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Bloomsbury Round Table on Communication, Cognition &
Culture, 2009
4th
– 5th June, 2009
Birkbeck College, University of London
The Bloomsbury Round Table on Communication, Cognition
& Culture is an annual, international event, jointly hosted by adjacent
colleges of the University of London, especially Birkbeck College and the
Institute of Education, where researchers at different stages of their career
are invited to present the latest work in the broad fields of Language,
Communication and Cognition. Each year, the Round Table will have a specific
focus, but the general theme will remain on the cultural dimensions of human
communication and cognition.
The 2009 Bloomsbury Round Table will take place on
4th and 5th June at the Clore Management Centre of
Birkbeck College. The Thematic Focus will be on Language and Social
Interaction.
The Invited keynote Speakers at the 2009 Bloomsbury
Round Table are:
Professor Charles Antaki (Loughborough University): “What Conversation Analysis tells us about people's
dealings with each other”
Professor David Block (Institute of Education,
University of London): “Engaging with human sociality”
Professor Bencie Woll (University College,
London): “The development of sign languages and deaf communities
from the perspective of human sociality”
Papers presented at this year’s Round Table will include
topics such as:
·
Metaphorical Discourse in
Psychotherapy
·
Conversation Analysis of the
co-construction of a national cultural stereotype
·
Understanding the role of prolepsis
in parents’ interactions with young children
·
Developing rapport in intercultural
email communication
·
Ethnopragmatic Construction of Toraja
Practical Philosophy
The registration fee for the 2009 Bloomsbury Round Table
is £85 (eighty five pounds) per person. A reduced fee of £55 (fifty five pounds)
is charged to students and the unemployed, subject to proof of status. Online
registration form is available at: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/llc/subjects/applied_linguistics/act/brt
A highly selective number of papers
presented at the Round Table, together with other articles, will be published in
The Bloomsbury Review of Applied Linguistics in 2010 by Mouton de
Gruyter.
Further information can be obtained by contacting
Professor Li Wei at [log in to unmask], Department of Applied Linguistics & Communication,
Birkbeck College, University of London.
Professor
Li Wei, PhD
Chair of
Applied Linguistics
Department
of Applied Linguistics & Communication
Centre for
Multilingual & Multicultural Research
School of
Social Sciences, History and Philosophy
University
of London, Birkbeck College
43 Gordon
Square, Bloomsbury
LONDON WC1H
0PD, United Kingdom