Dear colleagues,
Happy Chinese lunar new year!
This is the second reminder that abstract submissions for ASIALEX2017
(Guangzhou, June 10-12) are due on March 1, 2017. More information is
available at: http://www.l2china.com/asialex2017/ or ;
http://clal.gdufs.edu.cn/info/1246/2667.htm
Thanks for your attention. Looking forward to seeing you in Guangzhou.
Best wishes,
Hai Xu
On behalf of the Organizing Committee of AsiaLex 2017
ASIALEX 2017 Call for Papers
The 11th International Conference of the Asian Association for Lexicography
(ASIALEX 2017) will be held at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS)
in Guangzhou, China on June 10-12, 2017.
This conference will celebrate the 20th anniversary of ASIALEX. Being
the host of the First International Conference of ASIALEX, we are very pleased
to bring it back to this location for this landmark event after it has traveled
around nine Asian countries and regions over the past twenty years.
To respond to the challenges of the corpus revolution and the digital
revolution in lexicography, lexicographers, linguists, language professionals
and publishers from across Asia and worldwide need to work together to share
information, knowledge and experience, and to encourage innovation in
lexicographic studies and practice. ASIALEX 2017 aims to provide such a
platform.
Conference Theme
The theme of this conference is Lexicography in Asia: Challenges, Innovations
and Prospects. We welcome proposals related (but not limited) to the following
topics:
l electronic and digital revolution in lexicography
l corpus lexicography
l bilingual lexicography
l pedagogical lexicography
l metalexicography
l dictionary use studies
l dictionary and culture
l dictionary as discourse
l phraseology and lexicography
l neologisms and lexicography
l terminology and lexicography
l English-Chinese/Chinese-English dictionaries: In memory of Prof. LU Gusun
Keynote Speakers
l Professor HUANG Jianhua (GDUFS, First President of ASIALEX)
l Professor Andrea Abel (EURAC, President of EURALEX)
l Dr. Julia Miller (University of Adelaide, President of AUSTRALEX)
l Dr. Michael Rundell (Lexical Computing Ltd. & Macmillan Dictionaries)
Abstract Submission
- The medium of the conference is English.
- Submissions should contain the following information:
² Title (maximum of 12 words)
² Name(s) of proponent(s)
² Affiliation of proponent(s)
² Email address
² Abstracts should be between 250 and 300 words, excluding references. Please
click here for the abstract template (ASIALEX2017_AbstractTemplate)
² Please use the following format as the filename of your abstract:
Surname-Title in .doc or .docx format (surname of the corresponding author only)
² Send the abstract as attachment to asialex2017@xxxxxxx
² The subject should be: Surname-Title
Publication Opportunity
Proceedings of the papers presented at the conference will be edited. Some
selected papers will be recommended to the refereed journal: Lexicography:
Journal of ASIALEX.
Important Dates
l Abstract submission deadline: March 1, 2017
l Notification of paper acceptance: March 20, 2017
l Deadline for early bird registration: April 30, 2017
l Deadline for full paper submission: May 15, 2017
l Conference dates: June 10-12, 2017
Enquiries
Email: asialex2017@xxxxxxx
Website
http://www.L2china.com/asialex2017/
http://clal.gdufs.edu.cn/info/1246/2667.htm
