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"Globalization of Scholarship in Applied Linguistics"
This colloquium will confront two important issues related to the process of globalisation of scholarship in the field of applied linguistics. The first issue has to do with the increasing number of researchers from non-English speaking countries publishing and editing journals in English. This involves possible dilemmas such as the use of standard native vs. non-native varieties as well as differences in academic writing conventions and the extra hurdles that these may present for researchers trying to publish their work.The second issue is connected with the impact of globalization on the actual research that is conducted and ultimately published in applied linguistics. How does globalization set the agenda and standards of what needs to be researched and how this is to be conducted? From this point of view, the participants in the colloquium will consider how far globalization works towards homogenization of the field of applied linguistics, while at the same time granting higher visibility to a more diverse array of topics, methods andstyles than when periphery researchers were more confined to their local settings.
Discussant: Carmen Muñoz, Universitat de Barcelona
Speakers:
- Tensions and Contradictions in Doctoral Work and Early Publishing Experiences of Novice International Scholars (Christine Casanave, Temple University (Japan campus))
- Globalisation in writing systems research (Vivian Cook, Newcastle University)
- Publishing pressures on scholars from the ‘outer circle’: reports from journal editors (Peter Garrett, Cardiff University)
- The politics of style in academic knowledge production (Theresa Lyllis, The Open University)
- Myth and reality in “opening the gate” attempts by international journals (Rosa Manchón, Universidad de Murcia)
"Applied Linguistics and the overcoming of communicative barriers"
In addition to the roundtables accepted in each panel, a roundatable with the title "Applied Linguistics and the overcoming of communicative barriers" has been programmed. This roundtable fits in well within the theme of the conference around language and globalization. Following this strand, the organizers have tried to show the multidisciplinar nature of Applied Linguistics, traditionally related to language teaching, but open to new fields in the last few years. For this reason, we have invited experts in rather different areas, with the common trait of working for the breaking of the barriers found in communication in its most global sense.
Convenor: Lluís Payrató (Universitat de Barcelona)
Speakers:
- Limitations and solutions in speech technology applications (Daniel Tapias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
- Human-computer interaction barriers (Antoni Granollers, Universitat de Lleida)
- Terminological creation in sign languages: barriers and bridges (M. Josep Jarque, Universitat de Barcelona)
- Towards a Schengen space of the romance languages: working towards mutual intelligibility (Manuel Tost, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
- English lingua franca: barrier superation or subtle invasion (Enric Llurda, Universitat de Lleida).
INTERDISCIPLINARY PSYCHOLINGUISTICS, LEXICOGRAPHY AND CORPUS LINGUISTICS PANEL
This interdisciplinary panel will be coordinated by the directors of each of the corresponding thematic panels. The goal is to promote convergence of disciplines in Applied Linguistics and bring together researchers in the field. This panel is open to contributions in the form of research papers by anybody who wants to participate in it.
Participation of Dr. Dylan Glynn (Lund University): “Multifactorial Usage-feature Analysis. Towards an empirical observation-driven method for Cognitive and Functional Linguistics