LINGUIST List 26.3824
Fri Aug 28 2015
Calls: Anthropological Ling, Discourse Analysis, Lang Acquisition, Ling Theories, Socioling/Spain
Editor for this issue: Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>
Date: 28-Aug-2015
From: Brian Bennett <bbennett
niagara.edu>
Subject: A Decade after Fishman’s Decalogue: Taking Stock of the Sociology of Language and Religion
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Date: 15-Jun-2016 - 18-Jun-2016
Location: Murcia, Spain
Contact Person: Brian Bennett
Meeting Email:
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Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Linguistic Theories; Sociolinguistics
Call Deadline: 10-Sep-2015
Meeting Description:
A colloquium concerning the status of the Sociology of Language and Religion subdiscipline.
Sociolinguistics has tended to neglect religion, reports of whose death have been greatly exaggerated. From state religions to marginal cults, violent fundamentalism to commodified spirituality – religion in its multifarious social formations continues to morph and even thrive in this era of globalization and digitization. Although several major figures in the field (e.g., David Crystal, Charles Ferguson) made contributions early on, it was only in the early 2000's that a group of researchers focused attention in a concerted way on the topic. That effort resulted in the volume Explorations in the Sociology of Language and Religion (2006), which included Joshua Fishman’s foundational “Decalogue of Basic Theoretical Perspectives for a Sociology of Language and Religion” (13-25). The past decade has seen further conference sessions and publications, as well as the development of a research network and website (sociologyoflanguageandreligion.com). Yet, much remains to be done. For one thing, potentially valuable theoretical resources in religious studies and the sociology of religion have yet to be tapped.
This panel returns to Fishman’s ‘decalogue’ in order to take stock of the current situation. Fishman himself acknowledged the provisional nature of his contribution, noting that his ten propositions “need to be fleshed out, modified, selectively abandoned or added to in order that a theoretically anchored and empirically supported sociology of language and religion can ultimately develop” (2006: 24). Drawing on a range of language practices and cultural areas, panelists will directly engage one or more of Fishman’s theoretical principles with the twofold goal of consolidating achievements to date and articulating a new-and-improved (though still, of course, contingent and corrigible) conceptual framework for the sociology of language and religion.
Call for Papers:
For consideration, please email title of paper and brief abstract (150 word) to bbennett
niagara.edu by September 10, 2015. (Fuller abstracts will be required at a later date, contingent upon acceptance.)
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