LINGUIST List 25.1278
Sat
Mar 15 2014
Calls: English,
Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, General
Linguistics/Poland
Editor for this issue:
Bryn Hauk <brynlinguistlist.org>
Date: 14-Mar-2014
From: Wojciech Rajtar
<gavagai.society
gmail.com>
Subject: English Across Space
and Time
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Full Title: English Across Space and Time
Short Title: EAST
Date: 10-May-2014 - 10-May-2014
Location: Lodz, Poland
Contact Person: Wojciech Rajtar
Meeting Email:
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Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics;
Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English
Call Deadline: 19-Apr-2014
Meeting Description:
We are pleased to announce The Fourth Student
Conference on English Across Space and Time -
EAST 2014, which will be held on 10 May 2014 at
the Institute of English Studies at the
University of Lodz.
The main theme of the conference is synchronic
and diachronic variability in English.
Registration fee: 50PLN
Call for Papers:
EAST 2014 Conference
English Across Space and Time
All B.A., M.A. and PhD students are invited to
submit research papers in the area of
historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and
dialectology; the following are examples of
possible issues for discussion:
- Social and regional variation in English
- Varieties of English (including English-based
pidgins and creoles)
- Language change in English (on the level of
phonology, morphology, syntax and
pragmatics)
- English as a global language and the
influence of English on other languages
- English of the new media
- English in the realm of politics
Please send a copy of an abstract of about 200
words to gavagai.society
gmail.com with your name and
affiliation in the subject line. Presentations
will last about 20 minutes. The conference
regulations require that you provide the
presentation in a digital format (i.e. .pptx,
.pdf or other).
The deadline for abstract submission is 19
April 2014.
Publication of chosen papers in Gavagai Journal
is free of charge.
Organising Committee:
Gavagai Student Society
Institute of English Studies
University of Lodz
contact: gavagai.society
gmail.com
Page Updated: 15-Mar-2014