Conference IC-FDG-2012
IC-FDG-2012, the Second International Conference on Functional Discourse Grammar, will be held in Ghent, Belgium, from 6-8 June 2012.
This conference will be preceded by a Course on FDG ( IPC-FDG-2012).
Objectives
The aim of IC-FDG-2012 is to further elaborate the model of Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG) as proposed by Kees Hengeveld and J. Lachlan Mackenzie. A full treatment of FDG may be found in: Hengeveld, Kees and Mackenzie, J. Lachlan 2008. Functional Discourse Grammar: A typologically-based theory of language structure. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
The venue
IC-FDG-2012 will take place in the Bibliotheek Engelse taalkunde (Library English Linguistics), University of Ghent, Rozier 44, B-9000 Ghent, which is at about 20 minutes walking distance from the railway station and 5-10 minutes walking distance from the city centre
Organizing Committee
The members of the Organizing Committee are Gudrun Rawoens (Chair, Ghent University), Miriam Taverniers (Ghent University), and Freek van de Velde (University of Leuven).
Programme Committee
The Programme Committee consists of the following members. J. Lachlan Mackenzie (Chair, ILTEC and Vrije Universiteit), Inge Genee (University of Lethbridge), and Freek van de Velde (University of Leuven).
Travel information
For travel information please click HERE.
How you can reach us
The email address for all enquiries related to the Conference is fg-fgw@uva.nl.