LINGUIST List 14.559

Tue Feb 25 2003

Calls: Lang & Gender Research/Role & Reference Grammar

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    Message 1: Language and Gender Research

     Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:17:15 +0000
    From: mhenderson <mhendersontulanealumni.net>
    Subject: Language and Gender Research


    Perception and Realization in Language and Gender Research

    Location: East Lansing, MI, United States of America Date: 19-Jul-2003 - 20-Jul-2003 Call Deadline: 01-Mar-2003

    Web Site: http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/bucholtz/conference/

    Contact Person: Mara Henderson Meeting Email: mhendersontulanealumni.net Linguistic Subfield(s): General Linguistics

    Meeting Description:

    A conference to promote international dialogue on perception and realization in language and gender research will be held during the intersession of the 2003 Linguistic Society of America Institute at Michigan State University. The conference will bring together scholars from around the world to address the question: How is the relationship between language and gender perceived and realized, both by speakers and by researchers themselves?

    Over the past decade, the related issues of perception and realization have become increasingly central in language and gender research. Concerns with the nature of gender differences in language use have been largely replaced with newer, and still emergent, research questions about how people perceive some linguistic features to be associated with gender and how such associations are realized in specific contexts of language use. These questions include: How can we assert with confidence that a linguistic phenomenon is associated with gender? How and when are gender identities salient? To what extent do perceptions of gendered language use correspond to linguistic manifestations of gender identity? The conference seeks to address these new, central issues in the field by fostering dialogue among international representatives of various theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary perspectives.

    Invited Speakers

    Barbara Horvath (University of Sydney) Celia Kitzinger (University of York) Helga Kotthoff (P�dgogische Hochschule Freiburg) Joan Pujolar Cos (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) Margaret Wetherell (The Open University)

    Workshops (working titles)

    Conceptualizing the Community in the Study of Language, Gender, and Sexuality Rusty Barrett (University of Michigan)

    Ethnographic Methods in Language and Gender Research Lanita Jacobs-Huey (University of Southern California)

    Teaching Language and Gender Shari Kendall (Texas A&M University)

    Critical Discourse Analysis Meets Conversation Analysis Yumiko Ohara (Tokai International College, Honolulu)

    Taking Language and Gender Research Beyond the Academy Maria Stubbe (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

    New Variationist Approaches to Language and Gender Qing Zhang (University of Texas, Austin)

    In order to encourage in-depth interaction between presenters and audience members and to enable the widest possible range of participants and topics, all submitted presentations will be presented in poster format. Although posters are not yet widely used in presenting language and gender research, they have many advantages over traditional oral presentations:

    * Posters encourage longer and more meaningful interaction between presenters and audience members * Posters enable audience members to assimilate larger amounts of information than can be communicated orally * Posters allow the presenter to present information in multiple formats simultaneously * Posters allow the presenter to easily distribute supplemental materials * Posters encourage participation from scholars who may feel less comfortable with oral presentations

    Detailed guidelines and recommendations for poster presentations can be found at the conference website or can be requested by email from any of the conference organizers. Posters must follow conference guidelines.

    Abstract Submission Guidelines

    Abstract submissions must include the following information for each presentation author:

    1. Name 2. Department 3. Institutional affiliation 4. Email address 5. Mailing address 6. Poster title 7. Abstract of no more than 250 words 8. Equipment requests: TV/VCR, CD/cassette player (please request only what you are sure you need; contact an organizer if you have other needs)

    No more than one individually authored presentation and one coauthored presentation may be submitted by the same person. Poster authors should plan to attend the conference; posters by authors not in attendance normally will not be displayed. (Coauthored posters may be presented if at least one author is in attendance.)

    Abstracts should be submitted electronically to both conference organizers. If online submission is not possible, notify one of the organizers well before the deadline to make other arrangements.

    Presenters should plan to bring 25 copies of the paper on which the poster is based to distribute to interested conference participants. The text of invited talks, workshop materials, and papers related to poster presentations will be posted on the conference website after the conference.

    Message 2: Role and Reference Grammar

     Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 13:49:39 -0500
    From: vanvalin <vanvalinacsu.buffalo.edu>
    Subject: Role and Reference Grammar


    Second Announcement

    The 2003 International Course and Conference on Role and Reference Grammar: Exploring the interfaces among meaning, function and morphosyntactic form

    S�o Paulo State University at S�o Jos� do Rio Preto, Brazil 14-20th July 2003

    Organization The organizing committee for RRG2003 consists of Robert Van Valin (University at Buffalo), Dan Everett (University of Manchester), Roberto Gomes Camacho (S�o Paulo State University), Marize M. Dall'Aglio Hattnher. (S�o Paulo State University), Ricardo Mairal (UNED, Madrid) and Toshio Ohori (Tokyo University).

