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LINGLINE is a departmental newsletter specific to the interests and concerns of postgraduate students and staff within the Linguistics Department of Macquarie University. LINGLINE aims to help students and staff feel that they are in touch with the Department and its news, as well as with one another, whether one is currently in Sydney or elsewhere in Australia, New Zealand or any of 25 countries in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America. LINGLINE welcomes contributions from all students and staff in the Linguistics Department. Please submit notices by email to the editor Tessa Green tessa.green@ling.mq.edu.au  Any ideas or comments re this newsletter will also be gratefully received and can be directed by email to this site.

From the Linguistics Postgraduate Office
Welcome

It's the start of the academic year for 2003 and we wish to welcome all new and continuing students to the Linguistics Department. We also wish to welcome Lorraine Whybrow to our office. Lorraine will be working in the postgraduate office, job sharing with Robyn Guilmette. Lorraine will be working Mon-Wed and Robyn will be working Wed-Fri.

New students should be aware that for enquiries regarding your enrolment at the University please contact the University's Postgraduate Studies Section. The email address is pgsinfo@mq.edu.au and the phone number is +61- 2 9850-7488.

A useful page of details for offices you may need to contact during your studies at Macquarie University can be found at http://www.mq.edu.au/contact/

Enrolment Information

Please note that the University won't send any reminders about second semester enrolment which is why we suggest that you make your selection for the whole year at the time of enrolment at the start of the new year.

If you haven't received any re-enrolment papers by early January you should of course contact either the Postgraduate Studies Office or this office to determine the reason for the delay. An Enrolment Information booklet will accompany the re-enrolment paperwork. Enrolment Dates for 2003 are:

On-Campus Students Mon 17/2/03 - Re-enrolling for domestic & international students Fri 21/2/03 - New domestic students Weds 26/2/03 - New International students External Students Re-enrolling students - Enrolment forms to be returned, by mail, to the Centre for Open Education by 17 January 2003. New students or students transferring to new courses - Enrolment forms to be returned, by mail, to the Centre for Open Education by the enrolment date shown on the form.

Submitting assignments

If you are enrolled in an on-line unit you must submit your assignments electronically via the Assignment Tool. PLEASE include your name and student number on the assignment file. Distance students must submit assignments to the Centre for Open Education. Do NOT email your assignments to your convener or to the Linguistics Distance Learning Office, unless specifically advised to by your convener. If you are enrolled in an on-line unit then you must submit via the Assignment Tool. On-Campus students should submit assignments via the assignment box that is located outside the Linguistics Office by the lift on level 5 of C5A.

Staff Movements

This year there are a number of changes concerning staff which you should be aware of. Dr Jan Tent will be the convener of Applied Linguistics Programs while Associate Professor Geoff Brindley is on leave for semester one. Dr Tent will also be convening Ling 904 Pragmatics following Dr Ken Willing's recent retirement. Dr Beth Armstrong is now the Co-ordinator of Research Programs. Associate Professor David Hall will be on leave for second semester this year which means the units Ling 918 English Language Teaching Program Management and Ling 925 Language for Specific Purposes will not be available in either distance or on-campus mode for Semester Two 2003. John Knox and John McAndrew will be co-convening LING938 Curriculum Innovation and Language Teaching. Dr Felicity Cox will convene Ling 901 Phonetics and Phonology and SLP 801 Fundamentals of Speech Science.

Changes to Lecturing Staff

Congratulations to Jennifer Peck, Elisabeth Harrison, John McAndrew, Felicity Cox, Peter Roger, and Canzhong Wu who have taken up the new lecturing positions recently advertised in the Linguistics Department at Macquarie.

Student Welcome Party

The Student Welcome Party for staff in Linguistics and all postgraduate students enrolled in linguistics subjects is on Tuesday 4 March from 4pm to 6pm in Function Room 1 of the Union Building. Click here for more information.

Divisional Staff Party

A reminder to staff of NCELTR and Linguistics a combined Psychology/Linguistics/NCELTR get-together will be held on Thursday 13 March from 5pm - 9pm in the bar and function room of Chats Restaurant & Function Centre in "The Ranch Hotel". Staff should reply to Yvonne Roberts on Ext 8030 or email YROBERTS@psy.mq.edu.au

Congratulations

We wish to congratulate Maryanne Golding who has been awarded an Australia Day Award from the National Council of Women NSW. Maryanne works in the Linguistic Department's Audiology programs and on January 23rd Maryanne received this prestigious award at Government House. Click here to see Maryanne on her special day.

Writing and Communication Skills for Postgraduate Students

Linguistics postgraduate students are advised of the Writing and Communication Skills Program which will be held in Semester 1, 2003. Classes will be once a week for 2 hours beginning in Week 2 (11 March). The program includes:

Approaching Essay Questions in Linguistics Structuring and Planning Essays Developing & Maintaining Your Argument Understanding Plagiarism & Referencing Critical Reviews & other Written assignments Two Oral Presentation Skills Workshops

This is a non-credit point program with no assessment and is free of charge to Linguistics Postgraduate Students. Classes are designed to help Linguistics students improve in writing and communication skills while enrolled in postgraduate linguistics subjects. Places fill very quickly in this program. To find out how to enrol click here.

