8th International Conference on Ecolinguistics

7:00 - 7:20 (20min)

Opening speeches

Room 1: Amphi L 3 Hélène et Victor Basch

Yohann Rech, VP for socio-ecological transition; Catrin Peterson & David ar Rouz; Hermine Penz

7:20 - 7:25 (05min)

Poetry film reading

Room 1: Amphi L 3 Hélène et Victor Basch

Grace Wells

7:25 - 8:25 (1h)

The know-naming plants in Breton, at the interface of ethnolinguistics and ethnobotanics (FR interpreted into EN)

Room 1: Amphi L 3 Hélène et Victor Basch

Laurent Gall

8:25 - 10:00 (1h35)

Ecotranslation, documentation and discourse

Room 1: Amphi L 3 Hélène et Victor Basch

David ar Rouz

› Écotraduction et décroissance : corps-territoires, mémoires et justice épistémique face au Capitalocène à partir de la littérature caribéenne - Laura De la Fuente López, Universidad de Salamanca, Sorbonne Université 08:30-09:00 (30min)

› Eco-sémiotique et trajectoires du traduire : l'apport de l'éco-traduction - Ineke Wallaert, Centre de recherche inter-langues sur la signification en contexte 09:00-09:30 (30min)

› L'autodocumentation écolinguistique : présentation des premiers résultats en Kabylie orientale - Massinissa Garaoun, Langage, Langues et Cultures d'Afrique 09:30-10:00 (30min)

8:25 - 10:00 (1h35)

Corpus-assisted ecolinguistics

Room 7: Espace des langues

William Kelleher

› Environmental sustainability in the ESG reports of Chinese listed companies: A preliminary collocation analysis from an ecolinguistic perspective - Sergio Conti, Roma Tre University, Lab on Area Studies for Sustainability Transformations, Ca' Foscari University of Venice - Chiara Bertulessi, University of Insubria - Daniele Brombal, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Lab on Area Studies for Sustainability Transformations, Ca' Foscari University of Venice 08:30-08:53 (23min)

› Uncovering linguistic variables of eco-social significance in Chinese Prefecture-Level City Work Reports: A Corpus-Based Approach - Maria Stella Burgio, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Lab on Area Studies for Sustainability Transformations, Ca' Foscari University of Venice 08:53-09:15 (22min)

› Investigating ecological change and wellbeing through diachronic corpus-assisted ecolinguistics - Robert Poole, University of Alabama 09:15-09:38 (23min)

› Southern Perspectives in Climate Change Communication: A Corpus-assisted Eco-critical Analysis of Metaphorical Framing in Moroccan Online News - Abdelhakim El Moene, Moulay Ismail University [Meknès, Morocco] 09:38-10:00 (22min)

8:30 - 10:00 (1h30)

Multilingual environments, Ghana and South Africa

Room 2: L 144

Monika Rohmer

› Exploring the interdependence of linguistic vitality, ecological resilience, and ancestral wisdom embedded in proverbs - Benedicta Lomotey, Université du Ghana = University of Ghana 08:30-09:00 (30min)

› Preserving Traditional Ecological Knowledge through isiXhosa: Language as a Repository of Environmental Wisdom - Zoliswa Made, Nelson Mandela University [Port Elizabeth] - Nompumelelo Kapa, University of Fort Hare 09:00-09:30 (30min)

› The cultural and environmental positionality of amaXhosa towards seasonal changes in South Africa - Zakhile Somlata, Nelson Mandela University [Port Elizabeth] 09:30-10:00 (30min)

8:30 - 10:00 (1h30)

Metaphor

Room 3: L 145

Camille Biros

› Explaining Mongolian Ecological Worldview through Metaphorical Expressions in the Mongolian Language (Монгол хэлний метафорын илэрхийллээр монголчуудын байгальтай харьцах сэтгэлгээний онцлогыг тайлбарлах нь) - Unurtsetseg Nergui 08:30-09:00 (30min)

› Monomodal and Multimodal Metaphor in Ecological Documentary: A Diachronic Analysis - Shiyu Han, University of Glasgow 09:00-09:30 (30min)

› The H4rmony project: Towards Ecologically Just AI Narratives - Martina Russo, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna - Jorge Vallego, Independent Scholar 09:30-10:00 (30min)

8:30 - 10:00 (1h30)

Changing paradigms

Room 6: L 150

Catrin Peterson

› Critical Ecolinguistic Awareness - Arran Stibbe, University of Gloucestershire [Cheltenham] 08:30-09:00 (30min)

› Reframing Rain: Experiencing Language and More-than-Human Relations with British Weather - Alice Stevens, Arts University Bournemouth, University of Plymouth 09:00-09:30 (30min)

› Languaging, Bodies, Environments: The Corporeal Turn in Ecolinguistics - Sune Vork Steffensen, University of Southern Denmark 09:30-10:00 (30min)

8:30 - 10:00 (1h30)

