LINGLINE is a departmental newsletter specific to the interests and concerns of postgraduate students and departmental 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.
Welcome to all
The Department of Linguistics wishes to warmly welcome all commencing postgraduate students for semester two, 2007. We hope those of you who are on campus will join students and other staff for the new student welcome party to be held on Friday 3 August from 4 pm to 6 pm in the Staff Club in Building W5A. Click here for further information.
We also extend a very warm welcome to Dr Mridula Sharma who joins us as a lecturer in the Audiology Section. Prior to joining us, Mridula was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology, Speech Science Division, University of Auckland, New Zealand. The focus of the research during her fellowship was in improving diagnosis and targeting interventions in order to achieve better outcomes for school-aged children with auditory processing disorders. Mridula has dual degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences and worked clinically in both capacities in India for 5 years before commencing her PhD at Macquarie University. Her PhD research investigated electrophysiology as a possible tool in the diagnosis of auditory processing disorders in children with reading disorders. Mridula's research interests include electrophysiological assessment of auditory function in infants and children, diagnosis and interventions of auditory processing disorders, language and reading disorders.
Congratulations
- Congratulations to Dr
Jemina Napier from the Linguistics Department for receiving a Carrick Award
for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. This is a magnificent achievement
as these awards are extremely competitive (and worth $10,000 each).
- More congratulations
on Carrick Grants - Dr. Elizabeth Harrison from Linguistics is part of a group
who have been awarded $100,000 for a project titled 'Facilitating the integration
of evidence based practice into speech pathology curricula: a scoping study
to examine the congruence between academic curricula and work based needs.'
- Congratulations also
to Sharon Cameron, Harvey Dillon and Philip Newall for attracting such high
praise re "The Best of Audiology Literature for 2006" which was
published by The Hearing Journal. Sharon Cameron, Harvey Dillon, and Philip
Newall were mentioned for two separate papers - in the "Diagnostic Audiology"
section (pg. 22) and the "Hearing Science" section (p. 30). Here
is what was said about one of their papers (by Brad A Stach on p. 22):
"And now, for my first choice in the All- Round-Favorites category: It’s “The Listening in Spatialized Noise Test: An auditory processing disorder study” written by Sharon Cameron and colleagues and published in JAAA. This test is intriguing because of its emphasis on spatial hearing and the ability to control variables such as linguistic skills. The authors describe a well-controlled study in a very understandable way. This article was truly a Best of 2006."
Similar congratulations go to Catherine McMahon, Philip Newall (and Katrina Agung and Suzanne Purdy) who were also mentioned in the "Best Quick Read" segment of the Hearing Science section (see pg. 30).
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And for congratulations of a very special note - we heard recently that our colleagues Shiho Nakamura gave birth on June 12th to a healthy little baby boy (Kye James Takara Daniel) and Deanna Wong gave birth to baby (Josephine) on 4 July, weighing in at 3.05 kg (7lb15oz). Sue Spinks is also the proud grandmother of Annabel Rose born to her daughter Harriet on 23 July. Mothers and babies are all doing well.
With sadness
It is with sadness that we report the death in Bangkok of Craig Price. Craig was a student in the Postgraduate Diploma of Applied Linguistics in the 90s and was a familiar figure in the ELT community in Bangkok, where he worked at Rangsit University, Kasetsart University and AUA. Craig was also an excellent cricketer, an accomplished and stylish batsman, a useful medium-pace bowler and an athletic fielder with a powerful throwing arm. Originally from Queensland, Craig's long residence in Thailand qualified him to play for Thailand, and he was selected on several occasions, most notably against Hong Kong in Hong Kong in 1991, where he was at the crease when Thailand scored a notable victory against a full-strength Hong Kong team. Craig was also an enthusiastic member of the Bangkok Community Theatre. He acted in pantomimes such as "Cinderella" and appeared in "Accidental Death of an Anarchist", "As Is" and others. Craig died of a heart attack at the age of 49 and will be missed by his many friends and colleagues.
