Socio-linguistics symposium

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Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 12:18:28 -0500 (EST)
From: "Treffers-Daller, Jeanine" <Jeanine.Treffers-Daller who-is-at uwe.ac.uk>
Subject: Sociolinguistics Symposium 2000
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UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL (UWE, Bristol)
CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES (CES), FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND EUROPEAN STUDIES
(LES)
& SCHOOL OF SOCIOLOGY, FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (ESS)
Sociolinguistics Symposium 2000
The Interface between Linguistics and Social Theory
27-29 April 2000
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Sociolinguistics Symposium 2000 is the thirteenth meeting of the
Sociolinguistics Symposium which meets once every two years. This conference
will focus primarily on the Interface between Linguistics and Social Theory,
and it is hoped the meeting will contribute to further cooperation between
the two disciplines. The conference welcomes papers from a range of different
subject areas such as: language variation and change, language and gender,
language and the media, discourse analysis, languages in contact, creole
linguistics, intercultural communication, language and migration, social
stratification of language, language development and other related topics.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Professor Jack Chambers (Toronto): Leaders and laggers in the diffusion of
changes
Professor David Corson (Toronto) Critical Realism: An Emancipatory Social
Philosophy for Sociolinguistics
Professor Pieter Muysken (Leiden): Radical Modularity and the Possibility
of SocioLinguistics
Professor Shana Poplack (Ottawa): The Social Context of Linguistic Variation
(working title)
Professor Ruth Wodak (Vienna): Does Sociolinguistics need Social Theory?
New Perspectives in Critical Discourse Analysis
PROVISIONAL TITLES OF COLLOQUIA
Language, Nationalism and Minority Rights
Multilingualism and Migration
Intercultural Communication
Language Contact along the Language Frontier
Discourse
Suggestions for other colloquia are welcome (see deadline for applications
on the back of this page).
COMMITTEE
Professor Michael Scriven (Dean,LES,UWE, Bristol)
Professor Alison Assiter (Dean, ESS,UWE, Bristol)
Mr Felix Bihlmeier (Associate Dean (Resources), LES, UWE, Bristol)
Dr Susan Price (Associate Dean (Academic Affairs) of LES, UWE, Bristol)
Dr Carmen Arnaiz (UWE, Bristol)
Mrs Kate Beeching (UWE, Bristol)
Mr John Bird (UWE, Bristol)
Professor Jim Coleman (University of Portsmouth)
Professor Nikolas Coupland (University of Cardiff)
Dr Aidan Coveney (University of Exeter)
Dr Helmut Daller (UWE, Bristol)
Professor Roy Harris (University of Oxford)
Dr Stephen May (University of Bristol)
Dr Tom Osborne (University of Bristol)
Dr Mark Sebba (University of Lancaster)
Dr Sali Tagliamonte (University of York)
Dr Jeanine Treffers-Daller (UWE, Bristol)
Mr Jem Thomas (UWE, Bristol)
Dr Glyn Williams (University of Wales at Bangor)
DEADLINES
The deadline for proposals of colloquia is: 1 June 1999.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is: 1 September 1999.
Abstracts are welcomed for oral presentation (20 mins + 10 mins discussion)
or poster presentation. Please send 4 hard copies, one of which contains
your name and address, as well as an electronic version (Rich Text Format)
of the abstract to the address given below.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
More information about the conference programme, the venue and the general
organisation of the event can be found either on our website:
http://www.uwe.ac.uk/facults/les/research/sociling2000.html
or at our addresses/numbers below:
Jessa Karki/Jeanine Treffers-Daller
Centre for European Studies (CES)
Faculty of Languages and European Studies
University of the West of England, Bristol
Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane
Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK
E-mail:Jessa.Karki who-is-at uwe.ac.uk (administrative matters)
Jeanine.Treffers-Daller who-is-at uwe.ac.uk (academic affairs)
Tel: ++ 44 117 976 3842, ext 2724, Fax: ++44 117 976 2626
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