LINGUIST List 21.4057 Thu Oct 14 2010 Calls: Disc Analysis, Socioling/Hong Kong Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.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.     Catherine Law , 6th International Conference on Discourse, Communication and The Enterprise Message 1: 6th International Conference on Discourse, Communication and The Enterprise Date: 13-Oct-2010 From: Catherine Law <egdicoeninet.polyu.edu.hk> Subject: 6th International Conference on Discourse, Communication and The Enterprise E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 6th International Conference on Discourse, Communication and The Enterprise Short Title: DICOEN VI Date: 08-Sep-2011 - 10-Sep-2011 Location: Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Contact Person: Catherine Law Meeting Email: egdicoeninet.polyu.edu.hk Web Site: http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/6thdicoen/ Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics Other Specialty: Media Linguistics Call Deadline: 03-Jan-2011 Meeting Description: The Sixth International Conference on Discourse, Communication and The Enterprise (DICOEN VI) aims to promote interaction and discussion among researchers interested in the relevance of discourse and communication to the world of business, and to expand research networks among scholars working in the area of discourse and communication in organisational settings. Contributions are invited from scholars working in a variety of disciplines including: linguistics, discourse analysis, communication studies, organisation studies, management studies, sociology, anthropology, social psychology, economics, marketing, etc. Call For Papers We are very pleased to be holding DICOEN VI in Hong Kong following the successes of the first five conferences on the same theme (Lisbon 2001, Vigo 2003, Rio de Janeiro 2005, Nottingham 2007 and Milan 2009). The conference aims to promote interaction and discussion among researchers interested in the relevance of discourse and communication to the world of business, and to expand research networks among scholars working in the area of discourse and communication in organisational settings. Contributions are invited from scholars working in a variety of disciplines including: linguistics, discourse analysis, communication studies, organisation studies, management studies, sociology, anthropology, social psychology, economics, marketing, etc. Conference themes - Language and identities at work - Oral and written genres in corporate and institutional communication - Multimodality in business communication - Enterprise communication across languages and cultures - The social dimension in corporate and institutional communication Important Dates Deadline for Call for Papers: 3 January 2011 Notice of Acceptance: end of February 2011 Early bird registration: by 30 April 2011 Cancellation: by 30 June 2011 (no refund of registration fee after this date) Contacts The Conference is organised by the Research Centre for Professional Communication in English, Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. E-mail: egdicoeninet.polyu.edu.hk We look forward to welcoming you to Hong Kong! Best wishes, DICOEN VI Organising Committee Research Centre for Professional Communication in English Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 14-Oct-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.