LINGUIST List 14.20

Tue Jan 7 2003

Confs: Discourse, Communication and the Enterprise

Editor for this issue: Karolina Owczarzak <karolinalinguistlist.org>

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1. alorenzo, Discourse, Communication and the Enterprise, Spain

2nd International Conference on Discourse, Communication and the Enterprise

Short Title: DICOEN 2003

Location: Vigo, Galicia, Spain
Date: 12-Nov-2003 - 14-Nov-2003 
Web Site: http://www.uvigo.es/webs/ssl/DICOEN/
Contact Person: Fernando Ramallo
Meeting Email: framallouvigo.es

Linguistic Subfield(s): Discourse Analysis 

Meeting Description: 

The Seminario de Sociolinguistica, Bilinguismo e Linguas en Contacto
of the Universidade de Vigo (Galicia, Spain) announces the Second
International Conference on Discourse, Communication and the
Enterprise (DICOEN 2003) to be held in Vigo, November 12-14, 2003.
This conference, that gives continuity to the first one taken place in
Lisbon in 2001, aims to promote interaction and discussion among
researchers interested on the relevance of discourse and communication
in the enterprise. 

CALL FOR PAPERS

This conference, that gives continuity to the first one taken place in
Lisbon in 2001, aims to promote interaction and discussion among
researchers interested on the relevance of discourse and communication
in the enterprise. DICOEN 2003 welcomes papers from a variety of
disciplines such as: linguistics, discourse analysis, marketing,
sociology, psychology, e-commerce, economics, management, etc.
Contributions are particularly welcome on themes related language in
use and the framing of discoursive and cultural practices in the
enterprise such as:

Business discourse 
Communication in organitations 
Language and organizational change 
New technologies in business communication 
Multilingual enterprises 
Customer-server communication 
Advertising discourse 
Organizational discourse and power 
Discourse of strategic management 
Discoursive practices in public institutions 
Bureaucratic discourse 
Discourse and organizational inequalities 
Strategic discourse in organizations 
Management, control and discourse 
Discourse and economics.


PLENARY SPEAKERS

-Norman Fairclough (Lancaster University)
-Cynthia Hardy (The University of Melbourne)
-Eija Ventola (University of Salzburg)


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

*Presentations will be 20 minutes in length followed by a 10-minute 
discussion period. 

*Submision and abstracts should contain:

1. A cover shett containing:

-The title of the paper
-The author's name, affiliation, postal address, e-mail, fax & phone 
number
-A list of equipment for presentation (subject to availability)

2. Four copies of one-page abstract

3. A hard copy with an electronic version of the abstract in Rich Text 
Format. Only PC-compatible diskettes please. Only copies sent by post 
will are considered (not e-mail or fax please).

***Submission deadline: May 1st, 2003

ADDRESS FOR SUBMISSION 

Prof. Fernando Ramallo
II International Conference on Discourse, Communication and the 
Enterprise (DICOEN 2003)
Facultade de Filoloxia e Traduccion
Universidade de Vigo
Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende, s/n
E-36200-VIGO (Galicia, Spain)


ORGANISERS

Anxo Lorenzo (University of Vigo)
Fernando Ramallo (University of Vigo)
Xoan Paulo Rodriguez-Yanez (University of Vigo) 


MORE INFORMATION

Web page: http://www.uvigo.es/webs/ssl/DICOEN/
Email: framallouvigo.es