    Event Programme A four-day international course will be followed by a three-day international conference. The course will include lecture sessions at three levels: introductory, post-graduate and specialized. Introductory sessions will present the basics of the main topic of the day; post-graduate sessions will provide a detailed account of functional models, including RRG and Functional Grammar; and specialized sessions will deal with advanced topics in RRG. The conference will stage papers, workshops and plenary sessions. There will also be a workshop on Amazonian languages headed by Daniel Everett on July 18-20 as part of the conference. The title is 'Autochthonous languages in Brazil and syntactic theory: functional and formal considerations'. Contact Daniel Everett (Dan.Everettman.ac.uk) for more details.

    Teaching and Discussion Topics RRG2003 will deal with issues in linguistic theory related to the theory of RRG as presented in Van Valin and LaPolla 1997: Syntax: structure, meaning & function, Cambridge University Press. Special attention will be paid to the further elaboration of RRG in areas like morphology, information structure, and lexical semantics.

    Parallel Session on FG During the conference, there will be a parallel session on FG. Papers should be devoted to the elaboration of the theory of FG as set out in Dik 1997: The Theory of Functional Grammar. 2 Vols. Edited by Kees Hengeveld. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Workshops may bear on points of convergence and divergence between the two functional models.

    Invited Speakers Speakers invited to the course and conference include Anna Siewierska (Lancaster University), Balthasar Bickel (University of Leipzig), Dan Everett (University of Manchester), Robert Van Valin (University at Buffalo).

    Abstracts The deadline for the submission of abstracts of papers and workshops is March 31, 2003. Abstracts should be no longer than three hundred words, including references. The language of the conference will be English. Papers will last twenty minutes, followed by another ten minutes of discussion. Workshops will last forty-five minutes, followed by another fifteen minutes of discussion. The selection of papers for presentation will be communicated by April 30, 2003.

    Conference/Course Fee: Registration fee is US$50.00 for the course and $50.00 for the conference. Non-Brazilian participants will pay the registration fee in the first day of the event. For Brazilian participants, the registration fee is R$50,00 for the course and R$50,00 for the conference, before April 30, 2003. After April 30, an additional R$10,00 will be charged: R$60,00 for the course and R$60,00 for the conference. The difference of fees is due to a partial grant by the Government for all Brazilian participants. The fee will include conference facilities and materials, as well as coffee, refreshments and snacks.

    Further information UNESP (Universidade Estadual Paulista) is one of the three public universities in the State of Sao Paulo. It is a multi campus university spread all over the State of Sao Paulo. Sao Jose do Rio Preto is a 350,000 inhabitant city, located 450km from the city of Sao Paulo. International flights from all over the world arrive at Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo and passengers usually take another 45 minute flight to Sao Jose do Rio Preto. It is also possible to take a bus (4 and a half hour trip). Although July and even August are winter months in Brazil, average temperatures easily reach the 80s at noon. Nights are nicely cool. We are far from the seashore, but tours to Rio de Janeiro and Bahia can be easily (and cheaply) arranged for either before or after the RRG Conference.

    HOTELS Discover Tours (discoverriopreto.com.br) is the Official Congress Agency, responsible for hotel reservation, national and international flights, as well as suggestion and selling of tourism programs in Brazil for Congress members. Below we present accommodation options suggested by the Congress Organization, with special prices. Other options will be offered in the web page of the RRG2003. Reservation should be done through Discover Tours.

    Plaza Inn Nacional: Standard: single (R$42.00), double (R$55.00) De Luxe: single (R$66.00), double (R$72.00) Suite: double (R$120,00) (US$1 approx. R$3.60)

    WEB PAGE A web page is under construction at the moment. Further information on RRG2003, including a detailed programme, accommodation information, payment, social events, etc., will be enclosed in subsequent announcements. Anyone interested in receiving further information should send a message to the e-mail address for RRG2003: RRG2003ibilce.unesp.br

    Pre-registration A pre-registration form is enclosed. Please, send it by e-mail if you intend to participate in the course, the conference or both.

    Pre-registration form

    Last name: First name: Title: University: Department: Address: E-mail address: Do you intend to attend the course? Do you intend to participate in the conference? Do you intend to present a paper? Do you intend to present a workshop?