Research Project On Campus

Important NEW Research Opportunity for 2003. Formal recruitment period (December - February 2003). Project Title: Action research for Change Towards Sustainability (ACTS): Change in Curricula and Graduate Skills Towards Sustainability Are you interested in Participating?

· Are you a teacher of postgraduate units? · Are you interested in gaining experience in Action Research? · Are you interested in the opportunity to publish your own Action Research Outcomes? · Do you have an interest in linking your teaching to the development of graduate skills towards sustainability? · Do you want to develop your teaching and your students' learning for sustainablity?

Your commitment - The project involves your commitment to at least 4 days of workshops focusing on the Action Research Method over 12 months. Our commitment - We will facilitate the workshops and provide ongoing mentoring support. Participants will receive funding during the workshop series and will retain intellectual property rights over their own Action Research outcomes. Participation Selection - Places for funded participation are limited and as such the Project Team will select interested participants. The Team is aiming to involve participants across disciplines which will influence the final selection. The project is being conducted by: Dr Daniella Tilbury - Graduate School of the Environment, 9850 7981; Dr Anna Reid - Centre for Professional Development, 9850 9780; Associate Professor Anne Burns - Faculty of Human Sciences, 9850 8030. This research project has been funded by Environment Australia in collaboration with Macquarie University.

New Discussion List

Some of you may be interested in a Systemic Functional Linguistics & Education discussion group that is starting up again. This group welcomes educators who are interested in a broadly functional approach to describing language in a way that can be useful for classroom learning and more generally raise awareness about language as a system of resources for meaning & how the system works in flexible ways to do different things. If you want to join the new SFL & Education discussion group,please send an email from the account you wish to use, to:sfl_education-subscribe@yahoogroups.com You will receive an email back asking for confirmation. It offers two options, to go to a web page, or to respond to the email. Do the second (Just hit the Reply button, then the Send button). You should be registered then. To submit email to the list, send email to: sfl_education@yahoogroups.com To leave the group, send email to: sfl_education-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

Sydney University Research Seminar Series

The research seminar series will start again on Friday 14 March. The first will be presented by Ghassan Hage, who's an Assoc. Prof. in the Anthropology Dept. at Sydney University and has published extensively on Bourdieu; He will be talking on this occasion about 'hope' in social research. There are two open slots in May so if anybody would like to present a session, please let me know. We will continue to meet in the Rogers Room, Woolley Building, 4.00 - 5.30 pm and to go on for drinks/dinner afterwards. The Duck and Swan seems to suit most people so we'll go there at first, then see what we think as the weather cools. Programme till early May:

  • March 14 Ghassan Hage, Anthropology, Sydney University, 'Facing the future: hope, anticipation and confidence in social research'
  • March 21 Michele Zappavigna, university medallist in Information Technology, Sydney University, 2002: tba.
  • April 4 Fran Christie, now back in Sydney and an hon.adjunct professor, Faculty of Ed., Sydney University, 'Classroom Discourse Analysis. A Functional Perspective'
  • April 11 Workshop on tough grammar analyses
  • May 2 Christina Fogtmann, Dep. of Nordic Philology, University of Copenhagen, 'Enacting relations in a naturalization interview - on analyzing and theorising intimacy and solidarity'

For enquiries contact, Dr Geoff Williams Department of English (A20) The University of Sydney 2006 Australia Email: geoffrey.williams@english.usyd.edu.au Ph +61 2 9351 2276 Fax: +61 2 9351 2434.

Studentships

The Faculty of Education and Language Studies at the Open University is advertising two four-year postgraduate research studentships, to start on 1 October 2003. Possible PhD topics include aspects of foreign language learning. Please see http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/PD539.html for full details. Deadline for applications is 1 March 2003.

Upcoming Seminar

The BAAL/CUP seminar 'System and Corpus: Exploring the connections' will take place on 11th-12th April 2003 at the University of Liverpool. The seminar will bring together researchers who are working mainly in either systemic-functional linguistics or corpus linguistics, and who are sympathetic to both approaches. There will be workshops led by invited speakers, and a number of individual paper presentations. The seminar will run from 9am on Friday 11th April to 4pm on Saturday 12th April. (Participants should arrive on Thursday evening.) The registration fee is £125. This includes meals (dinner on Thursday and Friday, lunch on Friday and Saturday) but not accommodation or travel. Seminar participants will be eligible for a discount at a local hotel. Registration will open on 1st March, and further details will be circulated nearer the time. If you would like to receive an individual copy of the registration details when they are available, please contact Geoff Thompson (geoff9@liverpool.ac.uk). The seminar will be limited to twenty-five participants.

Upcoming Conferences and Workshops Call for Papers - First Call Deadline: 01-Feb-2003 (to be extended).

