dear colleagues, the usual apologies for cross-posting - and do consider a short stay down-under next july, where & when winter can be sunny and mild... we welcome papers and posters which address issues related to language and society, especially in such areas of research as online learning contexts, online communities of practice, the influence of the internet on the sociology of knowledge, and language in social life in general. please note, however, that preference will be given to those papers which apply a functional linguistic eye to the data. some of you may be interested in the work of karl maton, one of our plenary speakers, whose work in 'legitimation code theory' expands on the educational philosophy of the late basil bernstein, applying the framework to account for ways in which institutions/disciplines manage the deployment of knowledge. see for example: http://www.legitimationcodetheory.com/ ------------- 1st Call for papers International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress ISFC39, 2012 Submissions are now open for the next International Systemic Linguistics Conference to be held at The University of Technology Sydney (UTS), in Sydney, Australia, July 16th - 20th 2012. We are pleased to invite abstracts related to the conference themes which encompass language, society, semiotics, education, knowledge, learning, and multi-literacies. Plenary speakers o Chris Cléirigh o Shoshana Dreyfus (University of Sydney) o Karl Maton (University of Sydney) o Clare Painter (University of Sydney) o Beatriz Quiroz (University of Sydney and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) o Ladjane de Souza (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis) o Maree Stenglin (University of Sydney) o Christine Tardy (DePaul University, Chicago) o Geoff Williams (University of Sydney) o Michele Zappavigna and Bandar Alhumaidi A Almutairi (University of Sydney) Papers Papers should relate to the field of systemic functional linguistics and/or social semiotics, and should aim to connect to one of the main themes of the conference: o Language and knowledge; o Context and Variation; o Learning Language; o Language in Education; o Typology and Translation; o Multimodality. Each paper will be provided with a 35-minute time slot (30 mins + 5 minutes for questions and answers). An abstract of 250 words should be submitted via the website (see below). Individual papers for full paper review Refereed conference proceedings will be published online simultaneously with the congress. The process of full paper refereeing is available to paper presenters and symposia participants after abstracts have been accepted. The deadline for submission of full papers for review is 11.59pm, Saturday, April 21, 2012, AEST (effectively, Friday April 20 in many parts of the world). Late submissions will not be accepted. Author and submission guidelines for full papers will be made available with notification of acceptance of abstracts. Only participants who have registered for the conference by July 1, 2012 are eligible to have their papers included in the proceedings. Posters An abstract of 150-200 words should be submitted. Print and digital posters are welcome. Workshops and symposia We encourage the organization of workshops and symposia that explore analysis, data description or methodology; a particular theme; use of systemic functional linguistics in applied settings; or common interests among researchers. Workshops and symposia time slots are 1hr and 15 mins (= 2 papers) and 1hr and 55 mins (= 3 papers). Abstracts of workshops should be around 400 words; abstracts of symposia should include a general abstract of around 400 words from the symposium convenor(s) plus specific abstracts by the individual presenters of around 200 words each. A review of the proposals will be conducted by members of the organising committee, supported by a panel of experts in systemic functional linguistics. Decisions on acceptances will be made by email (and by mail where required) as soon as possible after submission. Important dates _ Abstract submission deadline: 15th February, 2012 Notification of acceptance by: 20th March 2012 Early Bird Registration deadline: 30th April, 2012 Online submissions being accepted now at the conference website: http://www.fass.uts.edu.au/research/conferences/isfc39/ for updates and other information see: http://www.socialsemiotics.org/ISFC39/ you can also follow us on twitter @ISCF39 -------------- best wishes, dr alexanne don for the ISFC39 organising committee