Cardiff University
Room 3.57, John Percival Building
Colum Drive, Cathays,
Cardiff CF10 3EU
Wales, U.K.
Call for papers:
CLS10 will be hosted by the Centre for Language and Communication Research (CLCR) at Cardiff University, Wales. CLCR works at the interface of theoretical and applied research in the domains of identity and culture, linguistic knowledge, and professional and public discourse.
The aim of CLS10 is to draw our attention to the ways in which corpus-based methods can be utilised to examine features of public and professional discourse. It also focuses on the application of such research to real life situations and problems. We welcome proposals for papers covering topics such as:
§ Healthcare communication; doctor-patient interaction; health questionnaires and surveys;
§ Language and the law; courtroom discourse; analysis of trials and judgements;
§ Academic discourse; language of the classroom; teacher-student exchanges;
§ Language in the media; newsworthiness; news production and reception;
§ Corporate communication; corporate reports; financial disclosures; discourses of corporate risk, security, and apologies;
§ Ethical considerations in analysis of professional and public discourse;
§ Exploration of the erosion of public/private distinctions in modern discourse;
Presentations on methodological aspects of collecting, cleaning, and making use of corpora of professional and public discourse will also be considered.
Deadline for receipt of abstracts:
10th August 2015
Abstract requirements:
Individual papers have 25 minutes: 20 for the presentation, 5 for questions.
Please format your abstract in the following way:
§ Abstracts must be written in Times New Roman 12 (do not use all caps, no bold print)
§ Text should be 300 words maximum (including references, if any)
§ Abstracts should be submitted via email to Dawn Knight: KnightD5@Cardiff.ac.uk
Registration:
In keeping with all Corpus Linguistics in the South events, this is a FREE event. A light buffet lunch will be provided, but participants must pay for their own travel costs. There is a very limited number of places for participants and attendance at the event will operate on a first-come first-served basis. After the deadline for abstracts has closed and papers accepted, information regarding the registration process for speakers and participants will be circulated.
Further information about CLCR is available at http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/encap/research/clcr/
The CLS website can be found here: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/corpus