The Third International Contrastive Linguistics Conference, Santiago de Compostela ( I C L C - 3 ) 23rd-26th September 2003) Web Site: http://www.ccietic.usc.es/iclc3 Contact Person: Andrew Rollings Meeting Email: iaarolli@usc.es The Third International Contrastive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-3) will be held from Tues. 23rd to Fri. 26th September 2003, in the Philology Faculty of Santiago University, Spain. As in our previous conferences, papers of a contrastive nature are welcome, particularly in the following subject areas: Linguistic Description (grammar, lexico-semantics, phonetics, phonology, etc), Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Rhetoric, Translation Studies, Cross-Cultural Studies, Second Language Acquisition, and Languages for Specific Purposes. Papers will have a maximum duration of 20 minutes (2500 words). To ensure maximum intelligibility among the audience, they should be presented preferably in either English or Spanish (Castilian), but they may if necessary be presented in French, German or Galician. If you wish to take part, please send us an abstract before 1st February 2003. Organising Committee Contact Details: University tel. no.: +34 981 57 53 40 or +34 981 59 44 88 for direct dialling of extensions) Faculty fax no.: +34 981 57 46 46. Co-ordinators: Dr. Luís Iglesias-Rábade iarabade@usc.es, Postal address: Dr. Luís Iglesias-Rábade, ICLC-3, Facultad de Filología, Universidad de Santiago Avda. de Castelao, s/n E - 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Website http://www.usc.es/ia303/benvidag.htm

Call For Papers

L'ERLA - "Coordination/Subordination in Specialized Text ",14-15 November 2003 Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest. L'ERLA (L'Equipe de Recherche en Linguistique Appliquée) invites proposals for papers on syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, discursive, etc. aspects of coordination and/or subordination in specialized text. The committee will give special attention to proposals dealing with computer or logical aspects or this question. By "specialized text" we mean any text of a non-literary nature. Proposals (abstracts of 250 words maximum) should be sent before 31 May 2003 to David Banks, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Sociales - Victor Segalen, 20, rue Duquesne, BP 814, 29285 Brest Cedex, France.e-mail : David Banks@univ-brest.fr Presentations, in French (preferred) or in English, will last 25 minutes, followed by 10 minutes discussion. The registration fee will be of the order of 25 euros, including Friday lunch. Organizing committee: David Banks, Lamria Chetouani, Ghislaine Lozachmeur, Simon Eason. Information: David Banks, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Sociales - Victor Segalen, 20 rue Duquesne, BP 814, 29285 Brest Cedex. e-mail : David.Banks@univ-brest.fr Tél : 02 98 01 79 86

Systemic-Functional Linguistics Conferences for 2003

Listed below are conferences and workshops in Systemic-Functional linguistics this year:

· April 7-11 Systemic Week China (no details available). · April 11-12 BAAL/CUP seminar 'System and Corpus: Exploring the connections' University of Liverpool. Abstracts due: 30th January 2003 · June (date to be announced) JASFL Spring Workshop, Niigata University, Japan. · July 8th Chinese SFL conference Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei province. · July 14-16 ASFLA 03 Preconference Institute Adelaide, South Australia. · July 17-19 Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association Conference (ASFLA 03) Adelaide, South Australia · July 20-23 15th Euro-International Systemic Workshop. School of Modern Language and Cultures, University of Leeds, UK. Abtsracts due: 14th February. · October 4-5 JASFL 11th Autumn Conference, Tamagawa University, Japan. · December 1-6 ISFLA Pre-Conference Institute, Lucknow, India.December 8-13 International Systemic-Functional Linguistics Congress, Lucknow, India. Abstracts due: June 15, 2003. · December 15-17 International Symposium on Language, Law and Life, Lucknow, India. Abstracts due: June 15, 2003.

For more details on all of these meetings, please see: http://www.wagsoft.com/Systemics/Conferences/index.html

Conference Announcement and Call for Papers Researching Narrative: Method, Theory and Analysis in a Biographical Age Venue: The University of Sheffield, Tapton Hall, Sheffield, England, 20 - 21 June 2003. http://www.shef.ac.uk/inclusive-education/narrativeconf/

This two day conference will explore the use of auto/biographical, life hi/story, narrative and fictional research in social scientific, health and educational research. Adopting a broad approach to understandings of 'narrative', papers are invited to consider emergent themes from a variety of research and application issues, which might include some of the following: The role of theory in narrative research - how different theoretical positions lead to the writing of very particular narratives; how narratives can be used to generate theory; the blurring of 'theory' and 'story' in narrative research; the contribution of narratives to the development of revolutionary theory and praxis; the contribution of narrative to understandings of disability, gender, sexuality, class and 'race'; Reflections on methodology and method - considerations in relation to the 'doing' of narrative research; access, relationships and ethics; authorship, power and authenticity; plots, characters and readability; the challenge of an age of biography to the 'qualitative research paradigm'; the role of narrative in relation to models of research e.g. emancipatory disability research, critical 'race' perspectives, queer theory, community psychology, feminist standpoint theory, participatory and action research; Developing analytical frameworks and resources - the merits of different analytical approaches in narrative research; how different theoretical stances impact upon our reading of narratives; phenomenology and poststructuralist debates; the turn to narrative as part of the postmodern turn; the modernist character of narratives; narrative and analytical frameworks e.g. discourse, textual and thematic analysis, grounded theory. Applications of narrative - the role of stories in understanding the individual and social world; the contribution of stories to new political and social movements; the role of narrative in policy and professional practice; narrative as therapy, intervention and praxis. This will be an interdisciplinary conference and we welcome calls for papers and attendance from researchers and practitioners across the social and health disciplines. We anticipate contributions - and have initial interest shown - from the disciplines of psychology, sociology, social policy, education, politics, geography, history, psychiatry, medicine, nursing and midwifery; in the research areas of disability, masculinity, sexuality, feminism, childhood, 'race' and class studies; and from the professional contexts of social work, teaching, psychology, the health and social welfare professions. The deadline for abstracts is 1ST APRIL 2003. To submit an abstract complete the abstract form found at http://www.shef.ac.uk/inclusive-education/narrativeconf/abstracts.htm To book a place and make payment complete the Booking and Payment forms found at: http://www.shef.ac.uk/inclusive-education/narrativeconf/

Call for Papers - System and Corpus: exploring the connections.

