[Corpora-List] Conference announcement: First CfP LVC2013 in Postcolonial Contexts

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 FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

 

International Conference

Language Variation and Change (LVC) in Postcolonial Contexts

www.lvc2013.unisa.it



The International Conference on Language Variation and Change in Postcolonial
Contexts  will be held on 18th-19th
April 2013 at the University of Salerno, Italy.

Submissions are invited for oral presentations on the topics described below.
Contributions should focus on results from completed as well as ongoing research,
with an emphasis on current approaches, methods, and perspectives, whether
descriptive, theoretical, sociolinguistic or corpus-based.

 
MOTIVATION AND AIMS

The LVC2013 conference aims:

-to create a space for
the discussion of new and ongoing research and projects on post-colonial
language variation.

-to encourage interactions between researchers with different research
perspectives and methodologies.



TOPICS



We invite the submission of papers on original and unpublished studies on language  variation and change, including, but not
limited to:

-language contact issues and
their impact on language change

-all aspects of language
variation and change in New Varieties of English

- synchronic/diachronic  analyses/perspectives in the domain of LVC

-specific issues related to
the annotation of corpora for LVC research

-interdisciplinary studies covering
different registers and genres in postcolonial contexts







INVITED SPEAKERS (Confirmed
so far)

Jack Chambers (University of
Toronto)

Gerhard Leitner (Freie
Universität Berlin)

Joybrato Mukherjee
(University of Giessen)

 

 

SUBMISSIONS

Oral
presentations will
be in the form of 20 minute papers with 5 minutes for questions. Reviewing of abstracts will be
double-blind. Therefore, the abstract must not include the authors' names and
affiliations. Abstracts of no more than 300 words can be submitted until 1st
December  2012 and sent as a word
attachment to both lvc2013 at unisa.it and rcalabrese at unisa.it

Abstract checklist:

• Title in bold on all copies

• Name, affiliation, address, tel. and
e-mail address on separate first page of the electronic copy

• Text: 300 words maximum

• Format: Single spaced, Times New Roman
12, justified



IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for paper
submission: 1st December  2012

Notification of acceptance:
15th January  2013

Registration: from 1st
 September 2012 to 16th January
2013

Conference: 18th-19th
April 2013





SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Rita Calabrese (University of Salerno)

Mikaela Cordisco (University of Salerno)

Rachele De Felice (University of Nottingham)

Roberta Facchinetti (University of Verona)

Siria Guzzo (University of Salerno)

Oriana Palusci (University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’)

Katherine E. Russo (University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’)

 

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Paola Attolino (University of Salerno)

Linda Barone (University of Salerno)

Maria Grazia De Meo (University
of Salerno)

Ljubica Leone (University of Salerno)

 

 
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