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FLC2018 Book of Abstracts 08072018 The 12th International Free Linguistics Conference 2018, 9-11 July 2018 The 12th International Free Linguistics Conference 2018 co-organised by the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Malaya in partnership with the Free Linguistics Conference Group Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA BOOK OF ABSTRACTS Editors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jariah Mohd Jan (Head) Dr. Surinderpal Kaur Chanan Singh Dr. David Yoong Dr. Ang Pei Soo Dr. Paolo Coluzzi Dr. Ruth Ong Lok Tik Dr. Charity Lee Chin Ai Dr. Siti Zaidah Zainuddin Dr. Murad Abdu Saeed Mohammed 9 – 11 July 201 The 12th International Free Linguistics Conference 2018, 9-11 July 2018 Contents ABOUT FLC2018@KL 1 WORKSHOPS 2 COLLOQUIUMS 10 FOCUS SPEAKERS 26 ABSTRACTS OF PAPER PRESENTATIONS 35 ABSTRACTS OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS 185 The 12th International Free Linguistics Conference 2018, 9-11 July 2018 ABOUT FLC2018@KL First established in 2007 at the University of Sydney, the Free Linguistic Conference (FLC) is intended to provide scholars, linguists, researchers and educators in the field of language sciences an accessible space for coming together and sharing their different ideas, perspectives as well as practices through research. Specifically, it provides them with the opportunity to present and have workshops focusing on language and linguistics studies, including applied linguistics, linguistics and language education as well as translation. As an international conference that is held annually, the FLC group in collaboration with international organizations, institutions and sponsors, serves the research community in the discipline of language science and linguistics. It provides its participating researchers and presenters with an access to disseminate and publish their research in the form of books, proceedings and journal articles as well as additional services such as certificates and dinners. The 12th FLC is to be held on July 10-11, 2018 at the University of Malaya, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The conference will include pre- conference workshops which will be conducted on July 9, 2018. FLC2018 also provides scholars and researchers with the opportunity to win the De Gruyter Best Paper Award and to get qualified papers published in the Journal of Modern Languages. There will also be awards for best posters. 1 The 12th International Free Linguistics Conference 2018, 9-11 July 2018 WORKSHOPS 2 The 12th International Free Linguistics Conference 2018, 9-11 July 2018 WORKSHOPS TOWARDS A PEDAGOGY OF ‘GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP’: PRACTICES AND PRINCIPLES Ahmar Mahboob University of Sydney Australia Abstract This workshop is based on the belief that our sense of ‘Global Citizenship’ develops through an understanding of and engagement with issues that affect individuals, groups, and communities in our own contexts as well as those around the world. Our sense of ‘Global Citizenship’ evolves and changes over time and is shaped by our experiences as well as our reflections on those experiences. Based on this, teachers can use class projects and assignments to encourage students to enhance a sense of ‘Global Citizenship’. In this workshop, we will discuss what kind of projects and assignments can be used in order to do this. In order to do this, I will first share some of the strategies that I use in my own teaching along with examples of work that some of my students have developed. We will then analyze additional examples from other parts of the world and will use our analyses to develop plans for how you might adapt these principles in your own contexts. Biodata Ahmar Mahboob is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney. Ahmar is keenly interested in the application of language sciences to developmental issues, with a particular focus on education. In pursuing this goal, Ahmar draws from and contributes to a range of linguistics and applied linguistics traditions, theories, and methodologies. 3 The 12th International Free Linguistics Conference 2018, 9-11 July 2018 WORKSHOPS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SFL POTENTIAL Elaine Espindola Federal University of Paraíba Brazil Abstract The present workshop will be conducted with views to exploring the potential of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL, henceforth) as an approach to language that is concerned with language in its entirety, that is, it takes into account the whole socio-cultural context where meanings are construed. Language and its context of use are considered to be inseparable, so that whatever is said about one aspect of language is understood with reference to the total picture (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004). This is to say that context of use determines the choice the speaker/writer makes when construing a text. Accordingly, SFL looks at language as a system of choices, which is used in specific social contexts where individuals realize social functions. It is, then, a system used in order to model reality. The concepts of Context of Culture and Context of Situation are of central importance to any analysis of language phenomena, as linguistic choices are socially determined by the integration of these two strata. On discussing the terms register and genre, Halliday (1978) and Martin (1984) provide distinct, yet, complementary views. While Halliday advocates that the register variables “taken together, determine the range within which meanings are selected and the forms which are used for their expression” (Halliday, 1978: 133), Martin claims that every genre can vary in terms of the register it employs. These two perspectives are complementary in the sense that for one, register variables are realized by genre, whereas for the other genre is instantiated by register choices. So, register and genre choices are interrelated since one depends on the other for meaning construction. Halliday (1994, p. 95) claims that “language is organized around a small number of ‘functional components’ which correspond to the metafunctions (or the purposes which underlie all language use)” which belong essentially to one of the strata of the linguistic system, the other ones being semantics and the phonology stratum. As the basic organizing principle of language is ‘functional’, he puts forward three metafunctions to account for its organization: ideational, interpersonal and textual metafunctions. Of particular interest for this workshop is the potential of demonstrating how and when linguistic notions and concepts may be set to work as descriptive categories in the study of texts. Biodata Elaine Espindola has an MA and a PhD in Linguistics from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC and has carried out her Postdoctoral Fellowship at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, working under the supervision of Professor Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen. She has worked as a Language Instructor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, later at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, and currently she is Assistant Professor at Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Her research focuses on Systemic Functional Linguistics; Teacher Training, Translation Studies and Text typology. 4 The 12th International Free Linguistics Conference 2018, 9-11 July 2018 WORKSHOPS INTERPRETING WORKSHOP: WORDS AND MUSIC Emmanuel Cochard Conference Interpreter Singapore Jean Sévery University of Malaya Malaysia Toshiko Yamaguchi University of Malaya Malaysia Abstract This workshop aims to provide participants with first-hand experience of interpretation, with special focus on conference interpretation. After presenting the different kinds of interpreting, what must be done before an interpretation session (booth material, preparation, vocabulary list, collaboration with partner) and in the heat of the action (eye contact, sign language, adaptation to the length of each intervention and to difficulty level – accent and speed of speaker), we shall briefly review the techniques appropriate for each type of interpreting event. Following this introduction to practical interpreting, we propose a variety of activities aiming to raise awareness of what is communication, selective listening, concentration, and rendering a message by respecting the speaker’s opinion (and not one’s own). Participants in this workshop will acquire skills in the art of listening and rendering a message accurately, choosing the right information from among a multiplicity of contradictory data, picking up relevant facts and figures to forward the meaning of the speaker’s message, and how not to end up either shutting their mouth in awe, or murdering their neighbor because of a total lack of communicative skills. Biodata Emmanuel Cochard is a freelance conference interpreter. He specializes in training workshops for non-native English speakers at the individual and corporate levels. Jean Michel Severy is a lecturer in the Department of Asian and European Languages in Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya. Toshiko Yamaguchi is Associate Professor of Linguistics at University of Malaya. Her major areas of expertise are in analysis of language from cognitive-linguistics/functional perspectives. 5 The 12th International Free Linguistics Conference 2018, 9-11 July 2018 WORKSHOPS A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOPHONETIC RESEARCH Gerry Docherty Griffith University Australia Abstract In this workshop I address at an introductory level some of the practical matters encountered in conducting sociophonetic research. Topics covered include the selection and recording of a speech sample, the choice of variables
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