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ESFLC2019: 29th European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference
Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
Leiria, Portugal, July 3-5, 2019
Conference websitehttps://sites.ipleiria.pt/esflc2019/
Submission linkhttps://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esflc2019
Submission deadlineFebruary 9, 2019
Topics: multiliteracies professional discourse education language typology

Presentation

We are pleased to announce the 29th European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference (ESFLC2019), to be held at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, in Portugal, between 3-5 July 2019. The Conference will be preceded by two days of workshops (1-2 July 2019).

The theme of the 2019 edition is SFL on Multi-literacies, Professional Discourse and Education. Systemic Functional Linguistics is known as a powerful model of language description, with a long tradition of application in professional and educational contexts. In recent years, the model has been expanded to several other semiotic domains. It is the aim of this conference to share, map and disseminate some of the latest endeavors of SFL research in the European context. At the same time, it aims to promote dialogue with researchers from other disciplinary fields and theoretical approaches.

Invited speakers

Plenary speakers of the 2019 edition are:

  • Gunther Kress, University College London, UK
  • James R. Martin, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Mariana Achugar, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
  • Srikant Sarangi, Aalborg University, Denmark

Topics

We welcome papers on any issue of semiotic description from an SFL perspective, but we particularly expect papers on the following sub-themes or areas of research, deriving either from investigation at the potential pole of the cline of instantiation or at the instance pole:

  • Multi-literacies: making meaning in different cultural, social or domain-specific contexts combining written-linguistic modes with oral, visual, audio, gestural, tactile and spatial patterns of meaning;
  • Professional discourse: the use of language and other semiotic systems in the workplace and other organizational contexts;
  • Education: research in first/foreign language education, language and content integrated learning, knowledge about language, specialized knowledge, genre pedagogy, grammar education; 
  • Language typology: descriptions of particular languages identifying generalizations based on the languages described as well as on other languages.

General guidelines

Proposals should not have been previously submitted to other scientific events. Authors can choose between three formats:

  • Presentations  
  • Posters
  • Coloquia 

All individual presentations will be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. Colloquia should include either three (minimum) or four (maximum) presentations. Presentations within the colloquia should be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion, as to facilitate the circulation between conference rooms. 

All proposals must be submitted via EasyChair.

Proposals must be submitted before 25 January 2019, 23:00 CET.

Proposals must be written in English.

Delegates may submit up to three abstracts for the conference.

Need help with the EasyChair Platform? Detailed guidelines can be found here: ESFCL2019 submission guidelines.

Submission guidelines

Individual presentation proposals

If you are proposing an individual presentation, please consider the following guidelines.

  • Abstracts should include up to 200 words, excluding references. Please specify the aims, theoretical framework, methodology and results of your research.    
  • Abstracts should be pasted into the online Easychair form.
  • Please do not upload any file with your abstract.
  • Complete the form by specifying the subtheme and a minimum of three keywords in the therefore provided fields.

Poster presentation proposals

If you are proposing a poster, please consider the following guidelines.

  • Abstracts should include up to 200 words, excluding references. Please specify the aims, theoretical framework, methodology and results of your research.    
  • Abstracts should be pasted into the online Easychair form.
  • Please do not upload any file with your abstract.
  • Complete the form by specifying the subtheme and a minimum of three keywords in the therefore provided fields.

Colloquia proposals

If you are proposing a colloquium, please consider the following guidelines.

  • The person who organizes the colloquium should be identified as the author in the online EasyChair form. Please indicate name, email address and affiliation in the therefore provided fields.
  • A general abstract up to 100 words must be pasted into the online form. It should include a general title, and a broad description of the colloquium.
  • Please remember to add a minimum of three keywords.
  • Additionally, a PDF file must be uploaded. The PDF file must include the abstracts of the individual presentation within the colloquium. Each abstract should include up to 200 words each and specify title, author(s), affiliation(s), and email address(es).
  • Complete the form by specifying the subtheme and a minimum of three keywords of your colloquium in the therefore provided fields.

Geoff Thompson Bursary 

In honour of Geoff Thompson’s immense contributions to systemic functional linguistics, the European Systemic Functional Linguistics Association sponsors a bursary each year for the European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference. The bursary provides support for a young scholar whose conference paper shows exceptional scholarship within Systemic Functional Linguistics. 

Applications for 2019: We are offering one bursary for a student presenting at the 29th European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference (2019, Leiria, Portugal). The bursary covers the conference fee. Travel cost and accomodation are also covered up to 200 Euros (receipts must be provided). To be eligible, you must be a current Ph.D. student and have a paper accepted for the conference, for which you are the sole author.

To apply: Send an email to the ESFLA Chair (esfla-chair@esfla.org), including:

  • a copy of the acceptance email from the conference;
  • the title and abstract of the paper as they are to appear in the program - as a Word document, anonymised (your name removed);
  • A Word document containing an explanation of how your paper further works within SFL (also anonymised).
  • Proof of current Ph.D. status.

Committees

Please refer to the ESFLC2019 website.

Important dates

  • 25 January 2019  Proposals submission deadline
  • 6 February 2019   Extended deadline
  • 8 March 2019       Notification of acceptance
  • 8 March 2019       Early Bird registration opens
  • 20 April 2019       Early Bird registration closes
  • 21 April 2019       Regular registration opens
  • 15 May 2019        Regular registration closes
  • 1-2 July, 2019      Pre-Conference Institute
  • 3-5 July, 2019      Conference

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to esflc2019@ipleiria.pt.

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