David Hall
Interview on English accents
Dr Felicity Cox was interviewed recently with David Crystal and Lawrie Zion (Media LaTrobe) on accents. The segment was titled "In search of English accents" and can be downloaded from http://www.bananasinpyjamas.com/rn/australiatalks/stories/2007/1948961.htm
From the Linguistics Postgraduate Office
Student information about enrolments is again available on the enrolment web site, Enrolment @ Macquarie, at http://www.student.mq.edu.au/enrol
Students who wish to add or change their enrolment in the second half of 2007 will find information on postgraduate coursework units and their availability for 2007 available at www.mq.edu.au/reforms Information on the timetabling of units is available at www.timetables.mq.edu.au
How to change your units
of enrolment
If you wish to change your units of enrolment after you have enrolled you can
do so as follows:
- On-campus coursework
students - online via eStudent at https://student1.mq.edu.au Internal units can be added up until the end of the second week of second
half year. ie 10 August 2007.
- External coursework students
- online via eStudent at https://student1.mq.edu.au or by email to coecop@reg.mq.edu.au External units can be added up until the end of the first week of the second
half- year. ie 3 August 2007.
- Discontinuance refers to the formal withdrawal from a unit online via eStudent. External students can also send written advice (email or fax) to the Centre for Open Education. If you discontinue a unit by the relevant Census Date (31 August) for the unit, you will not be liable for the relevant fees and you will be eligible to receive a refund of any relevant fees already paid. If you withdraw from a unit after the relevant Census Date (31 August) for the unit you will incur fees for the unit. Not attending a unit does not constitute discontinuance.
Important Dates for 2007
Standard Units
Last day to:
Add an internal unit - 10 August
Add an external unit - 3 August
Early Withdraw - (CENSUS DATE) 31 August
Withdraw without Fail (W) - 28 September
For Higher Degree Research students
JALT2007 - The Japan Association for Language Teaching 33rd International Conference, November 22 – 25, 2007, National Olympics Memorial Youth Center, Tokyo, Japan.
This year's JALT Conference will feature a Graduate Student Showcase. Several universities will be showcasing the research projects of their students. Linguistics at Macquarie would like to provide our postgraduate research students with an opportunity to present reports on the progress of their research, or to report on recently completed research, and to get feedback from others. We have booked one of the available showcase timeslots for Macquarie Applied Linguistics research students. Our session will be on Friday 23 November from 15:35 to 17:10.If you are intending to attend JALT 2007, we would like to invite you to submit an abstract for the Graduate Student Showcase.
Your abstract should be no more than 200 words, and should be sent as an attached Word document to jan.tent@ling.mq.edu.au. The absolute deadline for receipt is midnight Sunday 29 July. Your abstract will be reviewed and we will let you know the outcome by Friday 10 August. Our timeslot is approximately 90 minutes. This will allow us between 3 and 5 presentations. Depending on how many are finally accepted, presentations will be between 30 minutes (20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion) and 20 minutes (15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes discussion). When the final number of presentations is determined, we will inform presenters of the length of presentations.
Dr Jan Tent, co-ordinator of postgraduate coursework programs in Applied Linguistics, will be at the Conference, and as usual Macquarie will have a stand in the Materials Exhibition. We will be in touch regarding other possible planned events.
Looking forward to seeing you at JALT 2007.
Linguistics and Psychology Divisional Research Festival
The Postgraduate Research Festival is a Divisional event designed to showcase the work of all Higher Degree Research students in the Division of Linguistics and Psychology. This year's Festival is being held on Monday December 10th & Tuesday December 11th, in building E7B at Macquarie University. The Festival is an opportunity for you to present your research to others in the Division, and to get feedback in a friendly and collaborative environment. With the diversity of research projects in the Division, the Festival is a stimulating forum for both students and staff. Note that participation in the festival is a requirement of your candidature.
