LINGUIST List 22.2154 Sat May 21 2011 Calls: Discourse Analysis, Forensic Ling, Text/Corpus Ling/China Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.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.     Ning Ye , 2nd International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse Message 1: 2nd International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse Date: 20-May-2011 From: Ning Ye <LLDmallhotmail.com.hk> Subject: 2nd International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 2nd International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse Short Title: LLD2 Date: 20-Apr-2012 - 22-Apr-2012 Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Contact Person: Ning Ye Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Forensic Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics Call Deadline: 31-Oct-2011 Meeting Description: 2nd International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse Multiculturalism, Multimodality and Multidimensionality Zhejiang Police College Hangzhou, 20-22 April, 2012 Following the 1st International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse (20-21 August 2011) in Hong Kong, we are pleased to announce that the 2nd International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse will be hosted in Hangzhou, PRC, 20-22 April 2012. Confirmed Plenary Speakers: Le Cheng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Malcolm Coulthard, Aston University Craig Hoffman, Georgetown University Jixian Pang, Zhejiang University King Kui Sin, City University of Hong Kong Organizer: Zhejiang Police College Co-organizers: Multicultural Association of Law and Language Zhejiang University Call for Papers: The 2nd International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse, associated with Multicultural Association of Law and Language, invites theoretical studies, applicational cases, and relevant work-in-progress papers on the key issues in Law, Language and Discourse. The theme of the conference 'Multiculturalism, Multimodality and Multidimensionality' promotes research of, and welcomes participation from, researchers of different cultural and language backgrounds from different disciplines and across jurisdictions. The subthemes include but are not limited to: 1. Legislative language and discourse 2. Courtroom language and discourse 3. Investigation and Interrogation discourse 4. Corpus Linguistics and legal discourse 5. Information science and legal discourse 6. Legal lexicography 7. Law and semiotics The conference proceedings will be indexed by CPCI-SSH (ISSHP). Important Dates: Abstract submission: 31 Oct 2011 (to Dr. Ning Ye via LLDmallhotmail.com.hk) Draft paper submission: 31 Dec 2011 (6 pages) Notification of acceptance: 15 Jan 2012 Camera-ready paper submission: 31 Jan 2012 Registration: 31 Jan-28 Feb 2012 Note: If you are interested in hosting the forthcoming conferences, please kindly contact Dr. Le Cheng via MALLORGlive.co.uk Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-May-2011       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.