Symposium on Functional Linguistics and Discourse Analysis XV, 8-9 Sep.

Last updated:2015-08-31

Time: September 8-9, 2015
Venue: Lecture Hall 101, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University

Organizer: 
Faculty of Foreign Languages and International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University
The Halliday Centre for Interlligent Applications of Language Studies, City University of Hong Kong


Symposium Objective
The Faculty of Foreign Languages and International Studies (FFLIS), Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) and the Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies (HCLS), City University of Hong Kong (CITYU) are co-organizing a special (two-day) symposium from 8-9 September 2015 at Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou, China) to honor the lasting contribution of Professor Ruqaiya Hasan to the study of language, meaning and society.
Memorial web pages in honor of Professor Hasan have been published by:
          Faculty of Foreign Languages and International Studies (FFLIS), Sun Yat-sen University
          (http://fls.sysu.edu.cn/en/news/news01/13268.htm); and
          The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies (HCLS), City University of Hong Kong
          (http://hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk/index2.aspx)
The web pages have included the photographs of Professor Hasan previously shown at the funeral service.


Professor HUANG Guowen
Faculty of Foreign Languages and International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University

Professor Jonathan J. WEBSTER
The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies (HCLS), City University of Hong Kong




Symposium Day 1
Day & Time: 9:30 - 17:50, Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Venue: Lecture Hall 101, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University

Time	Event
9:30 - 10:00	Registration
10:00 - 10:30	Opening ceremony: Professor Chang Chenguang (Chair), Vice-Dean, FFLIS, Sun Yat-sen University Professor Huang Guowen, Dean, FFLIS, Sun Yat-sen University Professor Jonathan Webster, Director, HCLS, City University of HK
10:30 - 10:50	Break
10:50 - 11:50	Professor Wendy L. Bowcher (Sun Yat-sen University) It’s more than just a formula: A consideration of the place of “generalised structure potential” in SFL theory Chair: Professor Jonathan Webster
11:50 - 12:50	Dr Annabelle Lukin (Macquarie University) Ideology: An “exotropic” account from Hasan’s linguistics  Chair: Professor Robin Fawcett
14:30 - 15:30	Professor Geoffrey Williams (University of Sydney) ‘Visible’ and ‘Invisible’ semiotic mediation in Hasan’s transdisciplinary approach to language development Chair: Dr Annabelle Lukin
15:30 - 15:50	Break
15:50 - 16:50	Dr David G. Butt (Macquarie University) Form and function: The realisation of meaning in the linguistics of Ruqaiya Hasan Chair: Professor Geoffrey Williams
16:50 - 17:50	Professor Robin Fawcett (Cardiff University) Ruqaiya and me; Hasan and Fawcett: Poles apart or shared interests and goals? Chair: Professor Zhang Jingyuan

Symposium Day 2
Day & Time: 9:30 - 17:10, Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Venue: Lecture Hall 101, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University

Time	Event
9:30 - 10:30	Dr Gail Forey (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Professional development: The semiotic mediation ‘of little old people with pointy ears’ Chair: Professor He Wei
10:30 - 10:40	Photo-taking
10:40 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:00	Professor Peng Xuanwei (Beijing Normal University) Starting from COMPONENTIAL COHESION: Constructing TEXT as a socio-semantic unit in the ideational respect In memory of Professor Ruqaiya Hasan Chair: Dr David Butt
12:00 - 13:00	Professor Zhang Delu (Tongji University) Cohesion and genre: Reading R. Hasan Chair: Professor Edward McDonald
14:30 - 15:30	Professor Edward McDonald (Sydney University) Reconciling social behaviour and semiotic patterning: The historical evolution of a socially responsible approach to language Chair: Professor He Wei
15:30 - 15:50	Break
15:50 - 16:50	Professor Jonathan Webster (City University of Hong Kong) She is… Chair: Professor Zhang Jingyuan
16:50 - 17:10	Closing by Professor Chang Chenguang (Sun Yat-sen University)