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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">An<small> <big><b>International
Postgraduate Course on Functional Discourse Grammar
IPC-FDG-2016</b></big> </small>will be held in <b>Vienna,
Austria, on 29 and 30 August 2016</b>, preceding the <b>International
Conference on Functional Discourse Grammar</b><b><small>.
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<b>Objectives: <br>
</b>This intensive course on the theory of Functional Discourse
Grammar will be held during the days preceding the International
Conference on Functional Discourse Grammar to enable linguists
unfamiliar with the theory to prepare for participation in the
conference. The course is being organized with doctoral students
in mind.
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<small><b><big>Venue</big></b></small><b><small>:
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</b>IPC-FDG-2016 will take place at the University of Vienna,
Department of English and American Studies, University Campus, Hof
8.3, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna.
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<b>Staff:
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The course will be taught by Kees Hengeveld (University of
Amsterdam) and J. Lachlan Mackenzie (VU University Amsterdam).
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<b>Course Material:
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Participants are expected to read the following book in advance:
Keizer, Evelien (2015). A Functional Discourse Grammar for
English: a textbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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<b>Programme:
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During the course the various levels of analysis used in FDG will
be explained and illustrated on the basis of the textbook on FDG
by Keizer mentioned above. Students are assumed to have read the
book before the course. After a review of the theory as a whole
and discussion of some selected exercises from the textbook, a
number of examples (from English as well as other languages) will
be analyzed during the final afternoon so as to develop some
analytical skills in using the tools offered by FDG.
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<b>Registration:
</b><br>
Please use the form provided at <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.functionaldiscoursegrammar.info"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.functionaldiscoursegrammar.info">www.functionaldiscoursegrammar.info</a></a>
to register for the course. The fee of €100 includes lunches. You
can also register for both the course and the conference. The fee
of € 180 then includes all lunches and the conference dinner.
Please pay the fee in advance.
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<b>Further enquiries:
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The email address for all enquiries related to this course is <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fg-fgw@uva.nl"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fg-fgw@uva.nl">fg-fgw@uva.nl</a></a>.
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Functional Discourse Grammar Foundation
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Universiteit van Amsterdam
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Department of Theoretical Linguistics
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Spuistraat 210
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NL-1012 VT Amsterdam, The Netherlands <br>
e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:fg-fgw@uva.nl">fg-fgw@uva.nl</a><br>
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