LINGUIST List 6.1572

Tue Nov 7 1995

Calls: Knowledge and discourse, Indirect Anaphora

Editor for this issue: T. Daniel Seely <dseelyemunix.emich.edu>

Directory

1. Denis Williamson, Call for Papers
2. "Dr Tony McEnery", Workshop on Indirect Anaphora

 *Call for Papers *

A Multidisciplinary Conference 18 - 21 June 1996

 * KNOWLEDGE AND DISCOURSE *
* Changing Relationships across Academic Disciplines and Professional
Practices *
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organized by
 The English Centre,
 University of Hong Kong
and
 The School of English Language Communication,
 Beijing Foreign Studies University, China.
to be held at
 The University of Hong Kong
 HONG KONG
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We invite submissions to the conference - Knowledge and Discourse.

* Aims *

The aims of the conference are to provide a forum for discussion of social,
philosophical and historical developments in interdisciplinary studies and
projects, and to explore the role of language in constructing knowledge in
academic disciplines and professional practices.

* Plenary Speakers *

Steve Fuller,
Professor of Sociology, University of Durham, England.

Kalpana Ram,
Gender Relations Project, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian
National University, Canberra, Australia.

Gu Yueguo,
Professor, School of English Language Communication, Beijing Foreign
Studies University, Beijing, China.

Alan Luke,
Professor and Dean, Graduate School of Education, University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia
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* Some Issues and Questions that the Conference will address *

- The philosophical perspective: exploring issues of power,
 authority and interested knowledge in academic disciplines.
- The social perspective: exploring issues of representation,
 imperialism and ideology in academic and professional practices.
- The historical perspective: the development of particular
 academic disciplines and professional practices.
- The linguistic perspective: how language is used to either
 support or impede interdisciplinary communication.
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* Participants *

Teachers, researchers and professional practitioners engaged in
inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary projects investigating, inter
alia :
 - the history, philosophy and sociology of particular disciplines.
 - the modes of communication used between academics and professionals
both across and
 within the boundaries of different disciplines.
 - pan-disciplinary issues, such as those of gender, race and ethnicity,
class, and culture in
 academic disciplines and professional practices.
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* Types of Presentations *

Papers, workshops, poster sessions and colloquia.
We welcome theoretical considerations, practical case studies and
methodological contributions which either challenge or confirm current
paradigms and practices through cross-disciplinary research projects,
teaching projects, activities or experiments.
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If you would like to give a presentation, please submit an abstract of
about one page, outlining the mode of presentation, title and content of
your paper, together with your name and most convenient form of address
(our address is below).
The closing date for abstracts is 15th January 1996

Please submit abstracts by e-mail to : kanddhkucc.hku.hk

or seek latest news on <http://www.hku.hk/engctr/kandd.html>;
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* Abstracts refereed by the following Panel *

Desmond Allison, National University of Singapore
Brian S. Baigrie, Institute for History and Philosophy of Science and
 Technology, University of Toronto, Canada.
Steve Fuller, University of Durham, UK
Gu Yueguo, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
John Joseph, University of Hong Kong
Alison Love, University of Zimbabwe
Greg Myers, Lancaster University, UK
Jim Ness, Brisbane, Australia
David Nunan, University of Hong Kong
Ligia Parra-Esteban, Fundacion VOC de Investigacion de la Comunicacion
 entre Cientificos, Bogota, Colombia
Alastair Pennycook, University of Melbourne, Australia
Gerard Postiglione, University of Hong Kong
Kalpana Ram, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Juliet Thondlana, University of Zimbabwe
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* Registration Fees *

Up to 31st March 1996 US$ 80 or HK$ 600
>From 1st April 1996 US$ 100 or HK$ 750

Please make cheques payable to "The University of Hong Kong"
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Many thanks
Denis Williamson, University of Hong Kong.
denishkucc.hku.hk

CALL FOR PAPERS: IndiAna Workshop

In immediate connection to the general sessions of the DAARC96
Colloquium, at Lancaster University, a workshop on indirect anaphora
will take place. The workshop will start in the afternoon of the 18th
and end about noon on the 19th of July.

The IndiAna Workshop focus on the issue of indirect anaphora in noun
phrase processing, where 'anaphora' implies a relation of dependence
between the noun phrase and preceding discourse, and 'indirect'
implies that the interpretation involves some kind of processing beyond
that of merely retrieving a discourse referent already introduced by
another noun phrase. Examples of indirect anaphora have been
discussed under various headings, such as associative anaphora,
inferrables, antecedent construal, discourse deixis, abstract object
anaphora, 'paycheck' sentences, plural anaphors with split antecedents,
etc. We think it is high time to bring together researchers working on
these different aspects of indirect anaphora and therefore welcome
contributions from all research areas connected to this topic.

Please send abstracts (max two pages of A4) before 15th December to:

Kari Fraurud
Department of Linguistics
Stockholm University
S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Email: kariling.su.se
Telephone: +46-(0)8-16 34 04
Telefax: +46-(0)8-15 53 89

or

Christina Hellman
Department of Linguistics
Stockholm University
S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Email: kicki.hellmanlingvistik.su.se
Telephone: +46-(0)8-16 23 35
Telefax: +46-(0)8-15 53 89