LINGUIST List 22.788 Wed Feb 16 2011 Calls: Forensic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis/Hong Kong 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.     Le Cheng , 1st International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse Message 1: 1st International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse Date: 14-Feb-2011 From: Le Cheng <chengle163hotmail.com> Subject: 1st International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 1st International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse Short Title: MALL-LLD Date: 20-Aug-2011 - 21-Aug-2011 Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Contact Person: Le Cheng Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Forensic Linguistics Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2011 Meeting Description: 1st International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Dynamicity City University of Hong Kong with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, 20-21 August, 2011 The 1st International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse (LLD Conference): Multiculturalism, Diversity and Dynamicity, associated with Multicultural Association of Law and Language (MALL), aims to promote the research on law, language and discourse by researchers of different cultural and language backgrounds from different disciplines and across jurisdictions. Call for Papers: The LLD Conference invites papers on all aspects of law, language and discourse, including, but not limited to: 1. Legislative language 2. Courtroom language 3. Language in the proceeding of investigation (including police interrogation, cover investigation, conversation in prison, etc.) 4. Legal translation & court interpretation 5. Education and training on LLP (Language for Legal Purposes) 6. Language evidence as a system 7. Discourse analysis of legal texts 8. Legal terminology 9. Legal discourse and information retrieval 10. Language planning and Language rights The conference will be held on 20-21 August 2011, just before the 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA2011) (23-28 August 2011, Beijing) and the International Conference on Law, Translation and Culture (28-29 August 2011, Beijing). All accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of LLD Conference 2011 published by American Scholars Press, indexed by CPCI-SSH/ISSHP. Authors shall submit their papers electronically (as .doc attachments) following the style guide on the conference website. For further inquiries, please contact us via Mall (mallorglive.co.uk), Winnie Cheng (egwchengpolyu.edu.hk), or King Kui Sin (ctsinkkcityu.edu.hk). Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: 15 April 2011 Notification of paper acceptance: 1 May 2011 Camera-ready paper submission deadline: 15 June 2011 Co-organisers: Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, City University of Hong Kong Halliday Centre, City University of Hong Kong Sponsor: Research Centre for Professional Communication in English, Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Conveners: Le Cheng (Research Centre for Professional Communication in English, Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Winnie Cheng (Research Centre for Professional Communication in English, Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) King Kui Sin (Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, City University of Hong Kong) Venue: City University of Hong Kong Publisher: American Scholars Press Confirmed Plenary Speakers: Vijay Bhatia (City University of Hong Kong) Malcolm Coulthard (Aston University) Diana Eades (University of New England) Kyo Kageura (The University of Tokyo) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 16-Feb-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.