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• 10 jan 2018

  Mons

  Call for papers - Language

  Diachronic dimensions in specialised varieties of English:implications in communications, didactics and translation studies

  39th International GERAS Conference

  As a rule, practitioners of English for Specific Purposes show little interest in diachrony and, particularly, in the past of specialised languages. Their main motivation stems from learners’ needs, and needs analyses generally place them in the present or near future rather than in the past. Conversely, a growing number of researchers in continental Europe regard specialised languages as enduring linguistic objects – e.g. specialised varieties of English (SVEs) such as medical or legal English – and exploring these SVEs’ diachronic dimensions plays an increasing part in their scientific interests. This conference invites researchers to examine the diachronic dimensions of specialised English and to explore their various facets.

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• 15 nov 2017

  Mons

  Call for papers - History

  Exercise in the history of language teaching

  L’exercice constitue aujourd’hui une composante obligée de l’apprentissage d’une langue étrangère, quels que soient par ailleurs les publics concernés, scolaires, universitaires ou publics d’adultes. Les éditeurs ne manquent pas de publier de nombreux recueils d’exercices et nulle méthode n’est publiée qui ne comporte à un moment ou à un autre des exercices. L’intensité de la pratique fonde l’évidence du procédé et conduit à oublier que l’exercice est une construction pédagogique d’origine relativement récente dont il serait intéressant de connaître la genèse. Création d’autant plus paradoxale, aux yeux de l’observateur d’aujourd’hui, qu’elle est postérieure aux très nombreuses descriptions du français qui sont proposées dès le XVI^e siècle.

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• 25 avr 2014

  Tournai

  Call for papers - Middle Ages

  Monumental roofing in the Middle Ages between the Loire and Meuse

  Images and techniques

  Afin de faire le point sur les avancées réalisées dans la connaissance des couvertures médiévales, le département du patrimoine de la ville de Tournai organise une rencontre internationale sur la thématique suivante : « la toiture, ses contraintes et ses effets du Moyen Âge à l'époque actuelle »

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• 15 avr 2014

  Arras | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | Mons

  Call for papers - Geography

  BRIT XIV : Border Regions In Transition

  The Border: a source of innovation

  BRIT (Border Regions in Transition) is an international network of researchers and practitioners dealing with issues on borders. The objective of this conference is, with a transdisciplinary approach (geography, political science, economics, sociology, anthropology, history), to contribute to a collective reflection on innovations related to border and cross-border dynamics. The decision to set BRIT next to the Franco-Belgian border in 2014 falls within the symbol. A century after the declaration of the Great War, the aim is to trace the evolution of the border between France and Belgium, which started from “front” border to end with « sewing » border. If it once represented a split between two territories, the border has now come to represent an element of welding these two territories. The field day will offer a contact with these concrete realities.

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