This BAAL-CUP seminar will take place on 11-12th April 2003, at the University of Liverpool. The seminar will bring together researchers who are working mainly in either systemic-functional linguistics or corpus linguistics, and who are sympathetic to both approaches. There will be four workshops led by invited speakers, and a number of individual paper presentations. Further enquiries to Susan Hunston (s.e.hunston@bham.ac.uk)

New Publications From the City of University Hong Kong Press

Click here to find the latest on a new book, Research and Practice in Professional Discourse which was edited by Professor Chris Candlin. The book is from a conference at City University in Hong Kong which was attended by several from the Linguistics Department at Macquarie University. New from the University of San Francisco

Applied linguists and ELS/EAP teachers might be interested in this new and thought-provoking book: Hafernik, J. J., Messerschmitt, D. D., & Vandrick, S. 2002. Ethical Issues for ESL Faculty: Social Justice in Practice. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.

New Journal Journal: Language and Communication ISSN 0271-5309 Volume 23 Issue 2 Date : Apr-2003 For more information about this journal visit: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jnlnr/00616 If you are interested in submitting a paper to this journal visit: http://authors.elsevier.com/jnlnr/616

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction: language and desire in theory and practice D. Cameron, D. Kulick, pp 93-105
  • Writing desire in Nepali love letters L.M. Ahearn, pp 107-122
  • 'I went to bed with my own kind once': the erasure of desire in the name of identity D. Valentine, pp 123-138
  • No - D. Kulick, pp 139-151
  • The desire to be desired: magic spells, agency, and the politics of desire among the Petalangan people in Indonesia Y. Kang, pp 153-167
  • Language, desire, and the ontogenesis of intersubjectivity A. Rumsey, pp 169-187
New Journal

Publisher: Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/

Journal Title: Language and Education Volume Number: 16 Issue Number: 4 Issue Date: 2002

  • Main text: "Oh, What Will Miss Say!": Constructing Texts and Identities in the Discursive Processes of Classroom Writing Jill Bourne, School of Education, University of Southampton, UK
  • From a Language Policy to Classroom Practice: The Intervention of Identity and Relationships Michael P. Breen, Centre for English Language Teaching, University of Stirling, Scotland.
  • Curriculum Documents as Representation of Institutional Ideology A Comparative Study Judy W.Y. Ho, Lingnan University, Hong Kong Talking to Learn: The Voices of Children, Aged 9 - 11, Engaged in Role-play Sue Lyle, Swansea Institute of Higher Education, Faculty of Education, UK

Individual articles can be downloaded with a credit card from www.catchword.com or visit www.multilingual-matters.com to enter an individual subscription to this journal In case of difficulty, email info@multilingual-matters.com for help.

New from Continuum Books - http://www.continuumbooks.com

Frances Christie (2002) 'Classroom Discourse Analysis. A Functional Perspective'. Continuum Press. ISBN 0-8264-5373-2 This is a volume which uses the SF grammar and genre theory as well as aspects of Bernstein's notions of pedagogic discourse to analyse classroom texts from early childhood to mid secondary schooling. The book examines the nature of pedagogic relationships at different stages of schooling. It argues the importance of reasserting the claims of knowledge in much contemporary schooling, at least in the English-speaking world.

Linguistic Studies of Text and Discourse Subtitle: Volume 2: The Collected Works of M.A.K. Halliday. Publication Year: 2003 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd, Author: M.A.K. Halliday, Editor: Jonathan Webster, City University of Hong Kong Hardback: ISBN: 0826458688, Pages: 320, Price: GBP 75.00

Abstract: 'Linguistic Studies of Text and Discourse' is the second in a series of volumes presenting the collected works of Professor M.A.K. Halliday. The papers in this volume focus on the application of systemic functional grammar to the analysis of texts, both highly-valued and everyday, both written and spoken. Presenting detailed linguistic analyses of specific texts, ranging from the highly-valued by such authors as William Golding, J.B. Priestly, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Charles Darwin, to the more everyday variety, such as a fund-raising letter and part of a doctoral defense, Halliday explores the power of grammar at work to create meaning, to change our lives for better or worse. Each text is studied as one would any kind of language, in terms of the linguistic resources that contribute to the realization of its 'meaning potential'. Not only are the analyses interesting for what they reveal about the texts under investigation, but also instructive in the practice and methods of systemic grammar analysis.

