The first symposium on Ecolinguistics will be held by the Schoolof Foreign Studies of SCAU and the Center for Ecolinguistics during November25-27, 2016, in order to promote Chinese studies on Ecolinguistics and tocommunicate with international counterparts. Renowned scholars will be invitedas special guests to deliver keynote speeches, including Prof. Sune Vork Steffensen (University of Southern Denmark),a renownedscholar of international Ecolinguistics and chief editor of Language Sciences(Elsevier), Prof. Jonathan  Webster (City University of Hong Kong), arenownedscholar of Halliday theory research and chief editor of Linguistics and theHuman Sciences (Equinox) and Journal of World  Languages (Routledge), Prof.Hu Gengshen (Tsinghua University and City University ofMacau), chair of InternationalAssociation of Eco-Translatology Research and chiefeditor of Journal of Eco-translatology, Pro. Huang Guowen (Sun Yat-senUniversity and South China Agricultural University), Chang Jiang Scholars ofMinistry of Education and chief editor of Foreign Languages in China. Thesymposium is co-organized by several academic journals including CSSCI,Functional Linguistics (Springer) and Journal of World  Languages(Routledge).

Topic: Ecolinguistics Studies in the Chinese Context

Specific issues:

1. The Development Status of Ecolinguistics

2. The Research on Ecolinguistics Theory

3. Eco-discourse Analysis

4. Comparison Research of Chinese and English Eco-discourse

5. Language Diversity and Cultural Diversity

6. Language Contact and Code-switching

7. Ecolinguistics and Translation Research

8. Ecolinguistics and Language Teaching

Time: November 25-27, 2016 (Register on the 25th and leave at theafternoon of the 27th)

Address: School of Foreign Studies of SCAU, Wushan, TianheDistrict, Guangzhou City

Contacts: Chen Yang (13632120124), Li Feiwu (13826091865)

E-mail: ecoling@126.com

Scholars,who are interested in Ecolinguistics research, eco-discourse analysis andeco-translation research, are earnestly welcomed to participate in thissymposium. People who intend to participate in this symposiumshould hand in an article centering on the topic and specific issues ofthe symposium, submit an abstract (about 800 words in Chinese or 500 words inEnglish) and complete an application form(refer to attachment) and send by email to thedesignated meeting-specialized e-mail (ecoling@126.com) before September 8, 2016. The organization committee will send officialinvitation letters to participants before October 8, 2016.Outstanding articles will be collected and published.

Participantsshall bear Room & Board fee by themselves. The conference fee is 800 Yuan each (for students, 400 Yuan each).

Asrooms are limited in the Bamboo Hotel of SCAU,participants who are in need of accommodation shouldcontact the conference team lest you miss the optimal time for booking aroom.

School of Foreign Studies of SCAU

May29, 2016