LAEL PG Conference 2006
Saturday 15 July 2006, Lancaster, United Kingdom
LAEL2006 One-day Conference
| 08.45-09:20 | Conference Registration
Conference Centre, Hall |
| 09:20-09:30 | Welcome Conference Centre, Room 1 |
| 09:30-10:30 | Plenary 1 Conference Centre, Room 1 "The English Language in Flux" - Can We Predict the Future?Prof. Geoff Leech, Lancaster University |
10:35-11:35 - Parallel sessions, Conference Centre
| Session 1: Room
1 Semiotics/Social Semiotics The Role Played by the Polysemous Derived Nouns in the Lexicon Alan SCOTT,University of Manchester Intertextual Readings of Visual Texts Stella BULLO, Lancaster University |
Session 2: Room
4 Pragmatics Modal Particles and Emoticons: Just some Mitigators in Luxembourgish E-mails!-) Cédric KRUMMES, University of Sheffield Identity construction via Interpretation within Storytelling Sofia LAMPROPOULOU, Lancaster University |
Session 3: Room
5 Sociolinguistics Local Literacies in a Cameroonian Village Ian CHEFFY, Lancaster University Literacy and Power among Immigrants in Central Athens Zoe NIKOLAIDOU, Lancaster University |
| 11:35-11:55 | Coffee and Poster session
Conference centre, Hall |
12:00-13:30 - Parallel sessions, Conference Centre
| Session 4: Room
1 Language learning, teaching & testing The Cognition and Classroom Practices of English Language Teachers at a Japanese University William GREEN, Lancaster University Autonomous Learning with an e-English Writing Platform for Chinese Postgraduates Jinghui WANG, Reading University |
Session 5: Room
4 Pragmatics “I suggest that we need more research ...” Interpersonal Aspects of Linguistics Journal Articles Dimitra VLADIMIROU, Lancaster University Interpretation and Translation of FEI-based Puns Margherita DORE, Lancaster University |
Session 6: Room
5 Stylistics “Now I am alone”: a corpus linguistic study of Shakespearian soliloquies Sean MURPHY, Lancaster University The theatre of the absurd from the perspective of a possible-world approach Katerina VASSILOPOULOU, Lancaster University A qualitative and quantitative stylistic comparison of the two editions of John Fowles’s “The Magus” Yu-Fang HO, Lancaster University |
| 13:30-14:30 | Conference Lunch
Conference centre, Hall |
14:30-15:30 - Parallel sessions, Conference Centre
| Session 7:Room
1 Language learning, teaching & testing Asymmetric Patterns of English Article Omissions in L2 Nattama PONGPAIROJ, University of York Language Learning Strategies: A Study of Older learners of German at the University of the Third Age Kim OHLY, Open University Milton Keynes |
Session 8: Room
4 Critical Discourse Analysis Masculinity as Homophobia: a study of the reaction to “Brokeback Mountain” by elite leaders and group members of the white supremacist movement Andrew BRINDLE, Lancaster University Harnessing CDA and Performativity Theory in the textual analysis of online discussion forums featuring prejudiced gendered debates Surin KAUR, Lancaster University |
Session 9:Room
5 Sociolinguistics Relating language experiences and oral proficiency in the bilingual child’s two languages Cathy COHEN, Salford University Language Attitudes and Identity: Taking majority Views into Account Julia SALLABANK, Lancaster University |
| 15:30-15:50 | Coffee & Poster session
Conference Centre, Hall |
16:00-17:00 - Parallel sessions, Conference Centre
| Session 10:Room
1 Language learning, teaching & testing Potential problems in testing English Listening Ability at a Taiwanese University Mu-Hsuan CHOU, University of York Using Formative Language Assessment for Supporting and Promoting English Language Development of Young Ethnic Minority Children Oksana AFITSKA, University of Bristol |
Session 11: Room
4 Critical Discourse Analysis The Politics of Social Justice: Visual and Verbal Representations of Poverty in the News Media Michele MILNER, Columbia University, Japan Less is More or Less is Less? A critical Discourse Analysis of Scots Language in the Scottish Educational Guidelines J.W. UNGER, Lancaster University |
Session 12: Room
5 Sociolinguistics Code-switching between English and Mandarin Chinese on postings in College Affiliated Bulletin Board System in Taiwan : A Functional Approach Ruby Szu-Yu CHEN, Lancaster University The Construction/Contesting of Pangcah Language Value/Legitimacy in Mother Tongue and Nativist Education in Taiwan Ya-Ling CHANG,Lancaster University |
| 17:00-18:00 | Plenary 2 Conference Centre, Room 1 Where are English Accents Heading? The Familiar - and the StrangeProf. Paul Kerswill |
| 18:00-18:10 | Closing Remarks Conference Centre,
Room 1 |
| 19:30-22:00 | Dinner Venue: Bombay Balti Restaurant, Lancaster
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PROGRAMME details in PDF format.
Tel: +44 (0) 1524 593045 Fax: +44 (0) 1524 843085 E-mail: linguistics@lancaster.ac.uk