Relations and Functions Within and Around Language: Open Linguistics Publication Year: 2002 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd Editor: Peter H. Fries, Central Michigan University Editor: Michael Cummings, York University, Canada Editor: David Lockwood, Michigan State University Editor: William Spruiell, Central Michigan University. Hardback: ISBN: 0826453686, Pages: 320, Price: GBP65.00 Paperback: ISBN: 0826453694, Pages: 320, Price: GBP25.00

Abstract: This book describes language as a network of functional relations involving a context which is also a network of functional relations. The essays in Part I present several perspectives on the theory of language as functional relations. The essays in Part II discuss an oral text using a variety of functional perspectives. All of the essays are by linguists interested in oral and written texts who have achieved international recognition in their fields. Illustrated in this book are cognitive, social construction, social praxis and anthropological approaches to the description of text. Currently in linguistics there is a movement towards careful use of corpora in linguistic and text analysis. This movement has involved the use of written corpora, spoken corpora and corpora which consist of combinations of spoken and written text. But little detailed discussion of the language of a single oral text from multiple perspectives has been published. Most text analyses address written texts - often literary works. This book is among the first to integrate the analysis of the language of spoken and written texts.

Working with Discourse: Meaning Beyond the Clause: Open Linguistics Publication Year: 2002 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd Author: J.R. Martin, University of Sydney Author: David Rose, University of Sydney Hardback: ISBN: 0826455077, Pages: 296, Price: GBP65.00 Paperback: ISBN: 0826455085, Pages: 296, Price: GBP19.99

Abstract: Working with Discourse is designed for researchers and students interested in exploring how speakers and writers construe meaning through discourse. It draws on tools for discourse analysis that were developed in systemic functional linguistics and register and genre theory, but it requires no prior knowledge of functional linguistics and avoids academic complexity wherever possible. Rather, the book an accessible set of analytic tools that can be used with ease in a range of disciplines. These are introduced in clear steps, through analyses of a set of stories, arguments, reviews, procedures and other texts that exemplify how meanings are constructed and contested in a culture by focusing on current issues of truth and reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa. Readers are guided through these text analyses from five complementary perspectives on meaning, exploring the ways in which: + people and things are introduced and tracked though a text; + messages are logically related in discourse sequences; + people, things, processes and qualities are construed and related; + people, things and processes are appreciated, judged and valued; + all these elements of meaning are synthesized and organized as waves of information in a text. These detailed analyses provide a practical resource for application in any field in which discourse analysis has a role, including educational research, critical discourse analysis, cultural studies, text linguistics, and language and literacy teaching. It is equally useful as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in these fields and as a reference guide for researchers.

New Journal in Applied Linguistics from Continuum

First Announcement and Call for Papers for Journal of Applied Linguistics to be edited by Christopher N Candlin (Macquarie University, Sydney) and Srikant Sarangi (Cardiff University) The inaugural issue of Journal of Applied Linguistics (JAL) is scheduled to appear in March/April 2004. JAL will have 3 issues per year, organised along the following rationale:

  • The first issue every year will include papers on a broad range of applied linguistic themes, based on an open, peer-review procedure.
  • The second issue every year will be a special issue (organised thematically, regionally, or using other principled criteria). This issue will be guest-edited by advisory board members or other scholars.
  • The third and final issue every year will be devoted to methodological debates, which will be of particular relevance to the wide audience of postgraduate and post-doctoral researchers. This focus will underscore the point that methodological issues within Applied Linguistics need a different kind of airing to the ways these are discussed in cognate disciplines such as sociology, education, psychology, where language use (as, for example, in research interviews, questionnaire surveys etc) is frequently seen as unproblematic in the conduct of research. Language-specific methodological debates around case studies, and the call for a mixing of methodologies within Applied Linguistics more generally will serve a long-awaited need for younger scholars engaged in postgraduate and in funded research.

Each annual volume will contain special features such as editorials; debates/dialogues on specific themes/keywords; interviews by specialists with key scholars; review articles; synopses of funded projects; doctoral research reports; book notices on specific domains etc. Address all correspondence to: Professor Christopher N Candlin, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University ccandlin@ling.mq.edu.au or Professor Srikant Sarangi, Centre for Language & Communication Research, Cardiff University sarangi@cardiff.ac.uk For more details and guidelines for submission, visit the Continuum journal web http://www.continuumbooks.com

New from John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/, http://www.benjamins.nl

Perspective and Perspectivation in Discourse: Human Cognitive Processing 9 Publication Year: 2003 Publisher: John Benjamins Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=HCP_9 Editor: Carl Friedrich Graumann, University of Heidelberg, Editor: Werner Kallmeyer, Institute for the German Language, Mannheim, Hardback: ISBN: 9027223610, Pages: vi, 401 pp., Price: EUR 110.00 Hardback: ISBN: 1588112950, Pages: vi, 401 pp., Price: USD 99.00

Abstract: "Perspective" and "viewpoint" are widely used in everyday talk as well as in the specialist languages of the social, cognitive, and literary sciences. Taken from the field of visual perception and representation, these concepts have acquired a general meaning and significance, as characteristics of human cognitive processing. Since, however, this field is shared by an increasing body of disciplines, perspective terms have also acquired specific and technical meanings. A striking example is the newly introduced use of "perspectivation" in discourse analysis. This volume on "perspective and perspectivation" - the first of its kind - will help to fill the gap between the common understanding of perspective and the specifics of its structure and dynamics as they have been elaborated in the human sciences, mainly in psychology and linguistics. The focus is on the structure of perspectivity in cognition and language, and the dynamics of setting and taking perspectives in social interaction and in the construction and understanding of texts. Both topics are presented here in an interdisciplinary way by a group of linguists and psychologists.