Discourse analysis: political discourse

Room 5: L 149

Hermine Penz

› Algorithmic Ecologies: Framing the Climate through Multilingual Political Discourse and AI Mediation - Anna Raimo, Università degli Studi di Salerno = University of Salerno - Caterina Giachino, University of Naples Federico II = Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› “Ein Baum steht einsam” – A Corpus-Assisted Ecolinguistic Comparative Analysis of U.S.-American and German Media Discourses of Extinction and Endangerment - Janine Aloe, University of Tartu, Stockholm University 11:30-12:00 (30min)

› Temporality and Volition in Sustainability Discourse: An Analysis of Hope and the Future - Sofía Zakhir Puig, Universitat de València 12:00-12:30 (30min)

8:30 - 10:00 (1h30)

Communicating the climate crisis

Room 4: L 146

› Communicating the Climate Crisis: Institutional Best Practices and Polarization in Public Debate - Doriana Cimmino, University of Ca' Foscari [Venice, Italy] - Daria Evangelista, Universiteit van Amsterdam = University of Amsterdam - Elena Zanet, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale - Amedeo Avogadro - Chiara Mercuri, Università della Svizzera italiana = University of Italian Switzerland - Nataly Pineda Castañeda, Università della Svizzera italiana = University of Italian Switzerland 08:30-10:00 (1h30)

10:00 - 10:30 (30min)

Break

10:30 - 12:45 (2h15)

Ecotranslation, documentation and discourse

Room 1: Amphi L 3 Hélène et Victor Basch

Ineke Wallaert

› Le discours de la catastrophe climatique – comment alarmer sans être considéré comme ‘alarmiste' ? - "Climate change discourse – how to alarm without sounding like an alarmist?" - Margot Colleu, On-Words! 10:30-11:00 (30min)

› Entre sentience et productivité : le traitement linguistique du végétal - Arnaud Godet, Centre de recherche inter-langues sur la signification en contexte 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› The “Valorization” Discourse in Moroccan Ethnobotanical Research: An Ecolinguistic Analysis - Ouidad Infi, Moulay Ismail Univeristy 11:30-12:00 (30min)

› La naturalisation du discours relatif à la transition énergétique - Thomas Franck, Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand 12:00-12:30 (30min)

10:30 - 12:45 (2h15)

Workshop – Ecostylistics

Workshop – Ecostylistics by Daniela Francesca Vidris

10:30 - 12:45 (2h15)

Workshop – Multilingual Herbology

Multilingual Herbology: Embedding Multilingualism into Learning for Sustainability in Scotland by Dobrochna Futro, Lavinia Hirsu, Pinar Aksu

10:30 - 12:45 (2h15)

Workshop – “Metaphors to adapt, metaphors to resist”

“Metaphors to adapt, metaphors to resist” Figurative language in disrupted climates Camille Biros, Caroline Rossi, Pauline Bureau, Adeline Terry

10:30 - 12:45 (2h15)

Workshop – Ecolinguistics and English language teaching

Integrating Ecolinguistics into the English Language Teaching Classroom: Reading and Writing the Stories We Teach By by Edward Rutledge

10:30 - 12:45 (2h15)

Workshop – The ‘water-multiple'

The ‘water-multiple': A workshop on languaging and change in liquid practices by Döring Martin, Stephen Cowley, Sune Steffensen

10:30 - 12:45 (2h15)

Communicating the climate crisis

Room 4: L 146

› Communicating the Climate Crisis: Institutional Best Practices and Polarization in Public Debate - Doriana Cimmino, University of Ca' Foscari [Venice, Italy] - Daria Evangelista, Universiteit van Amsterdam = University of Amsterdam - Elena Zanet, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale - Amedeo Avogadro - Chiara Mercuri, Università della Svizzera italiana = University of Italian Switzerland - Nataly Pineda Castañeda, Università della Svizzera italiana = University of Italian Switzerland 10:30-12:45 (2h15)

12:45 - 13:45 (1h)

Lunch

16:00 - 18:15 (2h15)

Paper presentations

Room 1: Amphi L 3 Hélène et Victor Basch

[online] Robert Poole

› Buzzwords in German Sustainability Discourse. A Cognitive-Ecolinguistic Study of Political Online Advertising - Alexander Dübbert, Paderborn University 16:00-16:30 (30min)

› Translation Connoisseurship: Rethinking Abundance, Embracing Selectivity - Ali Arjmandi, Independent Researcher - Samar Ehteshami, Assistant Professor in Translation Studies, Department of English Translation Studies, Faculty of Persian Literature & Foreign Languages, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran 16:30-17:00 (30min)

› Apocalypse or Accountability? An Ecolinguistic Analysis of Urdu News Narratives on Pakistan's 2025 Floods - Salma Aftab, University of Management and Technology 17:00-17:30 (30min)

19:30 - 23:00 (3h30)

Dinner

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