The conference addresses topics related to language and literature from empirical and theoretical perspectives. This includes, but is not limited to conversation analysis, language codes and cultural distinction in multicultural societies, literature/language and self-assertion in multicultural contexts, ethnography of communication, creating community through social interaction, interactive performance in literature, narratives and the construction of community, social interaction in different spheres of multiculturalism etc. We welcome abstracts of not more than 300 words from faculty and graduate students working in the areas of Language, Linguistics, Literature and related areas. Speakers will have 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. Selected papers from this conference will be published.

Abstract should be submitted electronically to english_uniyao@yahoo.com not later than 28 February 2007.