Herewith a call for papers for the next ‘Language in the Media’ conference in Leeds, which I’m also attaching as a Word document. If you could display a copy somewhere appropriate and pass the details on electronically to anyone you think might be interested that would be great.

 

With best wishes

 

Sally Johnson

 

Department of Linguistics and Phonetics

School of Modern Languages and Cultures

University of Leeds

Leeds LS2 9JT

www.leeds.ac.uk/linguistics

 

 

 

 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

 

Language Ideologies and Media Discourse:

Texts, Practices, Policies

 

An international conference to be held at the

University of Leeds

 

Monday 3 – Wednesday 5 September 2007

 

Keynote Speakers:

 

Richard Bauman (Indiana University)

Jan Blommaert (University of Ghent/Institute of Education, London)

Monica Heller (OISE, Toronto)

Adam Jaworski (University of Cardiff)

 

 

Following on from the first ‘Language in the Media’ conference in 2005 and the subsequent formation of an AILA Specialist Research Network, we are pleased to announce a second conference to be held at the University of Leeds with a focus on ‘language ideologies and media discourse’.

 

We are interested in receiving abstracts for papers exploring any aspect of the way in which language issues are represented and/or constructed in media discourse. At this particular conference, however, we are especially keen to pursue theoretical and methodological questions arising from the relationship between language ideologies, on the one hand, and (critical) discourse analysis, on the other.

 

Suggested topics for papers include:

 

·        Standard languages and language standards

·        Literacy policy and literacy practices

·        Language acquisition and language teaching

·        Multilingualism and cross-cultural communication

·        Language and education

·        Language issues in relation to class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, life-cycle, and disability

·        Language and technology

·        Language and globalization

·        Language and communication in professional contexts

·        Political discourse

·        Representations of speech, thought and writing in media discourse.

 

 

Please submit abstracts for papers (20 minutes + 5 minutes discussion)

by email to:

 

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no later than 30 April 2007.

 

Abstracts should include a title, your contact details (name, postal address, email) and a description of your talk (250 words max).

 

Notification of acceptance: 31 May 2007.

Deadline for conference registration: 31 July 2007.

 

 

Conference organisers:

Sally Johnson Dept of Linguistics and Phonetics School of Modern Languages and Cultures University of Leeds Leeds  LS2 9JT UK

Tommaso M. Milani Centre for Research on Bilingualism Stockholm University SE-106 91 Stockholm Sweden