<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt">The
Southeastern Conference on Linguistics invites abstract submissions for papers
for the 91</span><sup style="font-family:Georgia,serif">st</sup><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt"> meeting, which will be held concurrently with Language
Variation in the South V (LAVIS V) in Athens, GA, </span><span class="gmail-aqj" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt">April 4-7, 2024</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt">.
Papers in all areas of language and linguistics are welcome, including papers
and panels on the teaching of linguistics, but special consideration will be
given to proposals related to the conference theme, "The Changing South."</span><br></p>

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"The Changing South" is in part a story of demographic and economic
boom, but many other compelling narratives exist as well, including the
cultural and demographic transformations brought by immigrants from all over
the world. In recent census reports, states like Georgia had the fastest
growing percentage Hispanic populations in the US. While Hispanic migrants are
clearly the most visible group of recent newcomers to the South, other groups
have transformed the region over the past thirty years, including large Asian populations
(Chinese, Vietnamese, Hmong, Indian, Pakistani, etc.), Middle Easterners
(Lebanese, Iraqi, Egyptian, Saudi, Yemeni, etc.) and Southern and Eastern
Europeans (Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, etc.). African Americans, too, have
been moving back to the South from other areas of the country.</span></p>

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<span class="gmail-im">Thus, "The Changing South" is comprised of increasing
demographic and linguistic diversity, but as important are the changes to the
traditional populations and ways of life. LAVIS V and SECOL 91 together will be
the most comprehensive conference documenting language in this dynamic
landscape, following the once-per-decade pattern of the LAVIS meetings.</span></span></p>

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<span class="gmail-im">Abstracts for 20-minute papers should not exceed 400 words,
excluding title and references. Authors may submit up to two abstracts (across
both conferences), one individual and one joint. Abstracts will be accepted
electronically through Oxford Abstracts between </span><span class="gmail-aqj">September
1</span><span class="gmail-im"> and </span><span class="gmail-aqj">October 31, 2023</span><span class="gmail-im">, at </span></span><a href="https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/6722/submitter" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/6722/submitter</span></a><span class="gmail-im"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"> .</span></span></p>

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Please direct all inquiries by email to <a href="http://lavis5.uga.edu">lavis5.uga.edu</a>.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Organizing
Committee</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Jon
Forrest</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Chad
Howe</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Katherine
Ireland</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Margaret
Renwick</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Bill
Kretzschmar</span></p>

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