LINGUIST List 23.1315: Confs: Historical Ling, Socioling/Germany

LINGUIST List 23.1315
Thu Mar 15 2012 Confs: Historical Ling, Socioling/Germany Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 13-Mar-2012 From: Simon Pickl <simon.picklphil.uni-augsburg.de> Subject: 6th HiSoN Summer School E-mail this message to a friend 6th HiSoN Summer School Date: 09-Aug-2012 - 16-Aug-2012 Location: Frauenchiemsee, Bavaria, Germany Contact: Simon Pickl Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.philhist.uni-augsburg.de/hison/index.php?cat=conferences&site=ss2012 Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Meeting Description: This is the sixth summer school organised by the Historical Sociolinguistics Network (HiSoN) and it will offer classes by leading experts on modern and historical sociolinguistics. The venue is the monastery of Frauenwörth on the island of Frauenchiemsee (Lake Chiemsee, Bavaria). Classes will take place in the morning and afternoon and you will have the opportunity to present your own research at a special session. Our teachers and modules in 2012 will be Richard Watts (Bern) Historical Linguistics as the Exercise of Social Power: Decontextualization and Recontextualization, Decentering and Recentering Mari Jones (Cambridge) Language Death & Historical Sociolinguistics on Channel Island French Magnus Huber (Gießen) The Sociolinguistic Potential of the Old Bailey Corpus – Spoken English in the 18th and 19th Centuries Helmut Graser (Augsburg) & Ann Tlusty (Bucknell) History of the German Language 'From Below': Archival Sources from the 16th and 17th Centuries Joan Beal (Sheffield) Enregisterment and Historical Sociolinguistics Mark Lauersdorf (Kentucky) Dialect Continua, Political Borders, Standard Languages – Data, Interpretation, Visualization Kristine Horner (Sheffield) Social and Critical Approaches to Multilingualism from Past to Present The school will last for one week will cost €495, which includes accommodation, three meals per day, tuition, and an excursion. If you pay in full by May 1st, you will get a discount of €50. We would like to point out that we're not making a profit from this and neither organisers nor teachers get a fee for their work. Visit our website at http://www.philhist.uni-augsburg.de/hison/index.php?cat=conferences&site=ss2012 for further information and registration. This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year. See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund Drive 2012 site! http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/ There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST! You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so, go to: https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation/ The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor. Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates such a program. Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST! Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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