CONFERENCE ON RECENT PERSPECTIVES ON DISCOURSE

From: Deirdre Wilson (deirdre@linguistics.ucl.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Jan 02 2001 - 09:25:28 GMT

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    Dear All,

    Here's some information about the AESLA conference on Recent Perspectives on
    Discourse, to be held in Leon (Spain) on May 3-5 this year. The deadline
    for papers has just been extended to January 10, so if any of you are
    interested, do apply.

    The website address with further details is:
    http://www2.uji.es/aesla/Congreso/leon.html

    Plenary speakers are:

    · Ronald Carter (University of Nottingham), "Grammar, Discourse and Spoken
    English"

    · Ulla Connor (Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication), "Changing
    Currents in Contrastive Rhetoric: New Paradigms"

    · Salvador Gutiérrez Ordóñez (Universidad de León), "Pragmática y
    disciplinas del código"

    · John Sinclair (University of Birmingham), "A Consolidated Linguistic
    Theory of Discourse"

    · John Swales (University of Michigan), "Reflections on Genre Analysis
    Today: Some Problems and some Possible Solutions"

    · Deirdre Wilson (University College London), "Relevance and Discourse: Some
    Recent Issues"

    All the best for a very happy New Year,

    Deirdre

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    Deirdre Wilson
    Department of Linguistics
    University College London
    Gower Street
    London WC1E 6BT
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    Tel (0)20 7679 3153
    Home phone/fax (0)1865 862470

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