LINGUIST List 18.723
Thu Mar 08 2007
Calls: Socioling/Netherlands; Ling & Literature,Translation/UK
Editor for this issue: Ania Kubisz
<anialinguistlist.org>
Directory
1. Leonie
Cornips,
Sociolinguistics Symposium 17
2. Lloyd
Davies,
Romance Studies Colloquium
Message 1: Sociolinguistics Symposium 17
Date: 08-Mar-2007
From: Leonie Cornips <leonie.cornipsmeertens.knaw.nl>
Subject: Sociolinguistics Symposium 17
Full Title: Sociolinguistics Symposium 17 Short Title: SS17
Date: 03-Apr-2008 - 05-Apr-2008 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Contact Person: Leonie Cornips Meeting Email: ss17meertens.knaw.nl Web Site: http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/ss17
Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics
Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2007
Meeting Description SS17 will be held in April 3-5, 2008 at the Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam). We invite submissions for papers on any aspect of sociolinguistics and in particular on the theme 'Micro and Macro Connections'.
Micro and Macro Connections The 17th edition of 'The Sociolinguistic Symposium, Europe's leading international conference on language in society, will be held in Amsterdam from 3-5 April 2008 at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). The theme of the conference is Micro and Macro Connections. Sociolinguistics is about the relationship between language and society. By proposing Micro and Macro connections as the conference's theme, we want to invite research that generates insight into the interplay between language and society by examining the ways social structure is oriented to and affected by verbal practices. Language does not just reflect social facts. The connections between language and social organization are multi-layered, dynamic and reflexive and they are accomplished at many different levels of language use. When people use language, they are actors engaging in some interactive project that defines the ground for the ways parameters such as identity, community and culture are shaped. Therefore, we will particularly welcome proposals that explore the ways verbal practices display and contribute to social organization.
About the Sociolinguistics Symposia The Sociolinguistics Symposia are organised bi-annually since the 1970s by a group of sociolinguists who recognized the need for a forum for discussing research findings and for debating theoretical and methodological issues concerning language in society. Until 2000, most participants came from within the UK, but ever since then the symposium has developed into the leading international conference on language in society in Europe, attracting 400-500 participants on average. The first symposium on the continent was organised in April 2002 by the University of Ghent and from then on the intention has been to alternate between a UK and a continental venue.
Message 2: Romance Studies Colloquium
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Date: 08-Mar-2007
From: Lloyd Davies <l.h.daviesswan.ac.uk>
Subject: Romance Studies Colloquium
Full Title: Romance Studies Colloquium
Date: 17-Sep-2007 - 19-Sep-2007 Location: Plas Gregynog, Newtown, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom Contact Person: Lloyd Davies Meeting Email: l.h.daviesswan.ac.uk
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