Languaging and Eco-civilization: Towards Consilience with the Life Sciences—Review of The 4th International Conference on Ecolinguistics

This paper summarizes the The 4th International Conference on Ecolinguistics held by Southern Denmark University(Odense,Denmark) during 12th to 15th August,2019.Featuring on Languaging and Eco-civilization:Towards Consilience with the Life Sciences,the conference is another major event following three conferences of the same kind hosted in China.While sharing the same concern to eco-civilization with the previous three,this one emphasizes a transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach,with special attention to life sciences,environmental studies and other eco-related disciplines.The Chinese ecolinguistic academia made their debut to the international audience with ecological discourse analysis following a Hallidayan approach,which is understood as one of the most systemic and vigorous methods within the landscape of the international ecolinguistic studies.The paper includes a brief summary of the keynote speeches and the panel speeches as well as a summary of the latest trend in Chinese ecolinguistic studies.