Dear colleagues,
We are happy to announce the first call for abstracts for this year's Martin Centre international conference and information on the pre-conference training course. Details below and attached; please feel free to forward to your colleagues and students.
All very best vernal wishes from Shanghai,
Pin
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The 9th International Conference on Appliable Linguistics
First call for abstracts
Conference theme: Language description informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics
Conference date: 8–10 November 2024
This year's annual Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) conference will be held 8–10 November. The theme for this year is 'Language description informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics'.
Before the conference, 5–7 November, a training course on Systemic Functional Linguistic language description will be taught by Prof. J. R. Martin, Prof. Christian Matthiessen, Dr. Wang Pin and Dr. Zhang Dongbing. (A provisional schedule is provided below.)
We cordially invite scholars and students from around the world to attend the conference and the training course.
Conference topics include but are not confined to:
SFL theory
Systemic functional grammar
Language description
Language comparison
Language typology
Discourse semantics
SFL and its appliability
Confirmed plenary and keynote speakers (these invited speakers have been encouraged to reflect on their experience describing language from an SFL perspective):
Live
J.R. Martin (University of Sydney)
Christian Matthiessen (University of International Business and Economics / Hunan University / Complutense University of Madrid)
Beatriz Quiroz (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
David Rose (University of Sydney)
Gi-hyun Shin (University of New South Wales)
Hu Jianhua (胡建华) (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies / Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Wang Pin (王品) (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Wang Yong (王勇) (Sun Yat-sen University)
Yang Yanning (杨延宁) (East China Normal University)
Yu Zhigang (喻志刚) (Beijing Institute of Technology)
Zhang Dongbing (张冬冰) (University of International Business and Economics)
Online (invited speakers only)
Lungguh Bangga (University of Sydney)
Anna Crane (University of Sydney)
Yaegan Doran (Australian Catholic University)
Giacomo Figueredo (Ouro Preto Federal University)
Van Van Hoang (Vietnam National University, Hanoi)
Randy LaPolla (Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai)
Isaac Mwinlaaru (University of Cape Coast)
Pattama Patpong (Mahidol University)
Luke Rudge (University of the West of England, Bristol)
Forms of presentation
(1) Plenary sessions (60 minutes)
(2) Keynote sessions (40 minutes)
(3) Parallel sessions (25 minutes)
(4) Colloquia (60 minutes for at least three presentations on a shared topic)
Abstracts (in English) should be submitted using the reply form (provided below) to the email address: wangpin@xxxxxxxxxxx before 30 June 2024.
Important dates
Submission of abstract: before 30 June 2024
Notification of acceptance: 31 July 2024
Registration: 7 November 2024
Conference venue
School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, China
Conference fee
|
Non-student |
Student (valid student ID required) |
Conference fee |
1,500 RMB |
1,000 RMB |
Training course fee |
1,800 RMB |
1,200 RMB |
Conference & Training fee |
2,400 RMB |
1,600 RMB |
Notes:
1. In-person participation only for both conference and training.
2. Participants need to arrange transport and accommodation on their own. Detailed information on payment (online payment only) will be released later. Electronic receipts of the conference fee will be sent by email after the conference.
Contact
Dr Wang Pin (submission of abstract)
Ms Wang Dongyan (registration and payment)
Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
March 2024
Attachment:
Martin Centre conference 2024 CFPs.pdf
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