The Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences (CRiLLS), is pleased to announce a forthcoming conference--- the International Symposium on Chinese Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (ISOCTAL) on 10th - 12th December, 2015.
The Symposium aims to promote worldwide collaboration on Chinese theoretical and applied linguistics by giving researchers an opportunity to share their work. Confirmed speakers for the conference are:
Professor James C.-T. Huang from Harvard University
Dr Boping Yuan from Cambridge University
Professor Martha Young-Scholten from Newcastle University
Dr Clare Wright from Reading University
Professor Xinsheng Zhang from Richmond University
Professor Yi Xu from University College London
Presentations are invited on topics including but not limited to the following aspects of the Chinese language – understood broadly as Sinitic languages (e.g. Mandarin, Cantonese and all regional varieties): 
Syntax
Morphology
Phonetics and phonology
Semantics
Language variation and sociolinguistic studies
Diachronic change
Language contact
Typology and comparative studies
Child language acquisition
Second language acquisition and teaching
Applications of translation and code-switching to pedagogy
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