Linguistics and Persuasive Communication
The XIV Susanne Hübner international seminar, "Linguistics and persuasive communication", will take place in Zaragoza,14-17 November 2007.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
The XIV Susanne Hübner international seminar (Department of English and German philology, University of Zaragoza, Spain), will welcome paper proposals in the traditional disciplines of linguistics as well as in neighbouring disciplines insofar as these are deemed to be of interest to linguists and students of natural language.
With Plenary lectures and papers as its main Scientific Events, this international seminar aims to focus on the ways in which Linguistics and persuasive communication matter in the realms of language, higher education, literature and the arts, culture, history and sociology, etc., transnationally and globally.
The following list of topics (proposals for 20 minute papers) is meant to be suggestive rather than restrictive; we welcome inter/transdisciplinary proposals:
- Linguistics and linguistic diversity.
- Cognitive linguistics and higher education (language as an instrument for
organizing, processing and conveying information in the context of the European
Space for HE).
- Linguistics and ESP (English for specific purposes)
- Linguistics and literature,
- Linguistics, media and arts
- Applied Linguistics
- Rethinking persuasive communication (does rhetoric face new challenges in the 21st century?).
- Cultural production and persuasive communication (literature, film, visual art, performance, music, blog-culture, web-art, etc.).
- Persuasive communication, language learning and language acquisition.
We welcome proposals for 20 minute papers -with a 150-word abstract (including 3-5 keywords).
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: 29 April 2007.
Further details
Scientific committee:
Professor Jane Arnold (University of Sevilla-Spain)
Professor Francisco Fernández (University of Valencia-Spain).
Dr José Ángel García Landa (University of Zaragoza-Spain).
Professor John Joseph (University of Edinburgh-UK)
Dr Purificación Ribes (University of Valencia-Spain).
Opening lecture: "English Lexicology & Lexicography Today: The heritage of 20th century linguistics", by Professor F. Fernández (University of Valencia-Spain).
Registration Fees:
Deadline for payment of registration fee is July 5, 2007
Participants: 70 Euros (90 Euros beyond the deadline for payment)
Students: 25 Euros (30 Euros beyond the deadline for payment)
XIV Susanne Hübner international seminar, "Linguistics and persuasive
communication" Key Dates:
Deadline for submission of paper abstracts is 29 April 2007 (to be sent to martacl@unizar.es)
Notification of acceptance will be sent by June 30, 2007
Deadline for payment of registration fee is July 5, 2007
Deadline for receipt of full papers is September 3, 2007
Seminar starts/finishes: 14-17 November 2007.
For further details, please contact the organizing committee:
Dr Marta Conejero López (coordinator),
martacl@unizar.es
Department of English and German Philology,
University of Zaragoza (Spain).
C/. Pedro Cerbuna, 12. 50009 Zaragoza (Spain).
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