LINGUIST List 14.1411

Sat May 17 2003

Calls: General Ling; Pragmatics/Phonology/Phonetics

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  • elctengj, 1st Centre for English Language Communication Symposium
  • watsonk, 6th North West Centre for Linguistics Conference

    Message 1: 1st Centre for English Language Communication Symposium

     Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 00:33:11 +0000
    From: elctengj <elctengjnus.edu.sg>
    Subject: 1st Centre for English Language Communication Symposium


    1st Centre for English Language Communication Symposium: Paradigm Shifts in English Language Teaching and Learning Short Title: 1st CELC Symposium

    Date: 03-Jun-2004 - 04-Jun-2004 Location: Hilton Hotel, Singapore Contact: Regina So Contact Email: elcsornus.edu.sg

    Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics Call Deadline: 10-Oct-2003

    Meeting Description:

    The Centre for English Language Communication, National University of Singapore invites colleagues from all over the world to participate in an international symposium for English language teachers. This symposium will provide a forum for classroom-based research paper presentations and small group discussions to give presenters and participants an enriching professional development experience.

    Aims: - To encourage professional growth and development among language teachers from schools, junior colleges and tertiary institutions. - To provide a platform for language teachers to air and share their views and experiences as practitioners in the classroom. - To offer an opportunity for dialogue between language researchers and language teachers from secondary schools, junior colleges and tertiary institutions.

    Featured Speakers: * Professor S. Gopinathan, National Institute of Education, Singapore * Professor Diane Larsen-Freeman, University of Michigan, USA * Professor Theodore S. Rodgers, University of Hawaii, USA

    Topic Areas: * Language learning and teaching in the age of information technology * Cooperative learning methods and materials * Integrating critical and creative thinking and language teaching * Language planning and policy at the school, national, regional, and international levels * Teaching methodology for the future * Local vs. global materials for language teaching * Learner autonomy and language learning * Classroom management * Academic and workplace litera Presentations: 1.Parallel Papers These are lecture presentations to a formal audience lasting thirty minutes plus ten minutes for questions.

    2.Workshops These are 90-minute hands-on sessions during which the participants are engaged in a series of carefully structured activities.

    Procedure for Submission of Proposals: - A 150-250 word abstract with a title not exceeding 12 words and a 50-word biodata should be sent to the Secretariat no later than 10 October 2003. - All abstracts will be evaluated for possible acceptance. Relevance to the theme of the Symposium and originality of approach are among the major criteria for the acceptance of papers and workshops. - The Secretariat will inform proposers by 31 January 2004 whether their proposals have been accepted. The Secretariat reserves the right to decline proposals without assigning reasons.

    Contact: Symposium Secretariat Centre for English Language Communication National University of Singapore 10 Kent Ridge Crescent Singapore 119260 Phone: (65) 6874-7447 Fax: (65) 6777-9152 Email: elcsornus.edu.sg

    Message 2: 6th North West Centre for Linguistics Conference

     Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 05:03:14 +0000
    From: watsonk <watsonkedgehill.ac.uk>
    Subject: 6th North West Centre for Linguistics Conference


    6th North West Centre for Linguistics Conference Short Title: 6th NWCL Conference

    Date: 14-NOV-03 - 16-NOV-03 Location: Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom Contact: Anne Wichmann Contact Email: awichmannuclan.ac.uk Meeting URL: http://www.nwcl.salford.ac.uk

    Linguistic Sub-field: Pragmatics, Phonology, Phonetics Call Deadline: 20-Jun-2003

    Meeting Description:

    Organised by Anne WIchmann (University of Central Lancashire) and Diane Blakemore (University of Salford)

    Invited speakers: Carlos Gussenhoven, Jill House, John Local, Deirdre Wilson

    The focus in research in prosody has recently moved from intonational phonology to areas which interface with other domains, most notably discourse and pragmatics. At the same time, research in pragmatics and discourse has recognized a need to take account of prosodic phenomena. In this way, it has become possible to identify a set of phenomena where research in pragmatics feeds into research in prosody and vice versa _ for example, focus and information structure, questions about processing units and the identification of an utterance, the communication of attitudes and emotions, constraints on implicatures.

    The aim of this conference is to provide a forum in which researchers from prosody and pragmatics can pool their research, and in this way contribute to a fuller understanding of the role prosody plays in pragmatic interpretation.

    Guest speakers: Wallace Chafe, University of California, Santa Barbara Carlos Gussenhoven, University of Nijmegen Jill House, University College London John Local, University of York Deirdre Wilson, University College London

    SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

    An important focus for research in prosody is currently its interface with other domains, including discourse and pragmatics. At the same time, research in pragmatics and discourse recognises a need to take account of prosodic phenomena. In this way it has become possible to identify a set of phenomena where research in pragmatics feeds into research in prosody and vice versa - for example, focus and information structure, questions about processing units and the identification of an utterance, the communication of attitudes and emotions, constraints on implicatures. The aim of this conference is to provide a forum in which researchers from prosody and pragmatics can pool their research, and in this way contribute to a fuller understanding of the role prosody plays in pragmatic interpretation.

    We invite abstracts for papers (30 minutes + 10 minutes discussion). Papers need not specifically address the interface between prosody and pragmatics, but will be chosen for the inherent quality of the prosodic or pragmatic analysis they offer and their potential to contribute to an understanding of the relationship between the two.

    A selection of papers from the conference will be published in a Special Issue of The Journal of Pragmatics (eds. Anne Wichmann & Diane Blakemore)

    Submission of abstracts: Abstracts must conform to the following guidelines: - abstracts must be sent in electronic form (Word, WP, RTF) - abstracts must be no longer than 1 page (A4) and typed in a Times New Roman (12pt) font - abstracts must have the title of the paper centred at the top of the page - the author's name, affiliation and title of the paper must be given on a separate page (abstracts will be refereed anonymously)

    EXTENDED DEADLINE

    Abstracts must be sent to Anne Wichmann or Diane Blakemore (addresses below) by Friday 20th June 2003. Acceptance will be notified by 11th July 2003.

    Anne Wichmann: awichmannuclan.ac.uk Diane Blakemore: d.blakemoresalford.ac.uk