Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce the first Call for Papers for the 2013
International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress. This will be
ISFC40, i.e. it celebrates forty years of such international meetings.
Please see below for details.

ISFC40 at SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY, GUANGZHOU, CHINA
15 - 19 July 2013

CONFERENCE THEME: BROADENING THE PATH:
COMPLEMENTARITIES IN LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

The congress theme - “Broadening the Path: Complementarities in Language
and Linguistics” - is intended to suggest that research within the general
framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) should give greater
emphasis to the value of the complementarities in in current work within
SFL. This implies that, while continuing to focus on our work in our
special areas of interest, we should also take an active interest in the
full range of current research within SFL, and work towards integrating
developments in these diversified aspects of language in a more unified
model of language. Let us recognize the evolutionary nature of SFL on the
one hand, while fostering its applicability on the other. The theme of
ISFC40 therefore aims to encourage the development of “link paths” that
will connect various paths within the broad, open path of SFL, and in this
way help promote creative dialogues and interactions between scholars
working in different regional academically diverse communities.

SPECIAL INVITED GUESTS
M.A.K. Halliday
HU Zhuanglin

PLENARY SPEAKERS
Wendy L. Bowcher (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
Cecilia Colombi (University of California, Davis, USA)
Robin Fawcett (Cardiff University, UK)
Ruqaiya Hasan (Macquarie University, Australia)
HE Wei (University of Science and Technology Beijing, China)
Randy J. LaPolla (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Christian Matthiessen (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China)
Erich Steiner (University of the Saarland, Germany)
Geoff Thompson (The University of Liverpool, UK)
Jonathan Webster (The City University of Hong Kong, China)
YANG Xueyan (Beijing Foreign Studies University, China)

CALL FOR PAPERS: We invite proposals for three forms of contribution:
papers, workshops, and colloquia. Proposals should be submitted in
abstract form between 1 January and 15 February 2013. All submissions will
be reviewed by members of the Programme Committee. Notification of
acceptance will be given by 1 April 2013.

DETAILS OF PRESENTATIONS

Paper Presentations

Paper presentations are 30 mins (25 mins presentation with 5 mins for
questions and discussion).
Abstracts should be between 200 and 300 words (excluding references).

Workshops/Colloquia
Participants may submit abstracts for two lengths of session:

1) 3 hours and 30 mins
2) 1 hour 45 mins

Abstracts for workshops should be between 300 and 500 words.

Abstracts for colloquia should include a general abstract of between
300-500 words written by the convenor of the colloquium, with abstracts by
each participating presenter of around 200 words each.

Abstracts for all sessions should include:
1) a succinct statement of the aim of the contribution,
2) its relationship to previous and current work within SFL and/or other
theory to which you refer,
3) a summary of the main part of the presentation (including where
appropriate your methodology and results) and
4) key references, including those cited in the abstract.

KEY DATES

30 October, 2012 1st Call for Papers
30 December, 2012, 2nd Call for Papers
15 February, 2013 DEADLINE for submission of abstracts
1 April, 2013 notification of acceptance
1 June 2013 deadline for registration for the conference

REGISTRATION

Online registration will be available at the ISSFC40 website shortly.
Participants whose abstracts have been accepted for presentation MUST
register online by 1 June 2013. Otherwise their papers will not be
included in the conference program.

FEES PAYABLE AT THE CONFERENCE SITE

2,500RMB (about 400USD) regular fee for full attendance
700RMB (about 112USD) daily fee
1,200RMB (about 192USD) student fee for full attendance


OFFICIAL CONFERENCE LANGUAGES

English
Chinese

EMAIL for abstracts: isfc2013@mail.sysu.edu.cn

VISA FOR MAINLAND CHINA

Most participants at the Congress will require a visa to enter mainland
China (Guangzhou, the location of the congress, is on the mainland). There
are different visa requirements for entering mainland China and other
regions such as Hong Kong. Typically, visas can only be granted from the
originating country of the passport holder and not en route (e.g. in Hong
Kong). Please ensure that you enquire about your specific visa
requirements in plenty of time to obtain a visa. The conference
organisers will supply letters of invitation on request. Many travel
agents are willing to give advice and to obtain your visa for a small fee.

More details about the conference will be available on the conference
website shortly.

We look forward to welcoming you to Guangzhou in 2013 for the fortieth
anniversary of this international series of SFL conferences.

Warm regards,

HUANG Guowen (Co-Convenor
CHANG Chenguang (Co-Convenor)



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