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From the Linguistics Postgraduate Office

Welcome

The start of the academic year for 2004 is almost upon us so we wish to welcome all new and continuing students to the Linguistics Department. Please find some information below that will assist you.

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/

Your username and password

You will need your username and password to log into websites for many of the units you enrol in. All students are given a username and password at enrolment. If you don't already have a username and password, or you have forgotten one or both, go to: http://www.ocs.mq.edu.au/stdgen/self_reprint.html

To log in:

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 in 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 2004 are:

On-Campus Students
17/2/04 - Re-enrolling for domestic & international students
18/2/04 - New domestic students
20/2/04 - New International students

Submitting assignments

Changing your personal details

If you wish to update your address and email details you now do this on-line instead of completing a change of address form. eStudent is a secure website which allows students to update their own contact details. You can also use this site to view second half year examination results. The site is available at: https://student1.mq.edu.au/ Should you experience any problems with this site, please contact Student IT Help in the Library: http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/justask/

Congratulations

The Linguistics Department wishes to congratulate the following students have had recently had their PhDs confirmed by Senate:

Eden Li (Supervisor Christian Matthiessen). Special congratulations go to Eden Li who received a Vice-chancellor's Commendation for his doctoral thesis being of an exceptionally high standard.

Congratulations also to Joanne Arciuli (Supervisor Linda Cupples) and Midori Fukuhara (Supervisor David Butt).

Farewell

Linguistics staff and speech pathology students last week sadly farewelled Loraine Fordham who leaves Linguistics to take up full time doctoral studies. We wish Loraine all the very best for the future and thank her for her professionalism, commitment, energy, and humour whilst in her role as Speech Pathology Clinical Coordinator for Linguistics over recent years.

Student Welcome Party


The Student Welcome Party for staff in Linguistics and all postgraduate students enrolled in linguistics subjects is on Friday 5 March from 4pm to 6pm in Function Room 3 of the Union Building. Click here for more information.

New Speech Pathology Clinical Coordinator

A very warm welcome to Elisabeth Doell who joins the Linguistics Department as the new Speech Pathology Clinical Coordinator.

Elizabeth Doell is a speech pathologist who after qualifying in Christchurch New Zealand worked for twenty years as a speech-language therapist in various urban and rural New Zealand settings. During her 20 years of clinical work Elizabeth developed a specialist interest in school-aged language and developmental disabilities and educational implications for children who have complex communication disorders. She completed the Bachelor of Education and Master of Education degrees through Canterbury University, New Zealand and moved to academic positions as Child Language Lecturer in the Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy program at Canterbury University for five years and Lecturer/Clinical Education Coordinator in the Bachelor of Speech Pathology program at Newcastle University. She has been completing a doctorate through University of Sydney and is currently writing her thesis which documents the development of an analysis of facilitative and directive interactions between teachers and students in first-year classes. Other research interests are in the development and evaluation of classroom-based language intervention; parent and teacher training programs; and collaborative service delivery models. Elizabeth will be lecturing in child language and is the clinical program coordinator.

From the NCELTR Resource Centre

New students please be advised that the NCELTR Resource Centre is a specialist TESOL and applied linguistics library situated on the campus in W6B Room 382. We are open weekdays 9 am - 5 pm and provide a number of services to the students and staff of the Linguistics Department. These may be found at our website http://nceltr.edu.au/resources Our email address is rescentr@nceltr.mq.edu.au and phone number 9850 9653.

New from the resource centre:

Writing and communication skills for on-campus postgraduate students

Linguistics postgraduate students are advised of this semester's Writing and Communication Skills Program. Classes will be once a week for 2 hours beginning in Week 2 (8 March). The program includes:

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 further information and how to enrol see: http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/pg_writing_skills/on_campus.html

Writing website for students

Linguistics postgraduate students should be aware of the availability of LINGPWS The Linguistics Postgraduate Writing-Skills website. This is a newly developed resource designed to assist Linguistics students with academic writing. The Unit Content section for the website has six parts:

Part 1. Approaching the Assignment Question
Part 2. Planning Your Assignment
Part 3. Structuring Your Assignment
Part 4. Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism
Part 5. Critical Review Writing
Part 6. Common Questions about Linguistics Assignments

All Linguistics students enrolled in a postgraduate unit (on-campus, external) can now access the site by using their MQ ID and password which every student is given at enrolment.

