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Cornelius Collins replied to the topic CFP: 20th/21st-Century Women Writers as Public Intellectuals in the discussion
Language and Society on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoThis call is for the 2016 MLA Convention in Austin, TX.
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Cornelius Collins started the topic CFP: 20th/21st-Century Women Writers as Public Intellectuals in the discussion
Language and Society on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoSeeking papers that explore the distinct approaches, perspectives, and discourses of women writers as intellectuals writing for modern reading publics. Possible subjects include Woolf, Lessing, Beauvoir, Arendt, McCarthy, Hansberry, Sontag, Morrison, Atwood, Francine Prose, Zadie Smith, Melissa Harris-Perry, and others. 300-word abstracts and…[Read more]
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Tara Williams started the topic Rethinking the "L" in MLA in the discussion
Language Change on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoThe MLA Forum on Language Change invites proposals for a panel on “Rethinking the ‘L’ in MLA.” Papers might address questions like: What counts as a modern language? What value do linguistic issues and less-commonly taught languages have in the MLA? How can they inform literary studies?
Please send 300-word abstracts to Tara Williams ([Read more]
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Tara Williams started the topic Language Change, Shifting Borders, and Identity Construction in the discussion
Language Change on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoThe Forum on Language Change is accepting proposals on “Language Change, Shifting Borders, and Identity Construction” for the 2016 MLA in Austin. We seek papers that examine how language change relates to linguistic identity construction and crossing borderlands (geographical, political, ethnic, social, perceptual, historical, religious). Papers t…[Read more]
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Francisco Martinez-Ibarra started the topic Selected Topics in Romance Linguistics in the discussion
Comparative Romance Linguistics on MLA Commons 11 years agoThe Comparative Romance Linguistics Discussion Group welcomes a wide range of participants and approaches to Romance Linguistics and invites the submission of abstracts for the 2016 Convention exploring any area of Romance Linguistics (theoretical or applied) within any framework. Although preference is given to papers addressing more than one…[Read more]
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Judith Anne McCarthy started the topic CFP: Teaching Rhetoric, Writing, and Compositon to Undergraduates Online in the discussion
The History and Theory of Rhetoric and Composition on MLA Commons 11 years agoCFP (Call for Papers): I’m looking for papers for the purpose of proposing a panel for the upcoming 2016 MLA in Austin, TX. The subject is “Teaching Writing and Composition to Undergraduate Online Students” I am particularly interested in (but not limited to) papers that explore the primacy of written language as instruction compared to oral, t…[Read more]
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Lee B. Abraham uploaded the file: Brunner & Diemer – The Corpus of Academic Spoken English (CASE) – MLA 2015 – Applied Linguistics to
Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 11 years agoBrunner & Diemer – Handout – MLA 2015 – Applied Linguistics
Session 562. Language Use in Multilingual Contexts, MLA 2015
Division of Applied Linguistics
This PDF contains information about The Corpus of Academic Spoken English (CASE) mentioned in Brunner & Diemer’s presentation
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Lee B. Abraham uploaded the file: Brunner & Diemer – Handout – MLA 2015 – Applied Linguistics to
Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 11 years agoSession 562. Language Use in Multilingual Contexts, MLA 2015
Division of Applied Linguistics
Handout: “It’s All in the Corpus: Corpus-Based Approaches to English Cultural and Intercultural Studies in the EFL Classroom”
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Lee B. Abraham started the topic Abstract, MLA 2015, Recent Work in Narrative & Discourse, Div. of Lang. Theory in the forum
Language Theory on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month ago246. Recent Work in Narrative and Discourse
Friday, 9 January, 10:15–11:30 a.m., 18 VCC East: Floor Plans
Program arranged by the Division on Language Theory
Updated: December 30, 2014
1. “Lula versus Obama and the 2016 Olympic Bid: A Cognitive Framework for Discourse Analysis,”
Ricardo Gualda, Universidade Federal da Bahia
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Lee B. Abraham started the topic Abstracts, MLA 2015, Studies in Cognitive Linguistics, Div. of Language Theory in the forum
Language Theory on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoStudies in Cognitive Linguistics
Thursday, 8 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., 14 VCC East: Floor Plans
Program arranged by the Division on Language Theory
1. “Cognition in Interaction: Substantiating Context in Language Use and Grammaticalization”
Anneliese Kuhle, Freie Universität Berlin
AbstractUsage-based approaches to the study of language mai…[Read more]
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John Merritt Unsworth started the topic HathiTrust Research Center, proposals invited in the forum
Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoThe HathiTrust Research Center is seeking proposals for Advanced Collaborative Support (ACS) projects. ACS is a newly launched scholarly service at the HTRC offering collaboration between external scholars and HTRC staff to solve challenging problems related to HTRC tools and services. By working together with scholars, we facilitate comp…[Read more]
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John Merritt Unsworth uploaded the file: HTRC_ACS_RFP to
Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoHathiTrust Research Center, Request for Proposals for Advanced Collaborative Support
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Claudia Cornejo Happel started the topic CFP: 2015 SoTL Commons Conference in Savannah in the forum
The Teaching of Language on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months ago
Do you speak SoTL? Chances are you do. Come join the conversation at the SoTL Commons.