The Festival website has been updated for 2007 and is now available for your information http://www.lp.mq.edu.au/festival.htm. Please note that a number of new pages have been added to the site that may be useful. These include -
- Requirements for candidates
- Useful tips (including “preparation of abstracts”, “scope of presentation” according to stages of the research, “additional tips for e-presentations”, and “presenting your presentation”)
- Submissions (a PowerPoint template is also available)
- Program
- Presenters
- Organisers
- Archives (abstracts and programs from previous festivals 2003 - 2006)
Any further questions/comments may be directed to the Festival Organising Committee Festival.psy@psy.mq.edu.au
Linguistics research seminars (all welcome)
Upcoming seminars for the Linguistics Research Seminar Series are:
August 13 - Professor Ingrid
Piller
August 20 - Dr Annabelle Lukin
October 8 - A/Prof. Trevor Johnston
October 15 - Dr Jill
Murray
October 29 - Dr Caroline
Law
These seminars will be held in **W5C221. For further information on the seminar series, go to http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/research/researchseminars2007.htm
NEW Postgraduate unit
in the Applied Linguistics Programs
A unit in Discourse Analysis available internally Semester 2 2007.
Prof Chris Candlin & Dr Stephen Moore will be offering a special study in
Applied Linguistics, their newly designed unit in Discourse Analysis which will
be available from Semester 2 2007 (in that Semester appearing as LING939) and
then in its own right as LING978 from Semester 1 2008 (Int1, Ext 1 & 2).
This unit focuses on the analysis of spoken, written and multimodal discourse
in a range of real-life settings and domains. It locates such discourses in
their historical, institutional, and local context presenting a range of methodologies
for descriptive, interpretive and explanatory analysis. The unit emphasises
application of discourse analysis to the study of professional encounters.
For Researchers
- From the Macquarie
University Research Office
For the latest news, go to: http://www.research.mq.edu.au/researchers
- From the National
Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Scholarships
Applications for the 2008 funding round for Scholarships close on 3 August 2007 - http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/fellows/apply/granttype/scholars/index.htm
NHMRC info subscription page now online
The NHMRC has been working behind the scenes to improve the way we communicate. We have developed a new and improved (and free!) online subscription service. The downside is that if you are a current NHMRC Tracker subscriber, you will need to re-subscribe at: http://nhmrc.gov.au/site/subscribe.htm The upside is that extra choices are available giving you the opportunity to subscribe to two other NHMRC online services, NHMRC media releases (and major announcements), and NHMRC Newsmakers. You will also have the option of specifying your interests and expertise which will enable us to communicate with you on issues we know that you are interested in, and give you opportunities to participate in public consultations or discussions relevant to your interests.
NHMRC Tracker is now available online, replacing the former Research and Noticeboard and NHMRC e-news. All issues, including back issues for 2007, will now be available on our website http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/news/tracker/index.htm NHMRC Tracker will now be our primary means of communication of events and announcements to researchers and other stakeholders. - Measurement of scholarly
output
A series of three seminars by Professor Howard White, Professor Emeritus, Drexel University, distinguished visitor to the University of New South Wales, and an internationally-recognised expert on issues related to the measurement of scholarly output (http://www.cis.drexel.edu/faculty/HUD.Web/HUD.html). Given the level of interest in developing suitable measures in relation to the Research Quality Framework, the topics to be addressed by Professor White will be highly relevant to many. During his visit to the University of NSW during August 2007, Professor White has kindly agreed to share his expertise by conducting three public seminars to be held from 10am to 12 noon. The seminars are:
* Monday 30 July: Citation measures & patterns – what do they mean?
* Thursday 2 August: Citation patterns as institutional performance measures
* Friday 3 August: Personal uses of citation patternsEach of these seminars will be held in the Pioneer International Theatre, AGSM Building, UNSW. Visitors to the University, enter Gate 11, Botany Street. To reserve a place (seating is limited) please contact Mary Anne Kennan (maryanne.kennan@unsw.edu.au), Information Systems, Technology & Management, Australian School of Business. For further information click the following link: http://www2.sistm.unsw.edu.au/nps/servlet/portalservice?GI_ID=System.LoggedOutInheritableArea&maxWnd=_N or please contact Fletcher Cole f.cole@unsw.edu.au
From Speech Pathology
Successful Speech Pathology Workshop
On 6th July, Dr Larry Boles from California State University, Sacramento, conducted a successful one day workshop for speech pathologists entitled "Aphasic Couples Therapy." The workshop was held in the Lane Cove Road section of the campus and clinicians from Victoria, ACT and various parts of NSW attended to learn new ways of facilitating conversations between people with aphasia (language impairment after stroke) and their families. The procedures emanate from Dr Boles' research into conversational discourse in aphasia and solution-based therapy. The focus of therapy is on the couple's everyday interactions, reinforcing successful strategies already used, and suggesting new ones. The approach is different from traditional methods of speech therapy in that it focuses on the couple, rather than the individual with aphasia only. It acknowledges the importance of the partner's contribution to the interaction, and emphasizes the social nature of aphasia. Aphasia not only exists within the individual, but exists within every interaction in which the person participates. Conversational partners can either facilitate or hinder conversations, hence the need to include them in therapy is essential if the person with aphasia is to communicate to their maximum potential.
