The 3rd International Conference on Ecolinguistics (ICE 2018) will take place in Guizhou Normal University, China, Oct. 26-28, 2018. This conference aims to provide a platform for scholars to discuss interdisciplinary research in the field of ecology and language and also to share ideas on the construction of ecological civilization.
This conference is hosted by China Association of Ecolinguistics and organized by Guizhou Normal University; the co-organizers include Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (China), Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press (China), Language Sciences (Elsevier), Journal of World Languages (Routledge), Functional Linguistics (Springer) and Foreign Languages in China.
The theme of ICE 2018 is Ecological Civilization and Ecolinguistics. We invite theoretical, methodological, empirical, and pedagogical contributions dealing with:
1. Ecological Civilization Construction and Ecolinguistics
2. Development and Research Trends of Ecolinguistics
3. Ecosophy
4. Different Paradigms of Ecolinguistics
5. Ecological Discourse Analysis
6. Language Ecology, Language Contact and Language Policy
7. Language Diversity and Cultural Diversity
8. Ecolinguistics and Language Education
9. Ecolinguistics and Translation Studies
10. Ecolinguistics and Literature Criticism
Keynote speakers:
Arran Stibbe (University of Gloucestershire, U.K.)
Sune Vork Steffensen (University of Southern University, Denmark)
Andrew Goatly (Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China)
Stephen Cowley (University of Southern University, Denmark)
Huang Guowen (South China Agricultural University, China)
Wang Wenbin (Beijing Foreign Studies University, China)
Miao Xingwei (Beijing Normal University, China)
He Wei (Beijing Foreign Studies University, China)
Submission Guidelines:
Abstracts can be submitted through the conference e-mail: ecolinguistics2018@126.com. Deadline for submission: Aug. 15, 2018. Authors should submit abstracts of up to 300 words (English) or 500 words (Chinese). All submissions will be subject to double-blind peer review. You may submit only one abstract as single/main author and one additional abstract as a co-author.
Conference Arrangement
Venue: Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
Date: Oct. 26, 2018-Oct. 28, 2018
Registration: West Lake Garden Hotel ( Baoshan North Road, Guiyang, China), 8:00-22:00 , October 26.
For further questions, please contact: ecolinguistics2018@126.com
Tel: Mr. Lu +86-0851-83227271; +86-15808533849
Mr. Yu +86-13725131613
China Association of Ecolinguistics
Guizhou Normal University