To logon to the website please go to: http://online.mq.edu.au/pub/LINGPWS/

Any staff who don't already have a WebCT account but would like to access this site can request an application form by emailing muotf@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au

For further enquiries about the Writing Skills Website, contact Tessa Green tgreen@ling.mq.edu.au .

From the Speech Hearing and Language Research Centre (SHLRC)

Welcome to another great year of seminars. Thank you to everyone who contributed to a very successful series last year. SHLRC seminars run on campus and are held in the Forster Room, Level 5 C5A Linguistics, Macquarie University at 1pm on Mondays. Below is a list of dates set aside for the seminars. You will notice that only 10 dates are currently scheduled but there will be ample opportunity to increase this number if demand requires it.

Dr Felicity Cox is very keen to hear from anyone who would like to contribute to the series. Please send her your presentation details ASAP. She is also very interested to get your feedback on the format of the seminars and your suggestions for other ways to enhance this important meeting time. A list of possible presenters for Felicity to contact would also be very useful.

We have already discussed the possibility of holding some very informal sessions to discuss ARC applications, ideas for collaborative research, possible future projects etc. Please let Felicity know if you have any other suggestions. Contact: Dr Felicity Cox, Speech Hearing and Language Research Centre Department of Linguistics Macquarie University Sydney, 2109, Australia Phone +61 2 9850 8767 Fax +61 2 9850 9199 email fcox@ling.mq.edu.au

Meeting Dates: 1 March, 29 March, 3 May, 31 May, 28 June, 26 July, 23 August, 20 September, 18 October, 15 November.

From the Macquarie University Audiology Clinic

Linguistics is a diverse department. In this issue of LINGLINE we provide you with some information about our Audiology Clinic.

Most of you on campus will have noticed that there many members of the public visiting the 5th floor of C5A on a daily basis. Most of them have appointments at the Audiology Clinic, which operates Monday to Friday to offer audiology services to members of the community. The community demand for the clinical service offered is high, with waiting lists of 6 weeks being standard for all new patients. Every effort is made to accommodate existing clients needing follow up or hearing aid repairs within a reasonable time frame. We have a number of audiologists who spend part of their week in the clinic, and one full time clinical audiologist. On any given day, we have the equivalent of 3.5 qualified audiologists seeing patients, and during term time, they all have students working with them in a one to one teaching clinic. Patients of all ages are seen for diagnostic testing. Rehabilitative services are provided for private adult patients ? a small number of whom are fitted with second hand hearing aids through the hearing aid bank administered by SHHH. The Australian government has an extensive scheme to provide services elsewhere for pensioners and children who are deaf. We have a close link with the speech pathology clinic, with whom we share our waiting area and some common interests. Towards the end of 2003 we started using the students in Translation and Interpreting to assist when we have appointments arranged for patients not fluent in English. This has so far proved to be an excellent arrangement and our clinical service is noticeably enhanced by having access to the interpreting students. We hope that they also gain from the experience they get when offering their services in our clinic.

There are two full time support staff in the reception area, Cathie Shanley and Celise Hill, whose responsibilities include clinic reception and administration duties.

A record of appointment types for 2003 shows the following distribution of services:

At the end of 2003, a new operating system for hearing aid fitting and diagnostic audiology (Noah 3) was introduced into the clinic. The clinic facilities were reorganized to more effectively facilitate 3 simultaneous hearing aid fittings in the clinic at any one time. With these facilities in place we are now able to increase the proportion of rehabilitative audiology patients seen in the clinic. With better facilities and sufficient numbers of audiologists able to see patients for hearing aid fittings and follow ups, we will be thinking about marketing our services to the surrounding community. Our students need exposure to rehabilitative audiology during their training as most of them are employed by hearing service providers in the community when they leave the university, and so we are very keen to develop this aspect of the clinic?s activities.

