LSP2005 - New Trends in Specialised Discourse

Organising & Scientific Committee

• Prof. Maurizio Gotti
• Prof. Maria Vittoria Calvi
• Ass. Prof. Marina Dossena
• Ass. Prof. Dorothee Heller
• Dr Ulisse Belotti
• Dr Davide Giannoni

Co-opted Scientific Committee

• Prof. Vijay K. Bhatia
• Prof. Ken Hyland
• Prof. Christer Laurén
• Prof. John Sinclair
• Prof. Marcello Soffritti
• Prof. John Swales
• Ass. Prof. Jan Engberg

Themes of the Conference

The conference will aim to highlight recent evolutions in specialized discourse research and innovative experiences in LSP teaching

1. Linguistic features of specialized discourse
2. Textual and genre analysis of specialized discourse
3. Multilingualism and cultural aspects of specialized communication
4. Cognitive aspects of specialized languages
5. Pedagogical aspects of LSP
6. The translation of specialized discourse
7. LSP and multimedia communication
8. Terminology and terminography
9. Diachronic perspectives on LSP

Invited Keynote speakers

• Christopher N. Candlin ( Macquarie University , Sydney , Australia )
• Konrad Ehlich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany)
• Francesco Sabatini (Accademia della Crusca, Florence and Università Roma3, Italy )
• Françoise Salager-Meyer ( Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela)