Digital English World-Wide

Corpus and Discourse Analyses

July 13-14, 2018

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This small international conference combines three perspectives:

Chemnitz students present their BA and MA projects to a wider audience,
international scholars present their experience through special funding from Alexander-von-Humboldt and DAAD - this year young scholars from Western Balkans through our project CHEP -, and
international ERASMUS partners add their own specific approaches to widen the perspective

Together we would like to show that empirical studies in language variation are a fascinating topic when they emphasize cultural dimensions of (Digital) English around the world. We try to combine socio-, corpus- and cognitive-linguistic perspectives and stress multiple methodological approaches to current research and applications, especially in English language teaching and academic writing.

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Programme

Friday, 13 July

13:00	Welcome (Deputy VC/Vice President Prof. Dr. Max Eibl) Conference Opening (Dean Prof. Dr. Stefan Garsztecki)
	Current Research Cooperation Projects in Africa and Digital Space (Chair: Eric Linhart, Chemnitz)
13:15	Josef Schmied (Chemnitz): Academic Writing for Africa: A VolkswagenStiftung Workshop Mohammed Ademilokun (Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Alexander-von-Humboldt Guest Professor Chemnitz): Codifying and Analysing "Democracy Discourses" in Nigeria
14:30	Isabelle van der Bom (Chemnitz): Examining Hyperlinks in Digital Fiction: a Cognitive, Empirical Approach Francesca Bianchi (University of Salento, Lecce, Italy): The Social Tricks of Advertising. Facebook Discourse Stategies of Luxury and Non-Luxury Tour Operation in English
15:45	Coffee Break
16:15	Chemnitz PhD Projects (CASE = Chemnitz Africa/Asia Symposium on English) (Chair: Mohammed Ademilokun, Nigeria) Jacinta Edusei (Kumasi, Ghana / KAAD Chemnitz): Hedging in Advanced Users' of English in Ghana Xinlei Zhang (Beijing, China / Chemnitz): A Cognitive View on Prepositions in Chinese MA Theses Guo Ya (Guangzhou, China / Chemnitz): Annotating Hedges in Chinese Academic Writing Shaista Rashid (Lahore, Pakistan / Canterbury University, New Zealand): English Writing Practice with Smartphones: A Case Study
18:00	Chinese Dinner Snacks & Tea Appreciation

Saturday, 14 July

9:00

Chemnitz BA/MA Student Workshop (PL Research Proposal)
(Chair: Dana Ebermann, Chemnitz)

Anna Schidjusowa:
Articles Usage by Russian Learners of English

Willy Hänel:
Transfer by Spanish Learners of English

Dan Fan:
Student Response in English in China

Xiaoxi Li:
Action Research in my Classroom

Sarah Reader:
Urban Pronunciation in a Rural Community: The Northern Cities Vowel Shift in Central Michigan

Juliane Nötzold:
A New Concept for Tutorials ("Lehre im Transfer"-Projekt )

11:00

Coffee Break

11:30

Credibility 1: Academic Writing, Business
(Chair: Jessica Dheskali, Chemnitz)

Ivana Popovikj (Skopje, Macedonia):
The Influence of Teacher's Cognition on the Grammar Teaching Approach

Vincenzo Dheskali (Chemnitz):
A Corpus-Based Comparison of Albanian and Italian Student Papers in L1 and L2: Modalization, Shields and Approximators Revised

Irena Skendo (Vlora, Albania):
Aspects of Hedging Processes in Albanian PhD Dissertations

Radek Vogel (Brno):
Credibility in Business Reports

13:00	Lunch Break - Syrian Buffet
14:00	Credibility 2: News (Chair: Vincenzo Dheskali, Chemnitz) Joseph Walthelm, Eric Linhart, Toni Heinze (Chemnitz): Dimensions of Populism in German Party Manifestos Bisera Kostadinovska-Stojchevska (Bitola, Macedonia): Nationalism at its Best: An Analysis of the Slogans Used in the Local Election Campaigns in Macedonia in 2017 Ivana Mitić (Niš, Serbia): Credibility in Local and State Media: Comparative Analysis of Headlines in Serbian Press Andrej Blagojevic (Niš, Serbia): Ethics in Media: Adhering to Ethical Principles in Serbian Press
15:30	Coffee Break
16:00	Journalistic Writing Then and Now: News, Views & Revenues (Prue Goredema, Chemnitz) OR Workshop on Computer Linguistic Tools in Humanoid Writing and Fake News Detection (Stefan Kahl, Chemnitz; Room 1/367)