FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Languages and people: diversity and harmony
28–29 September 2016
Vilnius University
This is the first call for papers for the 4th international conference of applied linguistics to be held 28-29 September 2016 in Vilnius University. The Conference will be hosted by the Department of Lithuanian Studies, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University and the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics LITAKA.
TOPICS. The Conference aims at bringing together various aspects of research under the umbrella of applied linguistics: a variety of ways, a range of disciplines and sub-disciplines, including sociolinguistics, language policy, discourse analysis, translation and interpretation, language teaching and learning, language acquisition, language testing, corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics, pragmatics, etc.
PRESENTATIONS. Each presentation should be no longer than 20 minutes; 10 minutes are given for questions and/or discussion. Poster presentations are also invited.
Abstracts should be between 300 and 500 words.
LANGUAGES: English and Lithuanian
PLENARY SPEAKERS:
Prof. Anne Pauwels, University of London (UK)
http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff60359.php
Prof. Zoltán Kövecses, Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary)
http://das.elte.hu/content/faculty/kovecses/cv.html
Prof. Norbert Schmitt, University of Nottingham (UK)
http://www.norbertschmitt.co.uk
VENUE:
Faculty of Philology
Universiteto St 5
LT-01513 Vilnius
Lithuania
