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Mon Nov 11 2002

Confs: Linguistic and Sociocultural Contact Zones

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    Message 1: Consequences of Mobility, Roskilde Denmark

     Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 10:26:33 +0100 (CET)
    From: fabri <fabriruc.dk>
    Subject: Consequences of Mobility, Roskilde Denmark


    The Consequences of Mobility: Linguistic and Sociocultural Contact Zones

    Date: 23-May-2003 - 24-May-2003

    PLEASE SEE the Conference homepage at URL: http://www.ruc.dk/isok/conference/

    Meeting Email: gunillaruc.dk Contact Person: Gunilla Eriksen

    Meeting Description: The Research group on Sociolinguistics, Language Pedagogy and Sociocultural issues, Department of Language and Culture, Roskilde University, will be hosting

    The Consequences of Mobility: Linguistic and Sociocultural Contact Zones

    To be held at Roskilde University, 23-24 May 2003.

    We are delighted to announce that our invited speakers will be:

    Professor Peter Auer, Albert-Ludwigs-Universit�t Freiburg Professor Lesley Milroy, University of Michigan

    Conference Aims:

    The aim of the conference is to investigate the different kinds of linguistic and sociocultural contacts brought about by transnational migrations in the contemporary world. The theoretical and methodological focus is on various forms of integration between on the one hand sociolinguistic studies and studies in the sociology of language, and on the other hand the general area of cultural studies: studies of cultural and social identities, of multiculturality, cultural hybridity and identity politics in complex societies.

    Linguistic Subfields: Sociolinguistics, Language and Culture, Language Pedagogy

    DETAILED INFORMATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS

    The conference wants to address a number of topics related to this general interdisciplinary objective, such as:

    � Language use in social networks, with special reference to language contact in inter-personal relations and interactions, such as code-switching in conversation

    � Language contact in society and in the world, and social hierarchies between languages: consequences of (mobility-driven) language spread, and the ensuing processes of redefining linguistic differences and identities: language competition, language promotion and language discrimination

    � The complex relationship between language and culture: how can we envisage mobility and language spread across cultural areas without conceptualizing language as culturally neutral? (as is often done for English)

    � Language contact in the individual/ "subject": multiple language competencies and the idea of plurilingualism in Europe and in the world

    � Language and sociocultural identity: how can we address this issue thinking both of first languages and of languages functioning as second and foreign languages?

    � The concepts of first language (mother tongue), second language, foreign language, and lingua franca: how can we develop and refine these analytical concepts taking into consideration the complexities of language contacts and plurilingual competencies?

    Workshops: We suggest the following themed workshops, and invite participants to offer papers for them and perhaps propose others as well:

    1. Construction of sociocultural identities in face-to-face interactions (Susanne Kj�rb�k)

    2. Accents and dialects in contact: linguistic and attitudinal consequences (Anne Fabricius)

    3. Changing relationships between language and culture: mobility, language spread and cultural transformations (Karen Risager)

    4. Youth language and Anglo-American subcultures in EFL Countries (Bent Preisler)

    5. International exchange and national language policy in higher education

    Language policy: The main working language of the conference will be English. We acknowledge the paradox in conducting the conference in a specific language, in contrast to the conference focus on issues of multilingualism, language contact and power.

    ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

    Abstracts are to be submitted by email. Please see the conference website for submission details.

    We are presently negotiating with accommodation venues in Roskilde and Copenhagen. Details of these will be posted on the website as they become available.

    We look forward to welcoming you to Roskilde in May!

    NB: DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: January 1, 2003 Notification of acceptance will be by email by February 1, 2003.

    Bent Preisler, Karen Sonne Jakobsen