Call for Papers
Registration is closed.
The deadline for abstract submission is expired.
We invite submission of abstracts of papers for presentation at the conference. The theme is
Data and interpretation in linguistic analysis
Traditionally, linguists approach their object of research using hermeneutic methods. As the often introspective interpretation involved may be difficult to follow, results are frequently not replicable. For reasons of cost involved, this methodology often allows the interpretation of a restricted number of examples only, even if the researcher is interested in language in use. Therefore, inductive methodologies of the sciences and social sciences have gained some influence on linguistic research. These inductive methodologies, however, sometimes make us blind to the fact that data need to be interpreted at some point. What is more, the data itself may already involve interpretation, as in annotated corpora. In terms of its underlying philosophy, Systemic Functional Linguistics allows the combination of both: a genuinely humanities-based approach to interpreting data combined with empirical methodologies taking advantage of electronic corpora together with computational tools and techniques for the study of language in use.
Papers
Papers on the topics below will be welcomed, though the following is by no means an exhaustive list, and in keeping with tradition, papers not strictly related to the theme or outside of the SFL perspective will also be considered.
- Corpora and other types of data for analysis
- Example-based studies and generalizability
- The role of interpretation in
- phonology
- lexicogrammar
- semantics
- discourse - Cohesion and coherence - the relative importance of interpretation in both
- Interpretation in non-linguistic modes (i.e. visual, musical etc.)
- Socio-cultural positions of power and interpretation
- Contrast between languages or varieties and the (in)dependence of/on interpretation
- Context of Situation and Context of Culture as frames for and constraints on interpretation
- Learning or teaching a new language: new interpretations, or just new ways of expression?
- Translation: Changing the encoding, and/or changing the interpretation?
Presentations will be of 20 minutes duration plus question time. An additional poster session may be created to accommodate demos and other suitable presentations. There will be a book of abstracts accompanying the conference. Additionally, we plan the publication of selected contributions.
Workshops
There will be space for one or two half day workshops covering a specific topic in a hands-on session. We therefore invite proposals of approximately 1000 words describing the topic and approach.
Submissions
All submissions will be reviewed anonymously by two reviewers. Please send submissions by e-mail to ESFLCW@uni-saarland.de specifying "ESFLCW submission" in the subject line and providing:
For each author: name, title, affiliation in the body of the mail
Title of paper
Abstract (approximately 400 words) (workshop proposal approximately 1000 words)
Important dates
Abstract submission: 15th February 2007
Notification of acceptance: 15th March 2007
Early registration: 30th April 2007
For those attending the ISFC in Odense, please note that we have scheduled our ESFLCW to follow the Odense congress, with the week-end free for travel between Odense and Saarbrücken.
Plenary speakers
Stig Johansson (University of Oslo)
John Bateman (University of Bremen)
Miriam Taverniers (Ghent University)
Organising Committee
Peggy Daut
Silvia Hansen-Schirra
Kerstin Kunz
Stella Neumann
Erich Steiner
Mihaela Vela
Programme Committee
John Bateman
Silvia Hansen-Schirra
Stig Johansson
Kerstin Kunz
Stella Neumann
Mick O’Donnell
Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen
Robert Spence
Erich Steiner
Christopher Taylor
Elke Teich
Geoff Thompson
Eija Ventola
Location
Landessportschule (Saarland Sports College) on the University Campus
Travel and accommodation
see our information on travel and accommodation
Inquiries
see the contact page