Welcome to another issue of Network, again with sincere apologies for the delay. Our organizational changes are taking effect so that we hope the next issue will be the last to appear late. Many warm thanks to all of you who have contributed to this issue of Network! We have material for that issue (# 22, the first issue of 94); the deadline for material for the second issue of 94 is October 1. Please send us material on teaching (e.g. course outlines), research (e.g. notes on projects), recently completed systemic dissertations, tools and resources for teaching and research, squibs (see also the note below by Petie Sefton on computational tools & resources). You will see from the last couple of issues of Network that we are trying to devolop these departments of the newsletter. We are deligryted to announce that Beth Murison has agreed to serve as Managing Editor of Network and Petie Sefton as Editor for the department of "Computational tools and resources for systemic teaching and research". We welcome their contributions to Network with gratitude. Please note that payment for subscription has to be in cheques made out to Network in Australian dollars. All other forms of payment (cheques to Jim or Christian, cash, cheques in foreign currency) cannot be accepted. The number that appears after your name Is the expiration date of your subscription. Please renew at that time (che ues In Australian dollars!). The next deadline for material will be October 1, 1994. Editors: Jim Marlin/Ciuislian Matthiessen, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AUSTRALIA; Fax: (02) 552 1683. E-Mail: [email protected] Managing Editor: Beth Murison, Learning Assistane Centre, Education Building. University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, AUSTRALIA. Computational Resoutces Editor: Petie Sefton, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AUSTRALIA; Fax: (02) 552 1683. E-Mail: [email protected] Review Editor: Martin Davies, English Studies, University of Sterling, Stirling. FK9 4LA, Scotland, GREAT BRITAIN. E-Mail: HMPOOFORTH.STIRLING.AC.UK / . ,it A-\ 4,; ISFC 20, 1993 CORNETT Al25 Monday, July 19 Educational and Clinical Linguistics •Mountford, John English Spelling: The Graphophonemic Symbol as 9:00 Welcoming Remarks Catalyst Dr. David Strong, President, University of Victoria CORNETT A225 Text and Discourse 9:15 SENATE CHAMBERS Al80 •Taylor, Christopher The Role of Systemic Linguistics in Translation and •Cazden, Courtney PLENARY: Genre in Systemic Linguistics, Bakhtin Interpreting and Linguistic Anthropology CORNETT 8335 10:30 BREAK Text and Discourse •Green, Eugene Theme, Topicalization, and Anglo-Saxon Laws 11:00 CORNETT Al20 Computational Linguistics 3:30 BREAK The Computational Modelling of Register Theory •Paris, Cecile L.; 4:00 CORNETT Al20 Bateman, John A. Computational Linguistics •Bateman, John; Steiner, Erich Dandelion: An Empirically and Linguistically Motivate. CORNETT Al25 Interdisciplinarily-Oriented Approach to Natural Educational and Clinical Linguistics Language Texts •Cranny~Francis, Anne Educating Who?: Negotiating in Theory and in Practice Contemporary Australian Debates about Critical Literacy CORNETT Al25 Educational and Clinical Linguistics CORNETT A225 •Nesbit, John C. Traversal of Prerequisite Hierarchies in Instructional Text and Discourse Texts •Aziz, Yowell Stative and Dynamic Situations in English and Arabic CORNETT A225 CORNETT 8335 Text and Discourse Text and Discourse •Fine Jonathan· Knizhnik, Anna Exchange Structures and Realizations Across Languag· •Malcolm, Karen Coherence and Cohesion in Medieval Authors ' ' What Must be Learned 11:50 CORNETT Al20 CORNETT 8335 Computational Linguistics Text and Discourse •Cummings, Michael An Empirical and Quantitative Approach to the •Watt, David L. E. Story Retelling Among the Young: Looking for the Theme/Rheme and Given/New Distinctions Emergent Threads of Discourse CORNETT Al25 4:50 CORNETT A 120 Educational and Clinical Linguistics Computational Linguistics •Ragan, Peter H. Aeronautical English: Systemics and ESP •Hu, Zhuanglin A Multilevel and Metafunctional Interpretation of the Chinese Interrogative Mood System CORNETT A225 Text and Discourse CORNETT Al25 •Hartnett, Carolyn G. Teaching Students to Do Functional Editing Educational and Clinical Linguistics CORNETT 8335 •Greenwood, Jackie Title, Topic, Text Text and Discourse •Oshima, Makoto An English and Japanese Comparative Study of Tuesday, July 20 Grammatical Metaphor 9:00 SENATECHAM8ERS AlHO 12:30 LUNCH PLENARY: A Context for Genre: Modelling Social •Martin, Jim Processes in Social Semiotics 2:00 CORNETT Al20 Text and Discourse 10:30 BREAK •Lemke, J. L. Making Meaning with Language and Other Semiotic Systems 11:00 CORNETT A 120 Educational and Clinical