Pathways to Textuality: 1-day Symposium in Honour of Michael P. Hoey

Pathways to Textuality is a one-day symposium held via Zoom on Thursday, 24th February 2022 – which would have been Michael’s 74th birthday.

The focus will be a series of papers – delivered by Tony Berber Sardinah (Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) Susan Huston (Birmingham University), Michaela Mahlberg & Viola Wiegand (Birmingham University), and Alan Partington (University of Bologna) amongst others. The day will conclude with a session exchanging memories of Michael Hoey.

In parallel to the symposium, there will be a poster section – these will be displayed in a dedicated online space. Contributions present ideas and theories Michael Hoey developed in his four key works: On the Surface of Discourse (Allen & Unwin, 1983), Patterns of Lexis in Text (OUP, 1991), Textual Interaction (Routledge, 2001) and, of course Lexical Priming (Routledge, 2005). There are, of course, a large number of chapters, papers and articles Michael has produced – these books are merely chosen as markers, cornerstones so to say.

Please see more information and register by 22.2. on the symposium web page. Welcome!

For further information, please contact Michael Pace-Sigge, email michp@uef.fi.