From the National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research (NCELTR) Resource Centre
- New book for loan
Edge, J. (ed.) 2006. (re)locating TESOL in an age of empire. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. An international group of authors put forward their differing analyses of the contexts with which they are most familiar, along with proposals for the development of TESOL in a world where military invasion and occupation have been added to the previous mix of globalised economic hegemony and cultural influence exercised by the USA and its allies. NCELTR PE1066.R425 2006
- The Resource Centre
maintains the DELTAA Database of ESL and applied linguistics materials that now contains nearly 8000 records. Although the focus is mainly Australasian
some overseas books and journals are included - particularly those with Australian
authors or case studies. DELTAA also includes conference papers, theses, government
reports and electronic documents and all of the material is available in the
Resource Centre. The database is available via the Informit Online suite of
databases in the Macquarie University Library and also via the Resource Centre
website at http://www.nceltr.mq.edu.au/resources/deltaa.htm The 3rd edition of the DELTAA thesaurus will be published later in the
year.
For further information about DELTAA please contact Nanette Reynolds or Frances Wilson on (02)9850 7960 or email rescentr@nceltr.mq.edu.au
For more information on resources, email rescentr@nceltr.mq.edu.au. Phone +61 2 98509653 9 am - 5 pm weekdays
From the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) Research Centre
- LING/PSY MQRES Linguistics AMEP PhD Scholarship - closing date: 23 July 2007
Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) Project
A Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship is available in the Department of Linguistics to undertake research in the Adult Migrant English Program Research Centre (http://www.ameprc.mq.edu.au/). The scholarship holder will work on an ethnographic project aimed at measuring the effectiveness of English language training with respect to participants' broader integration into society. Participants will be drawn from a major client group of the AMEP. For more information go to: http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/postgraduate/scholarship.htm
- The AMEP National Conference 2007 "Work, Language and the Future" will be held at the Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE, Mooloolaba Centre in Queensland from 4 - 6 October 2007. For more information and for submission of abstracts go to: http://www.ameprc.mq.edu.au/conference
From the Macquarie University Library
Training for postgraduates
We have now confirmed dates for Database and Endnote training for linguistics students. Training is available to any new postgraduate students as well as those who would like a refresher. The dates are as follows:
- Database Training
Thursday 9th August 2-4pm
Wednesday 15th August 2-4pm - Endote Training
Tuesday 21st August 3-5pm
Thursday 30th August 2-4pm
Other training available:
- Thesis Formatting 1
- features of Word 2000 that will assist in the preparation of a long document.
Includes creating, editing and applying styles, generating headers and footers,
generating a table of contents or figures. For dates of classes in Semester
2, check the Library's training page. http://www.library.mq.edu.au/training/courses.php
- Thesis Formatting 2 - previous attendance at Thesis Formatting 1 is recommended. For dates of classes in Semester 2, check the Library's training page http://www.library.mq.edu.au/training/courses.php
Booking is required or thesis formatting courses. Book via the Library's Training Courses web page: http://www.library.mq.edu.au/training/courses.php Further sessions are offered throughout the year. See the Library's Training pages for details.
Students should register with the Training Unit by calling 9850 7399 or emailing training@library.mq.edu.au. Please state the session you prefer as well as your full name, student number and the Degree you are undertaking.
New Books in the Library
The following books are now available for loan:
- Ayoun, D (ed). French applied linguistics. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing, 2007. P129.F74 2007
- Backhaus, P. Linguistic landscapes: a comparative study of urban multilingualism in Tokyo. Clevedon; Buffalo: Multilingual Matters Ltd, 2007. P115.B32 2007.
