CALL FOR PAPERS
The Fifth International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse (5th ISCLD)
第五届汉语语言与话语国际研讨会 / 第五屆漢語語言與話語國際研討會
Chinese Language in Action: Discourse, Literature, Culture and Education
18-20 June, 2018
The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
The 5th ISCLD is a biennial international symposium that advances the exchange of scholarship and emphasizes an empirical orientation in functional discourse studies of the Chinese language. The theme of the 2018 symposium is Chinese Language in Action: Discourse, Literature, Culture and Education. Paper proposals are invited to showcase latest advancements in, but not limited to, the following topic areas:
Chinese language and discourse: e.g. discourse and grammar, discourse and society, language change and development, language and social change
Chinese language and literature: e.g. language and new/web literature
Chinese language and culture: e.g., language and new media, intercultural communication, multilingualism and translanguaging
Chinese language and education: e.g. Chinese teaching and learning, Chinese teacher education, Chinese proficiency assessment
The working language of the conference will be either English or Chinese.
Keynote speakers
Professor K. K. Luke, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Professor Hongyin Tao, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Dr Boping Yuan, Cambridge University, UK
Pre-conference workshop
Theme: How to get your research published (18 June, 2018)
by Professor Tao Hongyin and Associate Professor Zhou, Jing-Schmidt
Key dates
1) Call for paper deadline: 30th October 2017
2) Notification of acceptance letter: 31st January 2018
3) Early bird registration deadline: 31st March 2018
4) Pre-conference workshop: 18th June 2018
5) Conference dates: 19-20th June 2018
Registration
Early-bird registration fee: AUD 200
Standard registration fee: AUD 260
Pre-conference workshop: AUD 50
Full-time student fee: AUD 150
The registration fee covers lunches, tea/coffee and refreshments.
The Sandra A. Thompson Best Student Paper Award
A cash prize of AUD300 will be awarded to a paper submitted and presented by a current student who has not had a PhD degree at the time of the symposium. Selection is based on both the content and the presentation. Those who wish to participate in the competition should indicate the intention with “For SAT Best Student Paper Award” marked on top of the abstract. A full paper is encouraged but not required for the competition.
Publications sponsored by the International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse:
Journals
Chinese Language and Discourse (ISSN 1877-7031 | E-ISSN 1877-8798), Benjamins. Executive Editor: K.K. Luke; Co-Editors: Hongyin Tao and Li Wei
Global Chinese: An international and interdisciplinary journal of the Chinese language and its users worldwide, 《全球华语研究》, De Gruyter, Executive Editor: Li Wei
Book series
Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse (ISSN 1879-5382), Benjamins. Executive Editor Hongyin Tao; Co-Editors: K.K. Luke, and Li Wei
Proposal submission guidelines
1) Presentations are for 20 minutes, plus 5-10 minutes for discussion.
2) A one-page abstract (250-350 words in English or 400-500 characters in Chinese) is to be submitted as an email attachment to iscld.event@sydney.edu.au
3) Do NOT include your name or institutional affiliation in the proposal since all proposals will be anonymously reviewed.
4) Only one abstract from each person will be considered. Multiple submissions are not allowed.
Organizing Committee
The fifth International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse is co-sponsored by Department of Chinese Studies and China Studies Centre of the University of Sydney.
Linda Tsung, (linda.tsung@sydney.edu.au) Co-chair, University of Sydney
Wei Wang, (wei.wang@sydney.edu.au) Co-chair, University of Sydney
Irene An, University of Sydney
Josh Stenberg, University of Sydney
