As Julia's message about the TEI, Geoffrey's about ACH and mine about ALLC
would
show, there are quite a few fields of collaboration already and there are
quite a few goals
which one association alone cannot realise. I still think, it would be
really helpful if some
sort of table could be created where these things would be visualised in an
accessible way
and which could be filled in as we go along with our discussion. I am sure
that more goals
for example could pop up.
Now, lets perhaps look at the question from another point. I am for example
also a member of
the German Association for Applied Linguistics which itself as all the
other regional chapters
is member of AILA, some sort of umbrella organisation but which is acting
also as such on a
world wide level by organising really big conferences. I do not know
whether we would like to
go for the last bit if we talk about synergies, but a combination of
regional and global structure
could be something to think about. If we take up this question then we have
to think straight
away also about what position we take to languages and cultures. In my
opinion for ALLC be-
ing European this question becomes more and more vital. And if I think of
the American situation
it should become vital, too. And if we think of having a global umbrella
then we cannot do away
with it at all. Internet, computing etc. is, in a way, really about
languages and cultures and naturally
cultural heritage which, however, cannot be separated from the language it
has been produced in,
either.
I leave it like that for the time being
Elisabeth
HD Dr. Elisabeth Burr
Fakultät 2 / Romanistik
Gerhard-Mercator-Universität
Geibelstr. 41
47058 Duisburg
http://www.uni-duisburg.de/FB3/ROMANISTIK/PERSONAL/Burr/
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