Slam Network

This is the Systemic Language Modelling Network (SLaMNetwork). It's an international network to develop systemic functional description and typology.

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@wangpin8012’s talk on introducing SFL description to Indonesian audience in a webinar held by Universitas Bandar Lampung.

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Someone's (proudly? shamelessly?) introducing the new book and its chapters at China's annual SFL conference.

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@SLaM_Network pre-congress meeting at Facultad de Letras PUC with very interesting talks by Jing Hao and @YaeganDoran

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ISFC pre-congress institute - misión cumplida

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Day 1 of ISFC Pre-congress institute

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This Friday seminar May 17(4-5:30pm) will be by Margarita Vidal Lizama, from the Pontifical Catholic University, Chile & a lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Sydney. Her talk is "Exploring field in 'social science'(?):Oral examinations in a tertiary Spanish Law course".

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This Friday's SFL seminar (May 3, 4:00-5:30pm in Mills 209) will be by Pin Wang @wangpin8012 from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He’ll talk about “Lexis-grammar complementarity and person: a cross-linguistic study" - abstract below. Don’t miss it!

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Good news! Proposal submission for ISFC 46, Santiago, Chile is extended to March 4th 2019. We still have a week left before the deadline, so don't miss it!

For further information, visit https://t.co/tQzn0t5aaV

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This week our member Anna Crane with Theo van Leeuwen will give a talk on Friday seminar, Linguistics Department, Sydney University. Their talk will be in March 1 at 4-5.30, the Social Science Building, 4th floor, 441 (across Woolley on Science Road). Don’t miss out!

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We have a website! Have a look and learn who we are, what we do and what our projects are by following this link: https://t.co/ehm81ACX6m
#SLaMNetwork #systemicfunctionallinguistics #SFL #languagedescription #languagetypology

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The inter-linear unit by unit glossing conventions are available to download. The conventions are intended for descriptions informed by SFL esp. those involving tiers of function structures. Check out the conventions on the SLaM website
https://t.co/pC7E4JmFj9
#SFL #glossing

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Our collaborative work is published by Functions of Language(25:1). The focus is on discourse semantic approach to the interpersonal grammar of Korean, Tagalog, Pitjantjatjara, Spanish & English & the issue of grammaticalisation in grammatical metaphor. #SLaMpublication #grammar

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Our member Harni Kartika w/ David Rose published 'Language shift: analysing language use in multilingual classroom interactions', exploring the use of code-switching in Indonesian schools. Check out their paper! #slamprogress #codeswitching #translaguaging

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A new paper by Pin Wang "Verbal groups in Manchu: a systemic functional account" published in 'Word'! A detailed account of the verbal group resources in Manchu & part of the emerging work on ranks below the clause, echoing Quiroz's work on English & Chilean Spanish verbal group.

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Our member Lise Fontaine @e2Lise gives a series of talk on nominal constructions in English & French starting 17 May in Paris. Join her talk! https://t.co/L3gQoxGA5f #SLaMTalk #nounphrase #referringexpressions #SFL #translation #textinformationmanagement

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We are deeply saddened by the passing of MAK Halliday. We pay tribute to his ground-breaking work, commitment to social justice & generosity as a teacher, mentor and inspiring scholar. We hope to do justice to his legacy & send our thoughts to his family and those close to him.

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@zhangdongbing is collecting data for his work in the description of Khorchin Mongolian, a variety spoken in eastern Inner Mongolia. He is currently at Hu Ge Ji Le Tu village. Not even winter cold can beat his dedication to build linguistic knowledge! Best of luck!

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Happy New Year! All the very best things to come in 2018!

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Big congrats to Anna Crane who recently presented at the Australian Linguistic Society's annual conference in collaboration with linguist Frances Kofod. Their talk on Gija was part of a workshop called ‘Emotion metaphors in Australian languages: the role of the body’.

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In Beijing area? @zhangdongbing is sharing his research on interpersonal clause grammar of Khorchin Mongolian at the School of Foreign Languages & Literature, Beijing Normal University this Thursday. #SLaMProgress #SystemicGrammar #Khorchin Mongolian #LanguageTypology