LINGUIST List 21.2468 Fri Jun 04 2010 Confs: English, Socioling, Applied Ling, General Ling/Canada Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Suzanne Hilgendorf, 16th Annual Conference of the International Association for World Englishes Message 1: 16th Annual Conference of the International Association for World Englishes Date: 04-Jun-2010 From: Suzanne Hilgendorf <skh7sfu.ca> Subject: 16th Annual Conference of the International Association for World Englishes E-mail this message to a friend 16th Annual Conference of the International Association for World Englishes Short Title: IAWE 16 Date: 25-Jul-2010 - 27-Jul-2010 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Contact: Suzanne K. Hilgendorf Contact Email: iawe2010sfu.ca Meeting URL: http://www.worldenglishesvancouver2010.com/index.html Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Subject Language(s): English (eng) Meeting Description: The 16th Annual Conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE 16) is being hosted by Simon Fraser University at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver, Canada from July 25 to 27, 2010. The conference theme is: World Englishes Today: A Critical Reevaluation of Theory, Methodology, and Pedagogy in Global Contexts The following plenary speakers will address the conference. - Dr. Braj B. Kachru, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA: 'World Englishes Today: Panditocracy vs. Pragmatic Reality' - Dr. Sue Wright, University of Portsmouth, UK: 'English and Europe: The Legacies Of Nationalism, the Requirements of Europeanisation and the Influence of Globalisation' - Dr. Nkonko Kamwangamalu, Howard University, Washington, D.C., USA: 'English in Language Policy and Ideologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Vernacularization' In addition, focus lectures will be given by: - Dr. Yamuna Kachru, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA : 'World Englishes and Corpus Linguistics' - Dr. Murray Munro, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada: 'How Accents Do and Don't Matter: The Role of Pronunciation in Communication' - Dr. Elizabeth Martin, California State University, San Bernardino, USA: 'Seducing the French with English: Bilingual Advertising Practices in France' - Dr. Jamie Shinhee Lee, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA: 'English for Entertainment: Accidental and Not-so-accidental Humor On Korean TV' For further information regarding the conference, i.e., registration, accommodations, please visit the IAWE 2010 Conference website. Call for Participation: Conference Program and Registration Information: The Conference Program is now posted at the IAWE 16 website. There are some 170 attendees who will be presenting their work. It is also possible to now register for IAWE 16. Registration Fees: Until July 18, the registration fee is as follows: Normal rate, IAWE member - CDN $255.00 (~ US $237) Normal rate, non-IAWE member - CDN $295.00 (~ US $275) Student rate, IAWE member - CDN $130.00 (~ US $121) Student rate, non-IAWE member - CDN $155.00 (~ US $144) The registration fee includes admission to the conference; attendance at all plenary talks, focus lectures, panel and individual presentations; morning and afternoon refreshment breaks; and attendance at the book exhibit (Multilingual Matters, John Benjamins, Wiley-Blackwell, Cambridge University Press, Open University of Hong Kong Press, Mouton de Gruyter, Oxford University Press) To register, please visit the conference website. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 04-Jun-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.