When: 09/04/2015 to 11/04/2015
Where: University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Website: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/research/conferences/i-mean_4/
Where: University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Website: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/research/conferences/i-mean_4/
Description taken from conference website:
The i-mean 4 conference will address the relationship between Language and Impact
Conference aims: ‘Impact’ has become a buzz word and is increasingly used as a criterion for decisions on research policy and research funding. The impact of linguistic research has been particularly visible in a number of areas including but not limited to language variation and change, language and politics, language policy and language use, language and identity (e.g. in relation to professional identity, gender, ethnicity or age), corporate and health care discourse, leadership and teamwork and linguistic vitality among others. The impact of the different epistemological and methodological approaches and the impact of the language of impact, however, are more rarely addressed.
I-mean 4 aims to take a critical approach to impact and examine:
The i-mean 4 conference will address the relationship between Language and Impact
Conference aims: ‘Impact’ has become a buzz word and is increasingly used as a criterion for decisions on research policy and research funding. The impact of linguistic research has been particularly visible in a number of areas including but not limited to language variation and change, language and politics, language policy and language use, language and identity (e.g. in relation to professional identity, gender, ethnicity or age), corporate and health care discourse, leadership and teamwork and linguistic vitality among others. The impact of the different epistemological and methodological approaches and the impact of the language of impact, however, are more rarely addressed.
I-mean 4 aims to take a critical approach to impact and examine:
- The impact of different theoretical and methodological approaches to the development of the field and certain key topic areas (e.g. language and identity, language and culture, language and meaning)
- The impact of sociopragmatic and discourse analytic research outside academia
- The impact and application of linguistic methodologies and analyses in social sciences
- The impact of social interaction on language change synchronically and diachronically