Linguistics CORNETT A 125 Educational and Clinical Linguistics •Drury, Helen The Literature Review in Postgraduate Theses: Explori the Role of Interpersonal Meaning •Veel. Robert Horses for Courses: Resources for Examining and Describing Written Genres CORNETT Al25 Lexicogrammar and Semantics CORNETT A225 Torsello, Carol Taylor If We Were to Take Lexical Structure Seriously ... Text and Discourse Implications for the Hypotaxis/Embedding Distinction •Goatly, Andrew Congruence and Ideology (or Language and the Myth of Power or Metaphors We Die By or Annihilating All CORNETT A225 That's Made v. Green Thought) More Than One Category •Berry, Margaret Exchange Structure and The Functional Hypothesis CORNETT 8335 Computational Linguistics •Hovy. Eduard Syntax, Semantics, or What? Apf?roaching an . Interlingua for Language Translatmn by Computer Usmg Generalizations from Grammars 2:50 CORNETT A 120 Computational Linguistics . •Tucker, Gordon H. Modifier Sequence Revisited: A Systenuc FunctiOnal Generative Approach •---www-- CORNEIT 8335 Text and Discourse Wednesday, July 21 •Tebble, Helen Some Considerations of Tenor in Dialogue Interpreting 9:00 CORNEIT Al20 11:50 CORNEIT Al20 Workshop More Than One Cat~gory •Asp, Alissa; Gregory, Michael Form, Function and Text •Yo1,1ng, Lynne; Medway, Peter Saying and Doing in Architecture CORNEIT Al25 CORNEIT Al25 Lexicograrilmar and Semantics Workshop The Semantic and Syntactic Rank Scales of English •Benson, James D. The Construal of Meaning in Tennyson's "The Lotos­ •Fawcett, Robin P. Eaters" CORNEIT A225 CORNEIT A225 Text and _Discourse Workshop •Jenkins, Helen Measuring One Text Against Many •Tucker, Gordon; Exploring How a Large Systemic Grammar Works Fawcett, Robin P. LUNCH 2:00 CORNEIT Al20 12:30 Workshop Form, Function and Text (cont.) 2:00 CORNETI Al20 •Asp, Alissa; Qregory, Michael Educational and Clinical Linguistics CORNEIT A225 •Christie, Fran What Constitutes Successful Negotiation of Classroom Workshop Learning? •Rosner, D.; Stede, M.; Using Systemic Grammars for the Generation of Grote, B.; Pan, H.; Peter, G. Multilingual Technical Documents CORNEIT Al25 Lexlcogrammar and Semantics •Steiner, Erich Some Remarks on the Nature of Semantic Abstractions 3:30 BREAK in Functional vs. Model-Theoretic Approaches Workshops (cont.) CORNEIT A225 4:00 More Than One Category •Collins, Peter Clausal Extraposition in English Thursday, July 22 2:50 CORNEIT Al20 9:00 SENATE CHAMBERS AlSO Educational and Clinical Linguistics Business Meeting •Makin, Laurie Shaping Smart Students? Student Action and Teacher Reaction 10:30 BREAK CORNET!' Al25 Lexlcogrammar and Semantics 11:00 CORNEIT Al20 •Francis, Gill Aspects of a Corpus-Driven Grammar of English: Computational Linguistics Qualifiers in the Nominal Group •O'Donnell, Michael A Parser for Systemic Grammars CORNEIT A225 CORNEIT Al25 Text and Discourse Educational anf:). Clinical Linguistics •Royce, Terry D. Non-Linear Information and Economics Writing •Rothery, Joan Introducing and Keeping Track of Participants: What ar, the Choices for Reference in "Good" and "Poor" Texts CORNEIT 8335 by Primary School Writers? More Than One Category •Hare, Adrian E. A Suggested Systemic Genre Analysis of "The Times" CORNEIT A225 Law Reports Text and Discourse i •White, Pete'r R. "News and Views" rrom the Anglo Saxon Chronicle to 3:30 BREAK the New York Times: A History of the Authorial Voices of Contemporary Journalism 4:00 CORNEIT Al20 Educational and Clinical Linguistics CORNEIT 8335 •McGowan, Ursula Metaphor in Academic-Oral Discourse Text and Discourse •Fruwll, Helen; Farrell, Brian Codes of Ethics: A Comparative Study CORNEIT Al25 Lexicogrammar and Semantics 11:50 CORNEIT Al20 •McGillicuddy, Kieran Don't do ... , don't be ... , and shut up: Constraints on the Computational Linguistics System •Lavid, Julia The Role of Theme and Focus in a Text Planning System: Steps Towards an Integration CORNEIT A225 Text and Discourse CORNEIT A225 •Deli, Agnes M. Non-Question-Like Queries in English Conversation Text and DiScourse •Hori, Motoko Text Analysis of Japanese- Cohesion in Discourse 4:50 CORNEIT A 120 Educational and Clinical Linguistics CORNEIT A 125 Educational and Clinical Linguistics •Annstrong, Elizabeth M. Systemic Functional Granunar and Communication Disorders •Wignell, Peter (read by Fran Genre Across the Curriculum in Junior Secondary Christie] School CORNEIT Al25 More Than One Category CORNEIT 8335 •Ravelli, Louise; Droga, Louise Literacy at Tertiary Level Among Native-English Text and Discourse Speakers: Raising the Issue •Stillar, Glenn Heterogeneous Discourse Inheritance: Suggestions ror a Model-Instance Approach 2 2:00 CORNETI Al20 Computational Linguistics Robin P. Some Fundamental Issues in Systentic Theorv CORNETI Al25 Text