- DeKeyser, RM (ed). Practice in a second language: perspectives from applied linguistics and cognitive psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. P51.P724 2007
- Goddard, C (ed). Ethnopragmatics: understanding discourse in cultural context. Berlin: Mount de Gruyter, 2006. P99.4.P72 E87 2006
- Gotti, M & Giannoni, DA (ed). European Symposium on Language for Special Purposes (15th: 2005: University of Bergamo) New trends in specialized discourse analysis. Bern: P Lang, 2006. P120.S9 E97 2005
- Harley, H. English words: a linguistic introduction. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006. PE1175.H43 2006
- Ramchand, G; Reiss C (ed). Oxford handbook of linguistic interfaces. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. P126.O985 2007
- Schleppegrell, M. Language of schooling: a functional linguistic perspective. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004. (NCELTR - W6B 382). P40.8.S358 2004
Liaison Librarians for
Linguistics
For assistance with library resources and training, please do not hesitate to
contact either Mary Simons (mary.simons@library.mq.edu.au phone: 9850-7536) or Karen Marks (karen.marks@library.mq.edu.au phone: 9850-9009) the Liaison Librarians for Linguistics. Their role is to provide
consultative services in areas of specialised research needs, including introductions
to the Library for new staff and research postgraduates, individual advice and
assistance with electronic and print collections, and tailored training in databases
and EndNote on a group or individual basis as required.
Reference and Research
Advisory Services
This provides assistance and advice in locating and using resources for research,
including catalogues, databases and other print and online resources. The Information
Desk is located on Level 2 of the Library and is open from 9am until 10pm Monday
to Thursday, 9am until 6pm on Friday and during opening hours on weekends and
public holidays.
IT Help
IT Help provides information about remote access and information technology
to the students and staff of Macquarie University. IT Help can assist you with
the following:
problems with usernames, passwords, and Macquarie email accounts AND access
to the University from your home computer.
Contact Details:
Phone: 02 9850 HELP (9850 4357) or Freecall: 1800 063 191. Face to Face: IT
Help Desk, Level 1, University Library & Building C5C, Room 244. Email:
Just Ask form http://www.library.mq.edu.au/justask/
Document Supply
The Document Supply service obtains items (books, journal articles, and other
materials) that are related to the research and teaching functions of the University.
Any item not held by the Library may be requested. Further information may be
found at http://www.library.mq.edu.au/docsup/
Documents are requested via the Library/s Virtual Document Xchange (VDX) system. Where electronic documents are supplied these are delivered directly to the desktop as TIFF files. Training in the use of the VDX system is offered regularly. For training session times check 'VDX Training' on the Library's Training Courses web page, or email training@library.mq.edu.au.
For casual academic staff
As reported previously, in line with Divisional policy, all casual teaching staff need to complete a sessional staff training session unless exempted by the Head of Department. Please note therefore, that the next training date is 25th July from 5 - 8pm. Please RSVP Yvonne Roberts yvonne.roberts@psy.mq.edu.au for further information.
From Macquarie University's
Centre for Flexible Learning (CFL)
WebCT upgrade
Macquarie University is upgrading its central Learning Management System to Blackboard Campus Edition 6 (CE6) for 2008. WebCT is now owned by Blackboard Inc. and as a result WebCT CE6 has been re-branded as Blackboard CE6. This new version will be easier for students and staff to use and has many new features that will enhance the online learning and teaching experience. Existing technologies such as iLecture, LAMS and the Horizon Wimba Voice tools will continue to be available in CE6.
Benefits for staff and students using the new version will include:
a. Improved communication
tools e.g. improved group management and a new Announcement tool
b. New social interactive tools e.g. a 'Who's online' feature, blogs, student
journals and a peer review tool
c. New assessment features such as grading rubrics
d. Simpler and more intuitive navigation
e. Improved user management
f. Improved content management tools
g. A simpler process for staff to make content available for students
h. An improved IT infrastructure to ensure availability of the system
Training will be available for teaching staff and will consist of face to face sessions complemented with self-paced materials. Information sessions will be offered to your Department over the next few months. Timelines and information will be provided and updated on the CFL web site at http://www.cfl.mq.edu.au/ce6upgrade/
CE6 Upgrade Team
Email: CE6help@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au
Phone: ext. 7882
From the Macquarie University Postgraduate Representative Association (MUPRA)
For the latest news, please go to: http://www.mq.edu.au/mupra
Writing support for on-campus postgraduate students
The Linguistics Postgraduate Writing Skills Program is designed to help students of linguistics improve their writing and communication skills whilst they are enrolled in postgraduate linguistics subjects.
