Activity – TM Language Theory

Mary Hayes started the topic Language Theory Mentorship Program in the discussion TM Language Theory on MLA Commons 6 months ago

Dear all,

I am the current chair of the Language Theory’s executive committee. At the encouragement of MLA, I am putting together a mentorship program. We are all witnessing a difficult time in the academy, and a support system for burgeoning scholars is so crucial. You can sign on as a mentee or volunteer as a mentor.

Here’s how the first step…[Read more]
Mary Hayes started the topic CFP: Constructed Languages Panel at MLA 2020 in the discussion TM Language Theory on MLA Commons 1 year ago

Constructed Languages

This panel will include papers that study “conlangs” in their historical, auxiliary, and fantastic varieties. Submit 250-word abstracts by March 8, 2019 to Mary Hayes (hayes@olemiss.edu). Submission Deadline: Friday, March 8, 2019
James Elkins deposited Representing a Ruined Mind in Fiction; and a Note on How Google Ruins Reading: On Markson’s “Reader’s Block” in the group TM Language Theory on MLA Commons 2 years, 8 months ago

The essays I am posting on Humanities Commons are also on Librarything and Goodreads. These aren’t reviews. They are thoughts about the state of literary fiction, intended principally for writers and critics involved in seeing where literature might be able to go. Each one uses a book as an example of some current problem in writing.
Donny Vigil started the topic MLA 2018 Call For Papers: Language Theory Session…"Philology Old and New" in the discussion Language Theory on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months ago

The Forum on Language Theory is accepting proposals for a panel session related to “Philology Old and New” for MLA 2018 in New York. We welcome submissions that examine what the renewed interest in philology means for literary, textual, and linguistic studies. Please send a 300-word abstract by March 24 to Donny Vigil (vigi7700@stthomas.edu).
Donny Vigil started the topic MLA 2018 Call For Papers: Language Theory Session…"The Language of Silence" in the discussion Language Theory on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months ago

The Forum on Language Theory is accepting proposals for a panel session related to “The Language of Silence” for MLA 2018 in New York. We welcome submissions on how recent political rhetoric regarding immigration leads to insecurity in educational settings including changes in language, discourse, pedagogy and programs. Please send a 300-word abs…[Read more]
Mary Wildner-Bassett deposited Applying Theories in Language Programs in the group TM Language Theory on MLA Commons 3 years ago

Selected Topics in Applied Linguistics: How to Choose a Theory. I offer a critical exploration of some of the conditions involved in Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA), as well as of the paradoxical approaches in the theoretical questions, methods, categories, and perspectives of ISLA.
The discussion proceeds with a very short…[Read more]
Hsiang-Hua Melanie Chang deposited Interpretation of Bare and Demonstrative Noun Phrases in the Acquisition of Mandarin in the group TM Language Theory on MLA Commons 3 years, 3 months ago

Mandarin nominals may appear bare or non-bare in various positions with different interpretations. Questions arise as to how Mandarin-speaking children interpret bare nominals, given that bare nominals can have various interpretations. On the other hand, how do they interpret non-bare nominals, such as demonstrative nominals? This experimental…[Read more]
Laraine R. Fergenson deposited Final Report of the MLA Committee on Diversity and Tolerance in the group TM Language Theory on MLA Commons 4 years ago

The ad hoc Committee on Diversity and Tolerance was formed in response to a motion passed by the Delegate Assembly in 1999 calling for the reconstitution of what had been the Task Force against Campus Bigotry. The new committee was to be charged with “working to establish a climate in which all students, faculty, and other college employees, no m…[Read more]
Brian Gregory Caraher deposited Cocoons of Desire and Thought: Metaphor as Metafunction in the group TM Language Theory on MLA Commons 4 years, 3 months ago

This conference paper was an invited plenary lecture for the 11th annual meeting of ICEG in January 2014. It builds upon numerous articles, essays and books the author has published on the grammar, epistemology and socio-historical aspects of metaphor and metaphorical discourse. This paper provides a model for understanding metaphor as a needed…[Read more]
Robert Victor Wess deposited A McKeonist Understanding of Kenneth Burke’s Rhetorical Realism in Particular and Constructivism in General in the group TM Language Theory on MLA Commons 4 years, 3 months ago

Readers of KB Journal likely know Richard McKeon mainly through his essays on rhetoric and his relationship to Kenneth Burke. But McKeon was first and foremost a philosopher who came to rhetoric in mid-career, so that his work is a philosophical path to and defense of rhetoric. This path, moreover, precisely because of its philosophical depth,…[Read more]
Thomas F. Shannon started the topic New Work in Language Theory in the discussion Language Theory on MLA Commons 4 years, 11 months ago

Dear Colleagues:

The Division of Language Theory solicits papers focussing on aspects of linguistics that contribute to trends in language theory. Paper proposals of 250-300 words by 23 March 2015 to Thomas F. Shannon (tshannon@berkeley.edu).

Best regards,

TFS (on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Division of Language Theory)
Thomas F. Shannon started the topic MLA 2016 Call for Papers: Language Theory and Description in the discussion Language Theory on MLA Commons 4 years, 11 months ago

Dear Colleagues:

The Division of Language Theory seeks presentations exploring interdigitations of language theory and linguistic description. Please submit paper proposals of 250-300 words by 24 March 2015 to Thomas F. Shannon (tshannon@berkeley.edu).

Best regards,

TFS (on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Division of Language Theory)
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 5 years, 1 month ago

246. 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
Abstract
On October 2…[Read more]
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 5 years, 1 month ago

Studies 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
Abstract

Usage-based approaches to the study of language mai…[Read more]
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 5 years, 9 months ago

Dear 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
Lula versus Obama and t…[Read more]
Lee B. Abraham started the topic MLA 2015, Studies in Cognitive Linguistics, Division of Language Theory in the forum Language Theory on MLA Commons 5 years, 9 months ago

Dear Colleagues:

Please join us for the following Division of Language Theory session at the 2015 Convention.

Abstracts will be posted in the fall.

Studies in Cognitive Linguistics

Cognition in Interaction: Substantiating Context in Language Use and Grammaticalization
Anneliese Kuhle, Freie Universität Berlin
Grammaticalization and…[Read more]
Lee B. Abraham started the topic March 25 deadline for Narrative and Discourse Session at MLA 2015 in the forum Language Theory on MLA Commons 5 years, 11 months ago

Dear Colleagues:

The Division of Language Theory solicits papers exploring recent aspects of narrative and discourse as these relate to language theory. Abstract of 300 words by 25 March 2014; Lee B. Abraham ( lba2133@columbia.edu ).

We look forward to receiving your proposals.

Best regards,

Lee (on behalf of the Executive Committee of the…[Read more]
Thomas F. Shannon posted an update in the group Language Theory on MLA Commons 6 years, 1 month ago

Dear Colleagues:

The Executive Committee seeks nominees to stand in the fall 2014 election for the Division on Language Theory. Nominees for the fall 2014 election must be current MLA members (i.e., their names must appear in the membership list at the MLA Web site http://www.mla.org/member_search ).

The individual elected in 2014 will serve…[Read more]

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