LINGUIST List 26.331

Mon Jan 19 2015

Calls: Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics/UK

Editor for this issue: Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>


Date: 14-Jan-2015
From: Robert McColl Millar <r.millarabdn.ac.uk>
Subject: Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster
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Full Title: Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster

Date: 12-Aug-2015 - 14-Aug-2015
Location: Ayr, Scotland, United Kingdom
Contact Person: Robert McColl Millar
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): British Sign Language; Cumbric; Gaelic, Scottish; Irish; Latin; Pictish; Scots

Call Deadline: 31-Mar-2015

Meeting Description:

The Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster will be holding its triennial conferences between 5 and 8 August 2015 at the University of the West of Scotland Ayr Campus. Keynote Speakers will include Professor Jeremy Smith (University of Glasgow) and Dr Warren Maguire (University of Edinburgh).

The conference fee will be £200 (£150 concession). This will include refreshments at breaks and lunch on all three days, as well as a drinks reception on the first evening. Day rates will also be available. There will also be a conference dinner; details of this will be made available closer to the time. A limited amount of accommodation will be available on campus.

Call for Papers:

Abstracts of no more than 250 words are invited. These should be sent to r.millarabdn.ac.uk by 31 March 2015. The papers proposed may deal with linguistic aspects of any of the languages spoken, signed or written in Scotland or the nine counties of Ulster in the past or today. All theoretical approaches (or none) are welcome. Comparative studies will be considered as will discussions of the use of language in literature.



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