Writing Program
Session 1 - Approaching Assignment Questions in Linguistics
Session 2 - Structuring and Planning Your Assignment
Session 3 - Developing & Maintaining Your Argument
Session 4 - Understanding Plagiarism & Referencing
Session 5 - Critical Reviews & other Written Assignments
Speaking and Listening
Seminars
Session 1 - Speaking & Listening Skills Seminar 1
Session 2 - Speaking & Listening Skills Seminar 2
Presentation Skills Workshops
Workshop 1 - Presentation Skills Workshop 1
Workshop 2 - Presentation Skills Workshop 2
Further information on the semester 2 2007 timetable and for instructions about how to enrol go to http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/support/writing_skills/on_campus.htm
Writing website for postgraduate students
Linguistics postgraduate students can access LINGPWS The Linguistics Postgraduate Writing-Skills website. This is a 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 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 tessa.green@ling.mq.edu.au
New linguistics encyclopedia
A new online encyclopedia of languages and linguistics "Glottopedia" can be accessed at http://www.glottopedia.org/ **This is an interesting and useful resource but students please be very careful not to copy articles directly from "Glottopedia" for any of your postgraduate assignments.
Upcoming conferences, symposia and workshops
Click here for details on the 5th International Congress on English Grammar.
Call for papers deadline:
31 July 2007 - Discourses and Cultural Practices Conference 29, 30 November
& 1 December 2007 www.education.uts.edu.au/research2/conferences/conferences.html
Abstracts of paper proposal should be up to 250 words, including references. Papers sessions will be 30 minutes long including 20 minutes for paper presentation and 10 minutes question references. Submit abstracts via email as a Word attachment to Renata.Atkin@uts.edu.au by 31 July 2007.
The aim of the conference is to explore discourses and cultural practices from a range of perspectives. We are interested in theoretical and applied research on discourses and cultural practices eg discourse and subjectivity, theories of discourse, practices as 'the new discourse'; descriptive studies of discourse and cultural practices in specific contexts eg work, play, popular culture, organizations, media; and applications to professional and pedagogical contexts. The third day of the conference (Saturday) will have a particular focus on discourse and cultural practices in relation to language and literacy education. Papers, plenaries and colloquia will address themes and questions such as:
- Discourses in professional practice: What roles do linguistic and cultural practices play in the organization and enactment of work?
- Discourses and identity: How do we and others construct our sense of self through talk and text?
- Academic discourses: Why do the discourses and cultural practices of the academy work as they do?
- Discourse and intercultural communication: How do discourses differ in relation to different cultural practices?
- Gendered discourses: How do discourse, gender and sexuality interrelate?
- Classroom discourses:
How do the language practices of the classroom relate to learning and order?
For further information contact: Discourses and Cultural Practices Conference Convenors, c/o Renata Atkin, Faculty of Education, University of Technology, Sydney PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007. Email: Renata.Atkin@uts.edu.au Telephone: +61 2 9514 3973, Fax: +61 2 9514 3030.
Final call for papers - The New Zealand Discourse Conference: The Challenge of Discourse Analysis. Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication, AUT University, New Zealand. www.nzdc.aut.ac.nz 6 - 8 December 2007.
The organisers invite submissions of abstracts for presentations at The New Zealand Discourse Conference: the Challenge of Discourse Analysis, to be held 6th - 8th December, 2007 at the AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand, Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication. This conference focuses on the wide-ranging application of discourse analysis as a methodology in a variety of disciplines, and on addressing issues of theory raised by the practice of discourse analysis. The conference will include workshop sessions focusing on different approaches to conducting discourse analysis and the challenges that these raise. Is there a common core to all discourse analysis? Where do approaches diverge or even become incompatible? By bringing together the threads that are labelled discourse analysis we hope to shed light on different research and theoretical aims and approaches.
