SFSU ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE 2018
First Annual English Department Conference
May 4, 2018
9:30am-5:00pm
The SFSU English Department is excited to announce its first annual conference that will bring together faculty and graduate students in our TESOL, Composition, Linguistics, Literature, and Technical and Professional Writing concentrations. We hope that this will begin a tradition of collaboration and shared learning, as we explore the ways our disciplines overlap and inform our research and pedagogy.
This year's conference is combining forces with the SF State MA TESOL Graduate Student Conference, a 24 year tradition in our department. The MA TESOL offerings listed here will also feature on their own webpage.
Proposal Submissions
We’re looking for interactive sessions that spark discussion and collaboration. Participants can present research projects, facilitate a workshop on a classroom activity, give a reading of their creative work, or lead a roundtable discussion on a topic of their choice.
Sessions are in 50 minute time blocks, so participants should submit proposals for 15 minute individual presentations or indicate if they need a full 30 or 50 minutes for workshops or roundtable discussions.
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Please submit a short proposal for your session (approximately 250 words) by Friday, April 6th, using the link below.
Presenters
Anastasia Smirnova
Linguistics
The Structure of Search Queries
When taken outside of context, athletic fellowship sfsu or graduation how to apply look like a collection of words that violate the basic principles of the English language. Yet people use expressions like these on a regular basis when communicating with search engines. This new form of communication, which I call query language, has received little attention from linguists or psychologists. In this project I propose that a systematic investigation of queries not only has a number of theoretical implications for linguistics but also sheds light on cognitive heuristics for creating novel and effective forms of communication.
Get in Touch
Please contact Emma Rogers, Events Committee Co-Chair, with any questions.
415-338-2264