If anyone on the staff would like to make use of the services in the clinic, or view the facilities, please don?t hesitate to contact Louise Reynolds (X8724) or email Louise at lreynolds@ling.mq.edu.au

From NCELTR (National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research)

Seminar- Open to all professionals and students of TESOL, Applied Linguistics and related areas

Reconsidering CALL and Self-Access Presented by Dr. Thomas Robb

While instructors strive to implement technological advances in their CALL activities they have inadvertently shifted the focus of activities to those which work best with motivated, autonomous learners. This presentation documents this shift, examines the dangers involved, attempts to explain the dynamics behind it and makes suggestions for restoring an appropriate balance.

Monday 9 February, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m, followed by light afternoon tea in Building E3B room 315 Macquarie University. The cost is free. Please RSVP to Becky Robertson - tel: 9850 7959 rroberts@nceltr.mq.edu.au

From our postgraduate students

This space is reserved for contributions from our students. Lingline invites all our students to contribute or use this space to raise any relevant issues.

Good ?Linguistic? Fiction by Jennifer Eagleton

Editors always notice grammatical problems in road signs and theatre programmes. Radiographers always notice when x-rays are upside down in medical soap operas. Linguistic students always notice the search for meaning everywhere? in this case, in some recently published novels that have linguistic connections.

?No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous,? said Henry Adams. In life, something happens, and often there is no one who can explain it for us ? we try to make sense of it based on our own experience, through snatched conversations, notes left behind, objects.

In The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst (Little, Brown and Company, 2003) a man?s life changes in a minute when he takes a phone call announcing the death of his wife under strange circumstances. The only witness to this event?the family dog Lorelei. The man, Paul Iveson tries to gets to grips with his loss he notices strange ?clues? in their home: rearranged books, displaced objects, a mysterious phone call and other oddities that suggest that his wife?s death was out of the usual.

Paul, a university linguist, decides to bury his grief though a unique piece of research: to design experiments so that his dog will communicate what she knows about the incident. His colleagues are sceptical, but understanding, seeing it as his way of coping.

We realise as the book progresses, and as Paul looks back on his marriage that it is difficult to find meaning in all one?s acts. It serves to show how little we can know someone, and the more we try to find out, the more there is to know. How easily we can misconstrue actions and words to fit in with our own norms.

Another recent novel with linguistic implications has a teenager with Asperger?s Syndrome (a form of autism) as a narrator, showing how much can be achieved within the limitations imposed on him by nature. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (Jonathon Cape 2003) is a clever novel of how an event ? a dead dog found on a lawn late at night ? can lead to a journey of discovery, one that will push the boundaries of achievement not thought possible.

The narrative technique mimics autism?s characteristics. The text is straightforward and very descriptive without embellishment. The narrator is hyper-observant. He likes lists and his forte is mathematics, so the text abounds in diagrams, mathematical equations, and maps. This book is good way to ?get into another?s shoes? particularly to understand another way of expression, also to see ourselves through the eyes of those who we usually ?help.?

As a MA in Linguistics student and an avid reader, I am now looking at the fiction I read [through] a linguistic lens. Nothing is what it seems to mean.

P.S. (In relation to The Dogs of Babel - Jennifer refers us to an interesting site - BowLingual: The Dog Bark Translator http://www.bowlingual-translator.com/ )

For alumni - "staying in contact"

A new email list has been created to allow alumni to keep in touch with each other, to discuss topics of interest related to linguistics, and to share interests and experiences beyond studies in Linguistics at Macquarie. If you would like to join others in this alumni email group, please send an email to postmaster@shlrc.mq.edu.au requesting subscription to the "alumni list".