Keynote speakers
Associate Professor Alison Lee, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia,
Professor Margaret Wetherell, Department of Psychology, The Open University,
UK, Professor Allan Bell, Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication,
AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand.
The conference invites papers that explore a variety of perspectives in relation to discourse analysis theories and methodologies, including but not being limited to the following themes:
- Discourse and power
- Knowledge and discourse
- Organisational and operational discourse
- Different approaches to discourse analysis such as conversational analysis, discursive psychology, critical discourse analysis
- Identity construction
- Culture and discourse, intercultural discourse
- Discourse and politics
- Discourses of health, science and the environment
- Media and new media discourses
- Discourse in education
- Conflicting discourses
Submission Guidelines
Please submit abstracts by e-mail before the 31st August, 2007 to nzdc@aut.ac.nz.
In the body of the e-mail, include the title of the paper, the author(s)'s name,
institution, address, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. Attach a separate
Word file with the abstract and title of the paper (but no identification of
authorship) to the e-mail. Abstracts should be no more than 300 words in length.
They will be considered continuously up to and including the 31st August, 2007.
Further inquiries: see our website for submission details www.nzdc.aut.ac.nz
This is early notification that the dates for the 2008 CamTESOL are 23-24 February. For more information on the 2008 conference or on earlier conferences, please go to www.camtesol.org A Call for Papers will be issued very shortly
New Publications
New ELT Journal 'ILLT' - Free Inaugural issue
A new ELT journal: Innovation
in Language Learning and Teaching at http://www.multilingual-matters.net/illt/001/1/default.htm is available. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching is an international
peer-reviewed journal published by Multilingual Matters and edited by Terry
Lamb (University of Sheffield, UK) and Hayo Reinders (RELC, Singapore). The
inaugural issue is now out and is available online. You may be interested to
have a look as the first issue is available free of charge (subsequent issues
require a subscription) and contains a number of interesting papers.
The second issue of the journal Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines (CADAAD) has been published. CADAAD is a free but formal, peer-reviewed journal, available online at http://cadaad.org/ejournal
Table of contents:
- Meadows, B. Distancing and showing solidarity via metaphor and metonymy in political discourse: A critical study of American statements on Iraq during the years 2005-2005.
- Powers, P. The philosophical foundations of Foucaultian discourse analysis. Mancini, M. and R. Rogers. Narratives of recovery from serious psychiatric disabilities: A critical discourse analysis.
- Todili, J. Disease metaphors in urban planning.
- Gjerstad, O. The polyphony of politics: Finding voices in French political discourse.
- Chaban, N. Bain, J. and K. Stats. Under construction: Images of the enlarging EU in the Australasian news media.
From John Benjamins - http://www.benjamins.com/
Gesture and the Dynamic
Dimension of Language: Essays in honor of David McNeill. Gesture Studies 1.
2007. Editors: Susan D. Duncan, Justine Cassell, Elena T. Levy.
Each of the 21 chapters
in this volume reflects a view of language as a dynamic phenomenon with emergent
structure, and in each, gesture is approached as part of language, not an adjunct
to it. In this, all of the authors have been influenced by David McNeill's methods
for studying natural discourse and by his theory of the human capacity for language.
The introductory chapter by Adam Kendon contextualizes McNeill's research paradigm
within a history of earlier gesture studies. Chapters in the first section,
Language and Cognition, emphasize what McNeill refers to as the intrapersonal
plane. Many of the chapters adduce evidence for McNeill's claim that gestures
can serve as a window onto the speaker's mind. Chapters in the second section,
Environmental Context and Sociality, emphasize the interpersonal plane and exemplify
McNeill's focus on how moment-to-moment language use is determined by contextual
factors. The final section of the volume, Atypical Minds and Bodies, concerns
lessons to be learned from studies of aphasic patients, autistic children, and
artificial humans.
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Fixed-term Teaching Fellowship in Linguistic Studies, Modern Languages £25,134 pa. University of Southampton (UK)
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Three lecturing positions are available in the Department of English, Languages and Philosophy, School of Arts and Education, Middlesex University, (UK)
- Spanish and Translation Studies (0.8);
- English Language and Linguistics (0.5)
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