 | LexESP 2018: V International Seminar on English and ESP Lexicology and Lexicography: The Words of the Law University of Alicante Alicante, Spain, April 26-27, 2018 |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lexesp2018 |
| Abstract registration deadline | February 1, 2018 |
| Submission deadline | February 1, 2018 |
V INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON ENGLISH AND ESP LEXICOLOGY AND LEXICOGRAPHY:
THE WORDS OF THE LAW
Dear Colleagues,
The Lexicology of Languages for Specific Purposes Research Group (LexEsp), with the support of the Inter-University Institute for Applied Modern Languages (IULMA) and the Department of English Philology of the University of Alicante, is pleased to announce its “V International Seminar on English and ESP Lexicology and Lexicography: The Words of the Law”, to be held at the University of Alicante (Spain) on April 26-27, 2018.
Abstract Submission
Abstracts of up to 300 words (not including references) should be submitted by Monday, February 1st, 2018. All submissions are minimally double blind peer reviewed.
All abstract submissions will receive notification of the outcome of the review process by February 15th, 2018.
List of Topics
The organising committee encourages the submission of individual abstracts focused on the following areas:
- Specialized Legal Lexis/Lexicology
- Specialized Legal Dictionaries
- Bilingual Legal Lexicography
- Corpora and Legal Lexicology
- Word-Formation Processes in Legal English
- Legal Terminology and Terminography
- Gender and Legal Language
- Legal Phraseology and Collocation
- Teaching and Learning Legal Vocabulary
- Legal Language and the Media
- Legal Terminology and Translation in Institutional Settings
- Vocabulary and phraseology in the courtroom
Deadlines
- Abstract submission: February 1st 2018.
- Notification of acceptance: February 15th 2018.
Fees
- Contributors: €80, Deadline: March 15th 2018
- Attendees: €30, Deadline: April 23rd 2018
- Students (with proof of student status): €10, Deadline: April 23rd 2018
Organizing committee
Miguel Ángel Campos (Chairman), José Ramón Calvo Ferrer (Secretary), Isabel Balteiro, Raquel Martínez Motos, Maria Amparo Alesón, Pablo Pérez Contreras
Keynote speakers
- Łucja Biel (provisional title: "Legal terms and multilingual translation: a case of EU English terminology")
- Gianluca Pontrandolfo (provisional title: "The importance of being patterned. Old and new perspectives on legal phraseology")
Scientific committee
- Vijay Bhatia (ESP Communication Services)
- Łucja Biel (University of Warsaw)
- Maurizio Gotti (Università di Bergamo)
- Shaeda Isani (Université de Grenoble)
- Esther Monzó (Universitat Jaume I)
- Juan Miguel Ortega (Universidad de Alicante)
- Gianluca Pontrandolfo (Università di Trieste)
- Isabelle Richard (Université de Nantes)
- Juliette Scott (University of London)
- Dieter Stein (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf)
- Girolamo Tessuto (Università di Campania)
Venue
The conference will be held at the University of Alicante, Spain (www.ua.es).
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to ma.campos@ua.es.