E diting and Publishing students have also recently set up their own alumni list. If this list particularly interests you, please contact the postmaster as above.

Australian Linguistics Society (ALS)

You may be interested in joining the Australian Linguistics Society to get their regular newsletters and their journal (AJL). If so, go to their website at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/als/

TOEFL Grants and Awards

The TOEFL Program at ETS offers more than US $100,000 annually through its portfolio of nine grants and awards. Applications for four of its awards and grants are now being accepted.

TOEFL Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment - up to ten awards annually with a value of up to $2000 each to facilitate the timely completion of dissertations in foreign/second language assessment.

TOEFL International Speaker Award - up to three awards per year to provide an organization outside the United States and Canada with funds up to US $2500 to help support the travel, hotel and meal expenses of one or more speakers to address issues of English language testing or teaching or teacher education outside the US and Canada.

Library and Resource Center Award - up to three awards to enable libraries and resource centers outside the US and Canada to enhance collections of basic language teaching and testing books and materials. The collection includes approximately US $1000 worth of basic books about foreign/second language testing principles and practices, recommended by ILTA, approximately US $1000 worth of books on foreign/second language testing and teacher education selected by the TOEFL Grants and Awards Committee, a set of publications contributed by TESOL, and a set of TOEFL publications, including research reports, technical, reports, and monographs.

TOEFL Board Grant - grants ranging from US $5,000 - $15,000 to recognize and support significant activities or projects related to international education or English language teaching, learning or assessment. Proposals for continuation of funding can be extended for up to two years. The deadline for applications is March 3. More information about each award can be found at http://toefl.org/educator/edawards.html or write to TOEFL_awards@ets.org

TESOL International Research Foundation - Call for Research Proposals 2004-05

The TESOL International Research Foundation (TIRF) invites proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Grants and Priority Research Grants in the field of applied linguistics and/or English language education. The 2004-05 Research Priority is "the demonstrable effects of the use of computer-based technology on students' learning of English as a second or foreign language."

The deadline for receipt of complete proposals is May 31, 2004 (11:59 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time-on the west coast of Canada/USA). Please consult the foundation's website for more information ( http://www.tirfonline.org ).

All Priority Research Grant (PRG) proposals must be directly related to the stated topic. Preference will be given to proposals that involve partnerships between researchers in institutions in more than one country, ideally involving at least one partner in a non-English-dominant country. Grants are available up to US $25,000 (the maximum award).

For Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG) proposals only, applicants may choose the current (2004-05) priority or one of the past priorities topics (2002-03, 2003-04) listed on the TIRF website ( http://www.tirfonline.org ). Doctoral Dissertation Grants of up to US $5,000 per proposal are available .

Discussion List

Some of you may be interested in an email discussion list run through the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania which is devoted to issues in educational linguistics, check out: http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~pennelf/ELF/listserv.html

Call for Papers - Critical Discourse Studies: An interdisciplinary journal for the social sciences. A Routlegde Journal -New for 2004 http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17405904.asp Editors: Norman Fairclough, Lancaster University, UK.,Phil Graham, University of Queensland, Australia., Jay Lemke, University of Michigan, USA., Ruth Wodak, University of Vienna, Austria.

Authors are invited to submit papers for publication in Critical discourse Studies, a peer-reviewed international journal published by Routledge-Taylor & Francis. Critical Discourse Studies is an interdisciplinary journal for the social sciences. Its primary aim is to publish critical research that advances our understanding of how discourse figures in social processes, social structures, and social change. The journal has been established in response to the proliferation of critical discourse studies across the social sciences and humanities. We will consider for publication papers that meet the needs of scholars in diverse disciplines and areas of study which develop critical perspectives on the relationship between discourse and social dynamics. Relevant areas and disciplines include, but are not limited to: anthropology, communication, cultural studies, education, ethnic studies, gender studies, geography, history, legal studies, linguistics, literary studies, management studies, media studies, migration studies, philosophy, political economy, political science, psychology, sociology, technology studies, and urban studies.

