LINGUIST List 15.2075

Wed Jul 14 2004

Calls: General Ling/Cardiff, Wales, UK

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  • Lowri Griffith, Language and Global Communication Conference

    Message 1: Language and Global Communication Conference

     Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:48:10 -0400 (EDT)
    From: Lowri Griffith <GriffithLcf.ac.uk>
    Subject: Language and Global Communication Conference


    Language and Global Communication Conference Short Title: LGC2005

    07-Jul-2005 - 09-Jul-2005 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom Contact Name: Theo van Leeuwen Conference Email: LGC2005cf.ac.uk Conference URL: http://www.global.cf.ac.uk

    Linguistic Subfield: Discourse Analysis, General Linguistics, Sociolinguistics

    Call Deadline: 29-Oct-2004

    Meeting Description:

    The Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University will hold a conference in Cardiff from 7-9 July 2005.

    PLENARY SPEAKERS: Bryan S. Turner Cambridge University, UK Monica Heller University of Toronto, Canada Jan Blommaert Ghent University, Belgium Clare Mar-Molinero Southampton University, UK John Urry Lancaster University,UK

    The conference will bring together scholars working with language and global communication across all fields of enquiry. Anticipating innovative, challenging contributions, we welcome proposals from sociolinguistics, linguistics, communication, journalism, semiotics, cultural theory and the social sciences.

    The conference will bring together scholars working with language and global communication across all fields of enquiry. Anticipating innovative, challenging contributions, we welcome proposals from sociolinguistics, linguistics, communication, journalism, semiotics, cultural theory and the social sciences. This is an interdisciplinary conference covering, but not limited to, such areas as

    Global media Shifting flows of communication Global and minority languages Policy and practices of global institutions and organisations Diaspora Global tourism Multimodality and global communication Colonisation and appropriation of communicative forms Global health Global governance

    Submitting proposals

    Proposals should be submitted by 29th October 2004. Abstracts should be in English, and not more than 200 words. Online submission only at www.global.cardiff..ac.uk Proposals may be for papers: 30 minute sessions including at least 10 minutes for discussion, and/or poster presentations. Proposals for other types of contribution will also be considered.

    For further information please see www.global.cardiff.ac.uk or email LGC2005cardiff.ac.uk