LINGUIST List 18.1516

Thu May 17 2007

Calls: Applied Ling/Hong Kong; General Ling/Croatia

Editor for this issue: Ania Kubisz <anialinguistlist.org>

Directory         1.    Joey Wong, 1st HCLS Conference on Becoming a World Language
         2.    Brala Marija, Space and Time in Language and Literature 2007
Message 1: 1st HCLS Conference on Becoming a World Language
Date: 17-May-2007
From: Joey Wong <hclscityu.edu.hk>
Subject: 1st HCLS Conference on Becoming a World Language


Full Title: 1st HCLS Conference on Becoming a World Language Short Title: HCLS-C1

Date: 05-Dec-2007 - 07-Dec-2007 Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Contact Person: Joey Wong Meeting Email: hclscityu.edu.hk no later than 25 August 2007. The length of the abstract should be 150 - 250 words (Microsoft Word format preferred). Please show name, institution and country of residence at top of page and indicate whether your paper is intended for category (i) or (ii).

There will be a Pre-Conference Institute on 3 and 4 December 2007. The instructors and titles of the courses are as follows:

M.A.K. Halliday: Theoretical Foundations of Systemic Functional Linguistics Ruqaiya Hasan: Analysing Text: Meaning in Context Paul Thibault: Image and Language in Pedagogic Discourse: An Application of Systemic Functional Linguistics

Participants will be offered a certificate of attendance. For details of course design and fee and online registration, please visit http://www.hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk/HCLS-C1-2007/institute.htm.

Advance registration (with concession) for the Conference will be available until 29 September 2007.

We look forward to receiving your abstracts and hope you will be able to join us in Hong Kong in December 2007.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Jonathan Webster & Emeritus Professor Ruqaiya Hasan Convenors, International Conference on ''Becoming a World Language: the growth of Chinese, English and Spanish''
Message 2: Space and Time in Language and Literature 2007
Date: 16-May-2007
From: Brala Marija <mbralaffri.hr>
Subject: Space and Time in Language and Literature 2007



Full Title: Space and Time in Language and Literature 2007 Short Title: STLL 2007

Date: 21-Sep-2007 - 22-Sep-2007 Location: Rijeka, Croatia Contact Person: Marija Brala Meeting Email: mbralaucla.edu (literature) no later than June 20, 2007. Please, state your name, affiliation and contact details in the body of the message. A decision about the acceptance of papers will be made by July 1, 2007.