The editors also welcome papers which connect critical academic research with practical concerns and agendas, including those of activist and grassroots political movements. The scope of critical discourse studies is not limited to linguistic studies, or articles that are primarily empirical or analytical. Critical examination of non-linguistic phenomena that take a significant discourse orientation, as well as theoretical and methodological papers that advance critical understandings of discursive phenomena, are welcomed.

Recognising the diversity, depth, and history of scholarship in the growth of critical discourse studies, no particular theoretical, disciplinary, or methodological "schools" or paradigms will be privileged over others in the selection of papers for publication. The primary criteria for publication are originality, scholarly rigor, coherence of argument, relevance and timeliness of research. Critical Discourse Studies encourages contributions from both new and established scholars. The journal recognises that the new and rapidly changing social relations of the current age call for new approaches and new understandings that bridge disciplinary and cultural boundaries. Therefore the editors strongly encourage the submission of papers that help us achieve these aims. Critical Discourse Studies aims to be accessible. It aims for papers that are written clearly, explain key terms and concepts in an accessible way for readers at many levels, and recognise the needs and interests of its diverse community of readers. For further information, or to submit manuscripts, email editorial@cds-web.net . Further information, including notes for authors, is available at the Routledge-Taylor and Francis Critical Discourse Studies webpage: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17405904.asp .

Upcoming Conferences and Workshops

Extension of Deadline - ISFC 2004 , Kyoto Japan

ISFC in Kyoto has been extended to March 15th, 2004. Registration and submission of abstracts can be made on the official Kyoto ISFC website at the following address. http://www1.doshisha.ac.jp/~mtatsuki/ISFC31/pages/Index.html

First Latin-American Regional Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference - "Systemic Functional Linguistics in Language Education. April 8th, 9th and 10th, 2004 English Department Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Mendoza, Argentina.

The conference web page is at: http://ffyl.uncu.edu.ar/departamentos/ingles/congres/index.html

ALS 2004: Second Call for Papers

The Australian Linguistics Society is holding its Annual Conference (ALS2004) at the University of Sydney, in Sancta Sophia College, 13-15 July 2004. ALS 2004 welcomes work on any area of general linguistics, whether descriptive, typological, theoretical, sociolinguistic. Previous conferences have usually had a good selection of papers on languages of Australia and the Pacific. Deadline for submissions 1 March 2004.

The conference webpage is at http://conferences.arts.usyd.edu.au/index.php?cf=4

Invitation to Participate and Call for Papers - Conference on Forensic Linguistics/Language and Law 2004. 4th - 5th July, 2004

Cardiff University will be hosting a 2-day conference on forensic linguistics/language and law on the 4th and 5th of July 2004. The conference will begin after lunch on 4th July and will finish on the afternoon of the 5th July and will be held at Gregynog Hall, a beautiful stately home in mid-Wales owned by the University of Wales. Abstracts are welcome dealing with all aspects of forensic linguistics/language and law, including but not limited to the following:

Abstracts of no more than 200 words and including title, name of presenter, contact details and brief outline of the talk should be sent to the conference organiser, Janet Cotterill, from whom further details are available. Please indicate any Powerpoint or audio-visual needs. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is February 28, 2004. Numbers are strictly limited to 35, and so priority for attendance will be given to those offering a paper. There is likely to be a publication forthcoming as a result of the conference. Please contact the Conference Coordinator: Janet Cotterill Centre for Language and Communication Cardiff University PO Box 94 Cardiff CF3 1RN Tel: 02920 876393 Fax: 02920 874242 Email: cotterillj@cardiff.ac.uk

Call for Papers - International Language and Cognition Conference - (ILCC 2004) Coffs Harbour (Australia), 10-12 September 2004 at the Pacific Bay Resort.
See conference themes and further details at http://www.ilcc.une.edu.au

This interdisciplinary conference aims at bringing together researchers working on the interface of language and cognition. We invite submissions from the fields of linguistics, philosophy, psychology, palaeoanthropology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence and related areas.

