The Three Parameters of Communication in Roy Harris' Work: Critical Approaches

This workshop at the Institute forms part of the Seventh Middlesex Roundtable on Signs, Language and Communication, which takes place at Middlesex University on 17 and 18 January 2025. 

Workshop Programme

13:00-13:30
Adrian Pablé (Lugano): Introduction: Born into a Human World of 'just' Three Parameters? 
13:30-14:00
Peter E. Jones (Sheffield): Overcoming Dichotomies in Harris’ Approach to the (Macro-) social Parameters of Communication
14:00-14:30
Dorthe Duncker (Copenhagen): The Only Concept of a Communicational Infrastructure Worth Having
14:30-15:00
Mark Stott (Sheffield): Oft Cited, Seldom Utilised: The Usefulness (or Otherwise) of Harris' Parameters of Communication for Integrational Analyses
15:00-15:15
Break
15:15-15:45
Nick White (Portsmouth): Task and Materials Design for Source Use in Student Academic Writing: An Integrational Approach
15:45-16:30
Plenary Discussion moderated by Adrian Pablé

The workshop will be held in person in Room 264 and will be streamed via Zoom. The workshop will be followed by drinks and dinner (optional, self-funded).

Spaces are limited. Please email the organiser, Professor Johan Siebers at johan.siebers@sas.ac.uk to attend. 

Seventh Middlesex Roundtable on Signs, Language and Communication programme

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