Thursday 5 December, at 19 hours, We present a conference on clear language by Mar Forment. The exact title will be “Public administrations to the citizenry understand in an understandable way?». The talk will be at our place (88, Rue de la Semois; Luxembourg ville).
For many years we agreed that official or "wise" texts were difficult to understand. Worse: The more incomprehensible a text was, more prestige received. Per sort, This has changed or changing and growing the requirement that all texts addressed to the whole of the public are easy to understand. However, writing in an understandable way when there are years of tradition against, is not so simple.
Per tant, We will talk to an expert, Mari form. Doctor in Philology, University and Researcher Professor, is currently working, among other areas, Professional communication and clear language.
In order to make the conference more enriching and dynamic, We would ask you to wear (If you want and you have one) Examples of documents or fragments of documents you have received throughout your life and respond to the title of the conference (both in a positive and negative sense). In fact, The idea is to give a more informative and more participatory talk.
To finish, We will have a little dinner in the same place. The price of the meal will be ten euros for members and fifteen for non -members. If you want to come for dinner, Reserve by sending us an email to contacte@ccluxemburg.cat. On the other band, The conference is free and you do not need to reserve.
Mari form
Doctor in Hispanic Philology and Associate Professor of the Department of Hispanic Philology, Theory of literature and communication of the Faculty of Philology and Communication of the Barcelona University, Mar Forment has been part of research projects dedicated to the description of professional speeches and clear language. Throughout his academic career he has followed different lines of research. Been interested in the lexicon and has been part of, From the moment of constitution, DEL GRUP HUNCHOX BARCELONA. The description and analysis of the phrasologic units of Spanish has been focused in gold from a synchronous and diachronic perspective. Another of its areas of interest is the studies on the variation of Spanish, especially from a social perspective. Besides, has been part of the groupsDesea Barcelona andCales Barcelona.
Today, Work on the research project The right to understand tax communication. Analysis and clarification of the discourse used in collection procedures, funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation. Since July 2022 He is the Deputy Director of the UB-Diba Chair of Clara Communication Applied to the Public Administrations.