Although submissions (including poster submissions) in a broad range of issues in Language & Cognition research are welcomed, we are particularly interested in the three themes that are indicated in the following, along with some prominent questions linked to them. Each of these three issues is subject to extensive intra- and interdisciplinary
discussions. In this vein, we hope to stimulate exchange between the disciplines.

We invite submissions, particularly on the conference themes, for 25-minute presentations and for a poster session. Anyone may submit at most one contribution as a single author and another one as a co-author. Submissions must be anonymous.

Please submit an abstract and a summary of your paper or poster. The abstract should not exceed 200 words. The summary should not comprise more than 2 pages (including references, diagrams, and examples) with 2,5cm margins on all four sides, and it should be written in 12pt font (only pdf, ps, rtf, and txt files are accepted).

Please submit electronically at http://www.ilcc.une.edu.au/ . Deadline: 1 MAY 2004

New Publications

From Edinburgh University Press

Critical Discourse Analysis and Language Cognition , Kieran O?Halloran Lecturer in Linguistics, Centre for Language and Communications, The Open University. Published in November 2003 by Edinburgh University Press, 256pp 234x156mm, Pb 0 7486 1828 7 £18.99.

An interdisciplinary study of issues of language manipulation, this book explores the interpretation stage of critical discourse analysis (CDA) for students in areas such as English language, media studies and applied linguistics, as well as practitioners in the field. It also offers a new way forward for highlighting manipulative language, accomplishing this through the innovation of a model of reading for gist. The model is an original synthesis of elements from four contemporary cognitive frameworks: connectionism, cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistic evidence on inference generation, and relevance theory. Significantly, Kieran O?Halloran also shows how each of these frameworks challenges current notions of cognition in CDA and he carefully works through the implications of this for how CDA highlights manipulative language.

In offering novel criticism of some key aspects of CDA and in suggesting ways in which critical analyses of news texts can be improved, this book is likely to be both topical and controversial.

From John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ http://www.benjamins.nl

Re/reading the past: Critical and functional perspectives on time and value. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 8. Publication Year: 2003. Publisher: John Benjamins. Editor: J.R. Martin, University of Sydney Ruth Wodak, University of Vienna Hardback: ISBN: 1588114317, Pages: vi, 277 pp., Price: USD 90.00 Comment: Hardback: ISBN: 9027226989, Pages: vi, 277 pp., Price: EUR 90.00

Abstract: Re/reading the Past is concerned with the discourses of history, from the complementary perspectives of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). The papers in the book stress the discursive construction of the past, focussing on the different social narratives which compete for official acknowledgment. Issues of collective and cultural memory are addressed, reflecting the "linguistic turn" in the Social Sciences. The book covers a range of discourses, interpreting texts from popular culture to academic discourse including the construction and evaluation of past events in a variety of places around the world. It is especially timely in its focus on the construction of time and value in a post-colonial world where history discourses are central to on-going processes of reconciliation, debates on war crimes, and the issues of amnesty and restitution. As such the book fills a significant gap in interdisciplinary debates as well as in register and genre analysis, and will be of general interest to historians, political scientists and discourse analysts as well as students and teachers of ESP (English for Specific Purposes) and EAP (English for Academic Purposes).

Grammatical Metaphor: Views from systemic functional linguistics. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 236. 2003 Publisher: John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ http://www.benjamins.nl Book URL: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=CILT_236

Editors: Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen, University of Gent, Miriam Taverniers, University of Gent, Louise J. Ravelli, University of New South Wales. Hardback: ISBN: 158811368X, Pages: vi, 453 pp., Price: USD 110.00 Hardback: ISBN: 902724748X, Pages: vi, 453 pp., Price: EUR 110.00

Abstract: Since the 1980s, metaphor has received much attention in linguistics in general. Within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) the area of 'grammatical metaphor' has become increasingly more important. This volume aims to raise and debate problematic issues in the study of lexico-grammatical metaphor, and to foreground the potential of further study in the field. There is a need to highlight the SFL perspective on metaphor; other traditions focus on lexical aspects, and from cognitive perspectives, while SFL focuses on the grammatical dimension, and socio-functional aspects in the explanation of this phenomenon.