Leverage your knowledge, skills and passion for teaching and learning as a presenter at the SoTL Commons.
<div style=”margin-left: 10em;”>When engaging in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
“the work of the classroom [becomes] a site for…[Read more]
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Maria Luisa Martinez started the topic CFP for 46th annual convention, NeMLA 2015: Embracing Language Musicality in L2 in the forum
The Teaching of Language on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months ago46th annual convention, NeMLA 2015
Toronto; April 30- May 3, 2015
Host institution: Ryerson University
Panel: Embracing Language Musicality in L2 ClassroomsThis panel is sponsored by the area on pedagogy and professional
The goal of this panel is to examine language musicality, both in terms of linguistic phenomena and as a teaching tool for L2…[Read more]
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Maria Luisa Martinez started the topic CFP for 46th annual convention, NeMLA 2015: Embracing Language Musicality in L2 in the forum
The Teaching of Language on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months ago46th annual convention, NeMLA 2015
Toronto; April 30- May 3, 2015
Host institution: Ryerson University
Panel: Embracing Language Musicality in L2 Classrooms
This panel is sponsored by the area on pedagogy and professional
The goal of this panel is to examine language musicality, both in terms of linguistic phenomena and as a teaching tool for…[Read more]
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Terrence Potter posted an update in the group
LSL Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months agoPlease plan to attend the General Linguistics panel at MLA 2015! We are happy to announce that our session has been listed under the conference Presidential theme, “Negotiating Sites of Memory.”
Presentations during the session include:
1. “The Texas German Dialect Archive, Fourteen Years Later,” Hans Christian Boas, Univ. of Texas, Austin;…[Read more]
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Terrence Potter posted an update in the group
LSL Language and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months agoPlease plan to attend the General Linguistics panel at MLA 2015! We are happy to announce that our session has been listed under the conference Presidential theme, “Negotiating Sites of Memory.”
Presentations during the session include:
1. “The Texas German Dialect Archive, Fourteen Years Later,” Hans Christian Boas, Univ. of Texas, Austin;…[Read more]
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Sarah G. Wenzel started the topic Review & Comment on Draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Ed. in the forum
The History and Theory of Rhetoric and Composition on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoMembers of this group may be familiar with the Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education in 2000. Frequently, as you know, information literacy has been combined with English or writing courses. The ACRL Board of Directors has appointed a task force to significantly revise…[Read more]
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Selma R. S. Vital replied to the topic CFP -roundtable for Ne MLA 46th annual convention in the forum
The Teaching of Language on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoHi Dennis,
I would love to participate of this workshop, but unfortunately I cannot go to Ohio at this time. Please, keep us informed about any other similar event in the east coast. Due to our big load of work in the last week of classes, Marion and I were not able to put together a panel for Toronto. I still believe we can do something to make…[Read more]
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Lee B. Abraham started the topic MLA 2015, Recent Work in Narrative and Discourse, Division of Language Theory in the forum
Language Theory on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoDear Colleagues:
Please join us for the following Division of Language Theory session at the 2015 Convention. Abstracts will be posted in the fall.
Recent Work in Narrative and Discourse
Temporal Relations in Narrative Discourse: Narrator’s Perspective through Tense and Aspect
Amruta Chandekar, University Of Washington
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