LINGUIST List 15.383

Fri Jan 30 2004

Calls: Applied Ling/Switzerland; Applied Ling

Editor for this issue: Andrea Berez <andrealinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. grabowski, 9th International Conference of the EARLI Special Interest Group on Writing
2. daniel.elmiger, The Social Issues of Applied Linguistics

9th International Conference of the EARLI Special Interest Group on
Writing
Short Title: Writing Conference 

Date: 10-Sep-2004 - 22-Sep-2004
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Contact: Linda Allal
Contact Email: writing2004pse.unige.ch 
Meeting URL: http://www.unige.ch/fapse/SSE/writing2004 

Linguistic Sub-field: Applied Linguistics ,Psycholinguistics
,Text/Corpus Linguistics ,Writing Systems ,Cognitive Science ,Language
Acquisition
Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2004 

Meeting Description:

Following successful recent meetings in Padova, Paris, Freiburg,
Utrecht, Barcelona, Poitiers, Verona and Stafford, we are pleased to
announce that the ninth EARLI SIG Writing conference will be held on
September 20-22, 2004, at the University of Geneva,
Switzerland. Geneva's international atmosphere and lakeside location
make it a welcoming venue for the Writing 2004 conference. EARLI SIG
Writing is a special interest group of the European Association for
Research on Learning and Instruction. Its members come from a variety
of disciplinary backgrounds, including education, psychology,
linguistics, computer science, rhetoric and literary studies. The aim
of the conference is to promote interaction among researchers who are
interested in understanding the cognitive, social and developmental
processes involved in writing, who are concerned with designing
writing instruction in various educational settings, or with exploring
the functions of writing in different social and institutional
contexts. The scope of the conferences has typically been very broad,
and we hope to draw together once again a wide range of researchers
and professionals in the area of writing. We would therefore welcome
submissions investigating the basic cognitive and social processes
involved in writing, as well as research on the forms that writing
instruction takes in specific contexts, and on the variety of purposes
which writing can serve. We anticipate a dynamic and diverse meeting,
and look forward to meeting old friends and to welcoming new ones.

The Social Issues of Applied Linguistics

Date: 16-Sep-2004 - 18-Sep-2004
Location: Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Switzerland
Contact: Daniel Elmiger
Contact Email: daniel.elmigerunine.ch 
Meeting URL: http://www.irdp.ch/colloque.vals-asla04/ 

Linguistic Sub-field: Applied Linguistics 
Call Deadline: 20-Feb-2004 


Meeting Description:

Linguists are not the only group of people entitled to consider
questions of language. Spelling and non-sexist language changes, for
example, concern large sections of the population; questions of
terminology or text readability are of interest to professional
writers: choice of language(s) for a document, choice of the best
discourse type for the intended audience, etc. Linguists, however,
are obviously concerned by these issues. Sometimes, they are called on
(or believe to be) to function as experts on these various issues
�Euro" without their role necessarily being clearly defined. The aim
of the conference is to question this controversial idea of a
linguistic perspective on social issues. In particular, we invite
discussions on how a science like linguistics can get involved in
debates without losing its scientific purpose, but feeding into them
in order to arrive at a better understanding of the issues at stake.
We invite you to submit a paper or a panel session proposal in line
with the proposed topics of the conference. Methods and theoretical
issues should be clarified. Thus, each submission should include a
�Euro~social questioning�Euro(tm), an argued �Euro~linguistic
answer�Euro(tm), as well as, if possible, a critical reflection on the
involvement of linguistics in the field considered. Abstracts
(between 2000 et 2500 characters) should be sent to the organizing
committee before 20th February 2004, in electronic format (RTF), at
the following address:

Vals.Asla2004unine.ch

For panel sessions please submit a general framework, with a list of
potential speakers. This list can be completed later (end of April).
Submissions will be assessed and selected by the scientific committee
of the conference. Notification of their acceptance or refusal will
be sent at the end of March. In order to be published in the
proceedings, the written contributions can be sent to the organizing
committee after the conference, but before 30 November 2004. They,
too, will be assessed and selected by the scientific committee, which
will edit the publication. Address for the submission of papers and
panel session proposals Vals.Asla2004unine.ch