Full Title: Beyond Borders
Short Title: UALC 2025

Date: 07-Feb-2025 - 08-Feb-2025
Location: University of Alabama, Students Center, USA
Contact Person: Diweng Mercy Dafong
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://www.ualc.as.ua.edu

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; History of Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Ling & Literature

Call Deadline: 20-Oct-2024

Meeting Description:

This multidisciplinary conference aims to examine the idea of borders in languages, literature, and linguistics.

Call for Papers:

LINGUISTICS
- Phonetic, morphological, syntactic, and semantic changes in languages
- Longitudinal studies on language shift and maintenance
- Sociolinguistic factors influencing language choice, code-switching, and language mixing
- Educational challenges and strategies for teaching in multilingual environments

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- The role of cultural, religious, and social institutions in maintaining heritage languages
- The use of technology, social media, and digital platforms in language preservation
- Migration, displacement, and refugees
- Borderlands and border politics
- Transnationalism and globalization
- Cultural exchange and hybridity
- Gender, race, and intersectionality
- Social inclusion and exclusion
- Representation of borders in literature, art, and media
- Artistic expressions of liminality and transgression

SUBMISSION
No more than 300 words
Please submit your abstract in a Word or PDF document. Include your full name, affiliation, contact information, and a brief bio (150 words) to [email protected] and [email protected].