From Lincom Europa http://home.t-online.de/home/LINCOM.EUROPA/

Fundamentals of French Syntax: LINCOM Coursebooks in Linguistics 11 Publication Year: 2003 Publisher: Lincom Europa Author: Christopher Gledhill, University of St. Andrews. Hardback: ISBN: 3895867543, Pages: 200pp., Price: USD 50.90 / EUR 46 / GBP 32.

Abstract: This book provides an accessible syntax of French as well as a grounding in the fundamental principles of syntactic theory, unhindered by considerations of theory and cross-linguistic comparisons. The aim is to describe modern French in breadth rather than to analyse problems of theory in depth. Each chapter progressively develops a system of notation that is consistent with current approaches to generative grammar, but which allows the reader to describe a wider variety of linguistic features of French than is normally associated with model-based grammars. After studying this book, learners should be able to move on to texts both in generative theory and comparative studies of French and other Romance languages. The book uses corpus-driven data and also incorporates core ideas from systemic-functional grammar. An original feature of the book is that each section has copious examples, exercises and model answers.

New from Oxford University Press http://www.oup-usa.org/

The Language of Turn and Sequence, Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics Publication Year: 2002 Publisher: Oxford University Press, Book URL: http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0195124898.html Editor: Cecilia E. Ford, University of Wisconsin Editor: Barbara A. Fox, University of Colorado Editor: Sandra A. Thompson, University of California, Santa Barbara Hardback: ISBN: 0195124898, Pages: 304 pp, Price: $ 65.00.

Abstract: This collection of previously unpublished, cutting-edge research discusses the conversation analysis (CA) approach to understanding language use. CA is the dominant theory for analyzing the social use of language and is concerned with the description of how speakers engage in conversation and other forms of social interaction involving language. Its proponents are not only linguists but sociologists and anthropologists as well. The unifying theme of these chapters is the intersection of practice and form through the construction of turns and sequences.

A Place to Stand Subtitle: Politics and Persuasion in a Working-Class Bar: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics Publication Year: 2002 Publisher: Oxford University Press http://www.oup-usa.org/ Book URL: http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0195140370.html Author: Julie Lindquist, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg Hardback: ISBN: 0195140370, Pages: 216 pp, Price: $ 65.00 Paperback: ISBN: 0195140389, Pages: 216 pp, Price: $ 29.95.

Abstract: Linguists have become increasingly interested in examining how class culture is socially constructed and maintained through spoken language. Julie Lindquist's examination of the linguistic ethnography of a working-class bar in Chicago is an important and original contribution to the field. She examines how regular patrons argue about political issues in order to create a group identity centered around political ideology. She also shows how their political arguments are actually a rhetorical genre, one which creates a delicate balance between group solidarity and individual identity, as well as a tenuous and ambivalent sense of class identity.

New Book from Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com

Discourse, the Body, and Identity: Coupland & Gwyn (eds.) Discourse, the Body, and Identity Publication Year: 2002 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Editor: Justine Coupland Editor: Richard Gwyn Hardback: ISBN: 0333969006, Pages: 288, Price: GBP50.00 Comment: 216x138mm

Abstract: How is the body articulated in language and discourse? How is the body articulated as discourse? How do individuals and the media represent and define relationships between the body and selves? The eleven new chapters in this book explore how 'discourses of the body' - in talk, text and other semiotics - sustain moral, ideological and practical positions. Using a wide range of data from both private and public contexts, Discourse, the Body and Identity brings different forms of linguistic and multi-modal analysis to bear on these questions. It draws on and develops concepts and methods from sociolinguistics, sociology, social psychology and cultural theory. Together, these approaches explore body representations and embodied action for the purposes of, for example, instruction, display, and personal story telling. The volume brings together research on representations of bodily ageing, gendered bodies, bodies at risk, ill and disabled bodies, but also bodies at play and narcissistic body.

Critical Discourse Analysis Subtitle: Theory and Interdisciplinarity Publication Year: 2002 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Editor: Gilbert Weiss Editor: Ruth Wodak Hardback: ISBN: 0333970233, Pages: 336, Price: GBP50.00 Comment: 216x138mm

Abstract: Can discourse analysis techniques adequately deal with complex social phenomena? What does 'interdisciplinarity' mean for theory building and the practise of empirical research? This volume provides an innovative and original debate on critical theory and discourse analysis, focussing on the extent to which CDA can and should draw on the theory and methodology of a range of disciplines within the social sciences. The contributors to the volume are themselves international and multi-disciplinary, and the collection is organised to address in turn the development of CDA over the past two decades, the debate on interdisciplinarity, implications for discourse - analytical theory and applications.

New Electronic Journals

Some of you might be interested in viewing Critical English Online - a discussion website and to consider submitting articles to the new free electronic journal 'English Teaching: Practice and Critique'.

English Teaching: Practice and Critique http://www.soe.waikato.ac.nz/english/ETPC/Current.html The first issue of English Teaching: Practice and Critique is Volume 1, Number 1 went online in November, 2002. Edited by Terry Locke, it comprises a series of personalised but studied reflections on issues confronting English/literacy educators across a range of constituencies. Contributors include Richard Andrews (York: England), Andrew Goodwyn (Reading: England), Terry Locke (Waikato: New Zealand), Gail Cawkwell (Waikato: New Zealand), Brenton Doecke (Monash: Australia), Wayne Sawyer (Western Sydney: Australia) and Hilary Janks (Witwatersrand: South Afrida) and Jeanne Prinsloo (Rhodes: South Africa). It also includes a classroom narrative from Pelissa Tsilimidos (Melbourne High School: Australia).