Positions Vacant

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2004 Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, Melbourne, Australia.

Applications are invited for a three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology. This is to commence on 1st July 2004 (or soon thereafter). Applicants should have been awarded their doctorates within the last five years. The University may consider cases in which the period is in excess of five years due to special circumstances. Applications will be considered from candidates whose thesis is currently under examination. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree or have equivalent qualifications at the date of appointment. La Trobe graduates should normally have a minimum of two years postdoctoral research experience at another institution. A Fellowship will not normally be awarded to an applicant who holds a permanent appointment within the University. The Fellowship will be a three-year appointment and is intended to advance the research activities of the University by bringing to or retaining in Australia a promising scholar.

Enquiries should be directed initially to the Associate Director of RCLT, Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald (email a.aikhenvald@latrobe.edu.au , phone +61 3 9479 6402). Further information and the application form may be obtained from the RCLT World Wide Web Address http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt . The original application and five copies must be received by the Secretary of the RCLT Research Committee, no later than 27th February 2004. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

Salary Range: A$48,400 pa. - A$51,954 pa. Closing Date: 27th February 2004 La Trobe University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides a smoke-free work environment.

Chair in English Applied Linguistics, The school of English Studies, The University of Nottingham, Midlands, UK.

Applications are invited for the following permanent post in the School of English Studies. This post form part of a strategic expansion and development of the School, rated 5A in the 2001 RAE. The School is organised into four broad and interconnected research groupings: Modern English Literature, Modern English Language, Medieval Studies, and Drama. Candidates should have an outstanding record in research and teaching, and be able to demonstrate academic leadership in English Applied Linguistics, a field of research dedicated to investigating and ameliorating real-world issues involving language use. This appointment builds on already well-established and highly successful international profiles in research, teaching innovation and income generation. This post is available as soon as possible.

Salary will be within the Professorial range, minimum £44,874 pa. Please quote ref. RAL/036. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor J Jesch, Head of School, tel: 0115 951 5925, fax: 0115 951 5924 or Email: Judith.Jesch@Nottingham.ac.uk . Further information about the School is available at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english .

Further details and application forms are available by tel: 0115 951 3262 or write to the Human Resources Department or on the WWW. Closing date: 27 February 2004. Further details and application forms are available at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/hr/vacancies/ or from the Human Resources Department, Highfield House, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD. Fax: 0115 951 5205. Please quote the relevant reference number. Contact: Professor. J Jesch, tel. 0115 951 5925, fax. 0115 951 5924, email Judith.Jesch@Nottingham.ac.uk

Gorilla Caregiver/Research Assistant

Great opportunity for career-oriented person with affinity and love for animals! Advanced degree and animal care experience required. You will be helping us save, care for and learn from the species. This is a full-time position, 5-days per week, including weekends & some evening shifts.

Major responsiblity: Assist in daily gorilla care and interspecies communication research To be eligible you will need the following qualifications:

Additional desirable skills: Linguistics of American Sign Language - Veterinary Technician/EMT/MD/DVM

Additional requirement: Due to the unique nature of this position, we ask that applicants be willing to make a long-term commitment and be prepared to move to Maui with us in the next few years. (See Maui Ape Preserve.) For this position we are focusing on candidates who live in the Peninsula or Silicon Valley region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The salary is commensurate with experience. For additional information on Koko and The Gorilla Foundation, please visit www.koko.org . To be considered for an interview, please send resume, cover letter, salary requirements and 3 references to: jobs@koko.org - Do NOT send attachments. Please put all information in the body of your e-mail.



 

 

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