LINGUIST List 22.114 Fri Jan 07 2011 Confs: Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics/Greece Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Wim Vandenbussche , 5th HiSoN Summer School in Historical Sociolinguistics Message 1: 5th HiSoN Summer School in Historical Sociolinguistics Date: 07-Jan-2011 From: Wim Vandenbussche <wvdbusscvub.ac.be> Subject: 5th HiSoN Summer School in Historical Sociolinguistics E-mail this message to a friend 5th HiSoN Summer School in Historical Sociolinguistics Date: 20-Aug-2011 - 27-Aug-2011 Location: Metochi, Lesbos, Greece Contact: Nils Langer Contact Email: Nils.Langerbristol.ac.uk Meeting URL: http://www.bris.ac.uk/german/hison/summerschool2011 Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Meeting Description: The University of Agder, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Bristol are thrilled to announce the 5th HiSoN Summer School in Historical Sociolinguistics Metochi (Lesbos), Greece Aug 20-27th, 2011. Our teachers and courses in 2011 will be: Peter Trudgill (Agder, Norway) Societies of Intimates and Mature Linguistics Phenomena Elin Fredsted (Flensborg, Germany) German and Danish - supra-regional influence and regional contact since the Early Modern Period. Sonja Janssens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) Quantitative methods in sociolinguistics: understanding statistics Anita Auer (Utrecht, NL) & Tony Fairman (Independent, UK) The lower orders in their own rites (England, c. 1750-1835) Leigh Oakes (Queen Mary London, UK) Language planning as identity planning: the case of Quebec Jack Chambers (Toronto, Canada) Language and Global Warming and Miriam Meyerhoff (Auckland, New Zealand) with a topic to be confirmed. As per usual, the summer school will last for a week and the cost of £419 (for early bookers) includes food, teaching, accommodation, and pleasant company. There will only be space for 40 postgraduate students and young researchers, so you are advised to book early. Further information and registrations forms are available here: http://www.bris.ac.uk/german/hison/summerschool2011 New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 07-Jan-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.