Working with Discourse: Meaning Beyond the Clause: Open Linguistics Publication Year: 2002 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd http://www.continuumbooks.com Author: J.R. Martin, University of Sydney Author: David Rose, University of Sydney Hardback: ISBN: 0826455077, Pages: 296, Price: GBP65.00 Paperback: ISBN: 0826455085, Pages: 296, Price: GBP19.99

Abstract: Working with Discourse is designed for researchers and students interested in exploring how speakers and writers construe meaning through discourse. It draws on tools for discourse analysis that were developed in systemic functional linguistics and register and genre theory, but it requires no prior knowledge of functional linguistics and avoids academic complexity wherever possible. Rather, the book an accessible set of analytic tools that can be used with ease in a range of disciplines. These are introduced in clear steps, through analyses of a set of stories, arguments, reviews, procedures and other texts that exemplify how meanings are constructed and contested in a culture by focusing on current issues of truth and reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa. Readers are guided through these text analyses from five complementary perspectives on meaning, exploring the ways in which: · people and things are introduced and tracked though a text; · messages are logically related in discourse sequences; · people, things, processes and qualities are construed and related; · people, things and processes are appreciated, judged and valued; · all these elements of meaning are synthesized and organized as waves of information in a text. These detailed analyses provide a practical resource for application in any field in which discourse analysis has a role, including educational research, critical discourse analysis, cultural studies, text linguistics, and language and literacy teaching. It is equally useful as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in these fields and as a reference guide for researchers.

Positions Vacant Associate Lecturer (Audiology),(Full-time (continuing)) Ref. 6716 Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University.

The appointee will be required to teach in undergraduate and postgraduate Audiology programs and to assist with their organisation. Duties will also involve supervising students in clinics, assisting with various Audiology programs overseas and conducting research. This is an opportunity for an individual seeking an Academic career in Audiology in an expanding and active Department. Essential Criteria: Postgraduate qualification(s) in Audiology; full membership of the Audiological Society of Australia; Certificate of Clinical Practice; clinical experience and an interest in research. Desirable Criteria: Experience in research (candidates who are not enrolled or have completed a PhD will be encouraged to do so); experience in teaching at a tertiary level. Enquiries: Associate Professor Philip Newall on (02) 9850-8779 or e-mail Philip.newall@mq.edu.au Selection criteria must be addressed in the application. The position is available immediately on a full-time (continuing) basis and may be subject to probationary conditions. Salary Range: Level A (Associate Lecturer) - $46,269 to $62,581 pa, including base salary $39,098 to $52,882 pa, annual leaving loading and 17% employer's contribution to superannuation. Applications including full curriculum vitae, quoting the reference number, visa status, and the names and addresses (including postal and/or e-mail address) of three referees should be forwarded to the Recruitment Manager, Personnel Office, Macquarie University, NSW 2109 by 14 February 2003. Applications will not be acknowledged unless specifically requested. Equal Employment Opportunity is a University Policy www.jobs.mq.edu.au

Part-time Receptionist, NCELTR, Linguistics Department, Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please forward a resume to Lisa Murtagh at lmurtagh@nceltr.mq.edu.au as soon as possible. This is a permanent role for 17 hrs/wk, between 1pm and 5.15pm (with a 15-minute break), Mon. to Thurs. A copy of the job description (HEW 4) is available from Reception at W6C, Phone: (02) 9850-7954.

Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Education (TESOL), Institute of Education, University of London (http://www.ioe.ac.uk) Salary £35,251 - £39,958 or £21,125 - £33,679, plus £2,134 London Allowance. Appointment from September 2003, or earlier if possible

You will contribute to teaching on courses, including the MA TESOL, seminars for research students and overseas outreach and consultancy. You will also contribute, through publications and other research activity, to scholarship in one or more areas of applied linguistics/English Language Teaching. You will need teaching and research experience and a higher degree, preferably a doctorate, in a relevant area and must be able to teach successfully at HE level. A record of relevant publications and knowledge of the international context for ELT are also required. Experience of supporting students on-line is desirable. For appointment at Senior Lecturer level, a good record of gaining research funds and/or leading development projects and an excellent publications record will normally be required. For an application form and further details please ring 020 7612 6159 (24 hour answer phone) quoting reference L/CLC/2 or e-mail personnel@ioe.ac.uk. Please, do not send CVs at this stage. Completed applications to be returned to the Personnel Department, Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL by 17 February 2003.

Chair in Auditory Research Academic Level E $106,478 pa. University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, Education and Social Sciences MARCS Auditory Laboratories Bankstown Campus, Sydney, Australia Ref No: H2002/112.

MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney (UWS), Sydney, Australia is calling for applications for the position of Chair in Auditory Research. Applicants must have an outstanding track record in an area or areas of auditory research, e.g., speech perception, language development, auditory-visual speech processing, speech science (including ASR and synthesis), signal processing, music technology, music perception/production, mathematical modelling, hearing/hearing impairment, auditory physiology, or related areas. Applicants must have a distinctly laboratory-based approach to research, and the ability to work in a cross-disciplinary environment. This is a research-only position with primary emphases on grant-winning, higher degree research (HDR) student (Masters & PhD) supervision, and publications. There are no prescribed undergraduate teaching, or administrative duties. MARCS is a University Research Centre under the direction of Professor Denis Burnham, situated within the College of Arts, Education, and Social Sciences at the University of Western Sydney (UWS), Bankstown Campus (see http://www.uws.edu.au/marcs/ for details). It has close ties with the UWS School of Psychology, and with UWS Centre for Advanced Systems Engineering. MARCS enjoys strong national and international collaborations with universities, research institutes, and industry. MARCS has internal funding and support from UWS and the College of Arts, Education, and Social Sciences, and numerous external grants in various areas of auditory research from government and independent agencies within and outside Australia. MARCS has state of the art laboratory and HDR student facilities, extensive research staff (Adjunct Fellows, Postdocs, Research Assistants), a lively bunch of HDR students, and support staff (Laboratory Manager, Business Manager, shared Commercialisation Manager, Software Engineer, Administrative Assistant). MARCS is a vibrant laboratory, with a strong research trajectory. The successful applicant will be a productive researcher of international standing who will significantly contribute to this trajectory.

Application Packages: Please visit the UWS website http://www.uws.edu.au/vacancies/ for full documentation covering this position including the Role and Attribute Statement (Selection Criteria). Enquiries: Professor Denis Burnham, (02) 9772 6681 or email d.burnham@uws.edu.au Closing Date: 24 February 2003. Email applications to recruitment@uws.edu.au or mail to Human Resource Services, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC NSW 1797.

Chair, University of California, Davis, Cultural Studies Graduate Group

The University of California, Davis Graduate Group in Cultural Studies seeks a Chair to lead its Ph.D./M.A. program. This young, vibrant program emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to cultural inquiry that includes analyses of intersecting categories such as class, gender (including masculinities), race, ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, and dis/ability; the ideal candidate must have a record of significant research and teaching in the field of cultural studies reflective of these areas. The program involves more than 60 faculty members housed in 24 units including such interdisciplinary programs as African American and African studies, American studies, Asian American studies, Chicana/Chicano studies, critical theory, environmental design, human and community development, Native American studies, religious studies, science and society, and women and gender studies; as well as disciplines such as anthropology, language and literature programs, sociology, textiles and clothing, and theatre and dance. Students in the program earn degrees (M.A. and Ph.D.) in Cultural Studies. (For more information on the Cultural Studies Graduate Group, please visit our website http://culturalstudies.ucdavis.edu.

We seek an Associate or Full Professor (to be housed in an appropriate affiliated program/department based on research and teaching expertise) who will provide administrative leadership in the Graduate Group; teach courses in Cultural Studies (histories, theories, and methods) as well as in home department; coordinate programmatic initiatives; and sustain intellectual community amongst a diverse group of students and faculty. Administrative experience and a commitment to collaboration and collegiality are central to this position. Please send a letter of application, curriculum vita, and the names, addresses and phone numbers of three references to:Prof. Susan Kaiser, CST Search Committee Chair, Department of Textiles and Clothing, University of California at Davis,1 Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616. (Inquiries may be directed to Prof. Kaiser at sbkaiser@ucdavis.edu or 530.752.9722, or Karen Shimakawa [Cultural Studies Graduate Group Chair and Search Committee Co-Chair], kshimakawa@ucdavis.eduor 530.754.7526.) The position will remain open until filled, but to ensure consideration all materials must be postmarked no later than 28 February 2003.

Position in Ontological Engineering and Natural Language Processing, Universities of Bremen and Freiburg, Germany.

A new transregional collaborative research center (start date: 1st. January 2003) has just been established at the Universities of Bremen and Freiburg, Germany. The research center is particularly concerned with spatial reasoning, representation and action. Within this research center we currently have one position available at the University of Bremen in the area of ontological engineering and natural language processing. We are looking to fill this position as soon as possible. The research center will be constructing extensive sets of spatial representations and will involve the design of definitive sets of spatial ontologies for the areas addressed. In addition, natural language input and output (dialogic) will be supported for communication between artificial agents and human users concerning spatially situated tasks. Here the applicant should either be familiar with, or be interested in becoming familiar with, all current relevant ontology construction efforts, including: SUO, DOLCE, Cyc, etc., as well as their representations (KIF, CycL, CL, OWL, etc.) To support the natural language processing, linguistically motivated ontologies --particularly grammatically-motivated ontologies such as that of the Penman Upper Model and Generalized Upper Model (http://www.purl.org/net/gum2) -- will be developed further and employed. A significant part of the work involved for the position will be the further development of the spatial and linguistic ontologies and the design and implementation of flexible mappings between them. The mappings ecessary will be derived partly on the basis of empirical dialog experiments involving robotic spatial assistance devices and naive human users. These experiments will be conducted by a further researcher on the team.

The position is available until 31 Dec 2006 (extension possible) and has a salary range from approx. 34,000 to 45,000 Euro p.a. An excellent background in ontology design and/or computational linguistics and/or knowledge representation is expected. The position is suitable both for a doctoral project or a post-doctorate research position depending on background and expertise of the applicant. For more information about this and other positions within the research centre, see: http://www.cosy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/sfb/positions/ For more information about the research center, see: http://www.cosy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/sfb/

Casual Work for Arabic Speakers

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