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Final call for papers conference: DEVELOPING DISCOURSE-AWARENESS in CROSS-CULTURAL CONTExTS Popowo near WARSAW, POLAND, May 9-11th, 1996 The conference addresses issues in cross-cultural communication and applied discourse analysis. The following themes are suggested: - discourse skills and cultural competence; - acquisition and development of discourse skills; - cros-cultural variation in discourse patterns and expectations; - proficiency in discourse skills: national standards and attitudes; - ethnocentric bias in discourse; - critical discourse analysis; - public discourses (media, corporate and business); - discourse, social control and dominance; - teaching discourse skills; - West-East contacts (with special reference to the reception of Western general and communicative values in Central and East Europe. Invited speakers: F. Danes (the Czech Republic), E. Winter (UK), N. Fairclough (UK), D.Preston (USA), R. Singh (Canada), S. Cmejrkova (the Czech Republic), St. Grucza (Poland), St. Gajda (Poland). The conference will be held in English. Session papers will be 20min long. Abstracts can be submitted till the end of FEBRUARY 1996 (150 words). They can be mailed or faxed: address: Anna Duszak, Institute of Applied Linguistics, Warsaw University, Browarna 8/10, 00-311 Warszawa, POLAND fax: 48 - 22 47.19.52. The conference fee is 160 US dollars. This includes accommodation and food during the conference and transportation from Warsaw to Popowo and back (25 min by coach). The conference will start Thursday afternoon and finish Saturday afternoon. A preliminary programme will be available in mid-May. Anna Duszak (Chair of the Organizing Committe)Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
Dixieme Colloque International du CerLiCo (Cercle Linguistique du Centre et de l'Ouest) 7 & 8 juin 1996 a l'Universite de Tours APPEL A COMMUNICATIONS Le CERLICO tiendra son dixieme colloque annuel a l'Universite de TOURS les vendredi 7 et samedi 8 Juin 1996. Le theme de cette reunion sera la seconde partie du theme bisannuel : Absence de marque et representation de l'absenc. Les communicants disposeront de trente minutes suivies de questions et discussions. Les actes du colloques seront publies comme chaque annee dans les Travaux Linguistiques du CerLiCo (Presse Universitaire de Rennes). 8 volumes sont deja parus, sur l'auxiliaire (1 et 2), l'adverbe (3 et 4), la subordination (5 et 6), l'interrogation (7 et 8). Veuillez envoyer vos propositions de communication sous forme d'un resume de 2 pages maximum avant le 20 fevrier 1996 a : Gerard Delechelle Colloque Cerlico U.F.R. Anglais & LEA Universite de Tours 3, rue des Tanneurs 37041 Tours cedex France Tel. (33) 47 36 65 65 Fax. (33) 47 36 66 76 Le CERLICO est une association type "Loi de 1901" depuis le 30 novembre 1991. President : Jean Chuquet, Universite de Poitiers ; tresorier : Jonas Lofstrom, Universite de Rennes 2 ; secretaire : Paul Boucher, Universite de Nantes. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jean-Michel Fournier 37 rue du Haut des Sables 86000 Poitiers Universites de Poitiers et Tours France Internet : fournierMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuezeus.univ-poitiers.fr Tel. : (33) 49.55.17.33 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------