[open-linguistics] conference call

Mon Mar 23 10:25:41 UTC 2015

Dear colleague(s), 

could you please send this call for a symposium held in October? 
(file atta ched) 

Best regards, 

Héloïse Lechevallier-Parent 
MCF, Linguistique anglaise 
Laboratoire IDEA EA 2338 
Responsable Licence 1 LLCE anglais 
Université de Lorraine - Metz 
UFR Arts, Lettres et Langues 
Ile du Saulcy CS 70 328 
57045 Metz Cedex 1 

International Conference 

Micro-/macro-: What issues at stake in English Linguistics? 

Dates : 8-10 October 2015 

Location : Metz, Université de Lorraine 

Organised by : IDEA Research Laboratory (Interdisciplinarity in English Studies) EA2338 

Call for papers : 

« Le texte se présente comme une extrapolation de la phrase. » (M. Wilmet, Grammaire critique du français, Paris, Hachette-Duculot, 1997, p. 582) 

« La construction interne d’une clause est essentiellement faite de rapports de rection (sélections, accords) (…) Au-delà la combinatoire est d'une tout autre nature [reposant] sur des rapports de présupposition ou de production d'information. » (A. Berrendonner, « La phrase et les articulations du discours », Le Français dans le monde, Recherches et applications, février-mars 1993, p. 22) 

“A clause is a lexicogrammatical object, a structure of wording; whereas a text is a semantic object, a structure of meaning. ” (M. Halliday, [1982] “Text semantics and clause grammar: how is a text like a clause”, in J.J. Webster (ed.), On Grammar (Vol. 1 in The Collected Works of M.A.K Halliday , 2002, p.242) 

These quotations enable us to bring together different levels of discourse, i.e. wording, clause, sentence and text, and invite us to question the relationships between various language units (word, phrase, prosodic unit, sentence, paragraph, text, speech...). 

The aim of the conference will be to entice a dialogue between specialists of micro-linguistic analysis and specialists of macro-linguistics, i.e. of a wider and more contextualized analysis. The purpose will be to put into perspective our analytical practises and to reach a better understanding of the interaction between different linguistic levels. 

For instance, t his will involve questioning the interdependence/independence of various linguistic levels (segmental/suprasegmental, discourse/language, syntactic unit/informative or discourse unit...) in the analysis of language phenomena in particular, be it on a micro level (e.g. on the syntactic level of isolated markers) or on a macro level (e.g. on the level at which units combine together, for example discourse and informational units, argumentative/rhetorical or narratological structures ), or even on an intermediate level (e.g. anaphoric relationships, contextualized construction of meaning). 

T he problem of what unit to take as framework arises here (level of analysis and relevance of isolated units), along with terminological and epistemological questions (what do we mean by grammatical, semantic, discursive or prosodic units?). What is our level of analysis and what are our purposes? Should one consider, along with Rastier, that the global level shapes the local level? Can grammatical analysis limit itself to sentence units? 

This conference should help (re)consider both empirical analyses and theoretical approaches. Participants are welcomed to present works on written or oral sources, without leaving aside a double perspective. 

We expect presentations pertaining to various fields of English linguistics mainly, and of French linguistics (syntax, semantics, morphology, phonology, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, traductology, etc.). 

Proposals should be submitted in French or English. They should be one page long (Times New Roman, size 12) and include a title as well as a selected bibliography. Submissions should be sent as anonymous Word and PDF documents attached to the message, with a second document indicating the author’s name and university, the title of the abstract and the author’s contact information. 

Submission deadline: 15 April 2015 

Notification of acceptance: 15 June 2015 

Proposals should be sent to the email address below: 

colloque-micro-macro-contact at univ-lorraine.fr 

Conference languages: French and English. 

After the conference, a selection of papers may be considered for publication. 

Guest Speakers: 

Jean-Charles Khalifa (Université de Poitiers) 

Gunther Kaltenböck (Université de Vienne) 

Organising Committee: 

Anissa Dahak 

Isabelle Gaudy-Campbell 

Héloïse Lechevallier-Parent 

Vasilica Le Floch 

Scientific Committee: 

Marie-José Béguelin 

Agnès Celle 

Bernard Combettes 

Anissa Dahak 

Catherine Delesse 

Isabelle Gaudy-Campbell 

Sophie Herment 

Manuel Jobert 

Héloïse Lechevallier-Parent 

Michelle Lecolle 

Vasilica Le Floch 

Blandine Pennec 

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Héloïse Lechevallier-Parent 
MCF, Linguistique anglaise 
Laboratoire IDEA EA 2338 
Responsable Licence 1 LLCE anglais 
Université de Lorraine - Metz 
UFR Arts, Lettres et Langues 
Ile du Saulcy CS 70 328 
57045 Metz Cedex 1 
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