millenium
15 to 18 November 2001
The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

CALL FOR PAPERS

The International Society of Portuguese as a Second Language - SIPLE is
receiving proposals of papers and/or posters to be presented at its 4th
Conference to be held on PUC-Rio's campus from 15 to 18 November 2001.

Proposals should be sent in the form below to the address or fax number
there indicated until 15 June 2001 (mailing date) or in disk, in Word
for Windows (3.1-7.0), Font Times New Roman 10, space single, with a
clear indication of the time of presentation: paper or poster*. The
confirmation of acceptance will be sent until 30 June 2001. So that the
Annals of the Conference can distributed during the event, original and
final texts must be sent along with the Conference Registration Form and
a proof of payment until 30 July 2001. Only the papers and posters of
regularly registered proponents will be included in the event's final
Program.

SIPLE's 4th Conference
Proposal of _____ Poster // _____ Paper

Author's name:__________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________
Telephone: (______) _____________ Fax: (______) _____________
E-mail: _________________________________________________
School/University:
_____________________________________________________________
Position: _________________________________________________________

Title of the poster/paper:
______________________________________________________________
Resume (maximum 15 lines):

Send in disk to:
 SIPLE
 A/C Prof. Ricardo Borges Alencar
 Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro
 Departamento de Letras
 Rua Marques de Sao Vicente, 225 - Ed. Pe. Leonel Franca, 3o andar
 22453-900 Rio de Janeiro RJ
 Brasil
 FAX: (55-(0)21) 259-7048
Or by e-mail to siplelet.puc-rio.br ou richardlet.puc-rio.br

For more information please contact Prof. Ricardo Borges Alencar at
richardlet.puc-rio.br