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Message 1: Division on Language and Society, 2004 MLA Annual ConventionDate: 24-Sep-2004From: Raul Aranovich <raranovich ucdavis.edu>Subject: Division on Language and Society, 2004 MLA Annual Convention Division on Language and Society, 2004 MLA Annual Convention Date: 27-Dec-2004 - 30-Dec-2004 Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States of America Contact: Raul Aranovich Contact Email: raranovich ucdavis.edu
Meeting URL: http://www.mla.org Linguistic Sub-Fields(s): Sociolinguistics Meeting Description: Papers presented at the meeting will address how social, geographical, economic, or gender factors influence language variation and change. The papers that were selected focus particularly on William Labov's work in this area. The meeting features a presentation by William Labov himself. 2004 MLA Annual convention Philadelphia, December 27-30 Program arranged by the Division on Language and Society Tuesday, 28 December 120. Language Variation and Change I: An Exchange with William Labov 10:15-11:30 a.m., 202-B, Convention Center Presiding: Raul Aranovich, Univ. of California, Davis 1. "Yankee Ideology and the Northern Cities Shift," William Labov, Univ. of Pennsylvania 2. "Linguistic Substrata of African American English," Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State Univ. 3. "Sociolinguistics and Dialectology," Guy Bailey, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio 274. Language Variation and Change II: Around the Work of William Labov 3:30-4:45 p.m., Commonwealth Hall D, Loews Presiding: Barbara Johnstone, Carnegie Mellon Univ. 1. "Social Factors, Linguistic Conditioning, and Variation in Use of the -ra and -se Endings of the Spanish Subjunctive in the Nineteenth Century," Tonya Elizabeth Wolford, Univ. of Pennsylvania 2. "Social Factors and Pluralization Strategies in Caribbean Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese: Placing Labov's Contribution to an Old Controversy," Fernanda Ferreira, Bridgewater State Coll. 3. "From Linguistic Insecurity to Anxiety of Influence: Recovering Labov in the Discourse of Language and Ethnicity," Thomas Paul Bonfiglio, Univ. of Richmond 288. Cash Bar 5:15-6:30 p.m., Liberty Ballroom Salon C, Philadelphia Marriott Arranged by the Division on the History and Theory of Rhetoric and Composition, the Division on the Teaching of Writing, and the Division on Language and Society Wednesday, 29 December 372. Gender, Race, and Age Factors in Language Use 8:30-9:45 a.m., Washington C, Loews Presiding: Raul Aranovich, Univ. of California, Davis 1. "'Basketball Is Basketball. Athletes Are Athletes': A Third-Wave Study of Gender Variation," Catie Berkenfield, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque 2. "It's All in the Situation, You Know: Discourse Markers, Question Tags, and the Expression of Gender, Power, and Discipline in Academic Discourse," Erik Schleef, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor 3. "Social Networks and Language Use in Spain's Occitan-Speaking Aran Valley," Ryan C. Furness, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue |