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GlobE 2008

Submitted by christopher.hart on 5 March, 2008 - 21:24.
From: 18 Sep 2008 - 00:00
Until: 20 Sep 2008 - 23:59
GlobE 2008

 

Critical Discourse Analysis
and global media

 

Warsaw, 18-20 September 2008


Institute of Applied Linguistics
University of Warsaw
Browarna 8/10
00-311 Warsaw, POLAND
www.ils.uw.edu.pl

 

 

 

We invite contributions locating at the intersection of cross-cultural discourse analysis, critical linguistics and translation theory.

Suggested topics within the scope of the Conference:

  • media communication as intercultural communication: mediation, translation, adaptation;
  • information, values, reader (viewer) orientation;
  • globalization and local world news;
  • local mediation of global topics;
  • global mediation of national topics and cultural emphases (collective memories, taboos, de-sacralization of symbols);
  • re-contextualization and semiotic re-coding in the media (multi-modal communications);
  • mediating humor and irony;
  • global genres and local media politics;
  • use and abuse in cross-cultural mediation of texts;
  • use and misuse of citations and reported speech;
  • use and misuse of science in political discourse;
  • ideologies and power in the media;
  • developing solidarity and hostility through the media;
  • professionalism and ethics in media communication (translation);
  • knowledge-based societies and the media: educational aspects;
  • media discourses and language teaching;

 

Individual papers (20 minutes paper + 10 minutes discussion) and workshop proposals are invited. Abstracts (300-500 words), with the author's name, affiliation, e-mail address, and paper title should be sent via e-mail to the Conference address globe.ils@uw.edu.pl by the end of February 2008.

Notification of acceptance will be sent to the authors by 31 March 2008.

Selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

 

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