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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Sociolinguistics Symposium 20</span></b><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">June 15-18, 2014 Jyväskylä, Finland</span></b><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><b>FIRST CALL FOR PROPOSALS</b><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">The 20<sup>th</sup> Sociolinguistics Symposium will be held on June 15-18 at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Since 1970s Sociolinguistics Symposia have brought together sociolinguists
and discourse researchers interested in investigating and theorizing issues concerning language in society. Attracting hundreds of participants and exhibitors, the Symposium is also a stimulating space for networking. We warmly welcome you to discuss fundamental
issues in sociolinguistics and discourse studies, and not only to rethink our present understanding of these disciplines but also to imagine their future frontiers.<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">The conference theme for SS20 is
<i>language/time/space. </i>With this theme, we seek to encourage proposals addressing connectivity and trajectories of language resources in time and space; how language practices change, vary and alternate in their different geographical, social and political
contexts; and how they come together in different nexuses emerging from what can be called ‘rhizomatic’ circulations. We welcome contributions on topics in sociolinguistics and discourse studies within the following themes:<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Theoretical openings</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Methodological innovations</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">Language and<span lang="EN-GB"> mobility</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Language and economy</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Language and work</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Language and affect</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Language and gender</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Language and class</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Language as social action</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Language variation and change</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Language, identity and community</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Language ideologies</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Language planning and policies</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Transcending discourse studies</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Discourse and social engagement</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Sociolinguistics of language education</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Bi/multilingualism</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Multiliteracies</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Multimodality and visuality</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Translating, interpreting and mediation</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">Sociolinguistics next?<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><b>KEYNOTE SPEAKERS</b><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">Professor Adrian Blackledge, University of Birmingham<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FI"><a href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/education/blackledge-adrian.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,46,132); TEXT-DECORATION: none" lang="EN-US">http://www.<wbr>birmingham.ac.uk/staff/<wbr>profiles/education/blackledge-<wbr>adrian.aspx</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">Professor Monica Heller, University of Toronto<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="FI"><a href="http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/hsssje/Faculty_Staff/Faculty_Profiles/1615/Monica_Heller.html" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,46,132); TEXT-DECORATION: none" lang="EN-US">http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/<wbr>hsssje/Faculty_Staff/Faculty_<wbr>Profiles/1615/Monica_Heller.<wbr>html</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">Professor Barbara Johnstone, Carnegie Mellon University<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FI"><a href="http://www.cmu.edu/hss/english/people/faculty/bios/barbara-johnstone.html" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,46,132); TEXT-DECORATION: none" lang="EN-US">http://www.cmu.<wbr>edu/hss/english/people/<wbr>faculty/bios/barbara-<wbr>johnstone.html</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">Professor Terttu Nevalainen, University of Helsinki<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FI"><a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/varieng/people/varieng_nevalainen.html" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,46,132); TEXT-DECORATION: none" lang="EN-US">http://www.<wbr>helsinki.fi/varieng/people/<wbr>varieng_nevalainen.html</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">Professor Nigel Thrift, University of Warwick<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FI"><a href="http://nigelthrift.wordpress.com/biography/" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,46,132); TEXT-DECORATION: none" lang="EN-US">http://<wbr>nigelthrift.wordpress.com/<wbr>biography/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">PROPOSALS</span></b><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The three categories of proposals are: (1) individual papers, (2) posters, (3) colloquia.</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Individual papers</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">: Papers are formal presentations on original research by one or more authors, lasting a total of 20 minutes (15 minutes
for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion). Please note that t</span>he time limit will be strictly adhered to.<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Posters</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">:
</span>Poster sessions are for displaying research that offer the opportunity for individualized, informal discussion of the research.
<span lang="EN-GB">Posters are especially effective for presenting work-in-progress, fieldwork and results of empirical research if data can be presented visually (e.g. charts, graphs, tables). A block of time will be designated when presenters are available
to discuss their posters. In addition, the posters will be available online in a virtual poster exhibition for viewing and commenting throughout the duration of the conference (for conference participants only).</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><b>Colloquia</b>: Colloquia allow for extended
<span lang="EN-GB">discussion on a particular topic with a cluster of several independent papers and a joint discussion. Colloquia are presented in a time block of 2 or 4 hours and the colloquium organizer(s) will decide upon the allocation of this time between
the introduction, individual papers and the discussion. </span>It is assumed that colloquia organizer(s) will have contacted and tentatively invited potential contributors, including a potential discussant, in advance.<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS</span></b><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">Submission of
<b><span lang="EN-GB">proposals for papers, posters, and colloquia </span></b>opens in August 2013. The proposals will be submitted via an online author submission management system. Please consult the conference website at (<a href="https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/ss20/abstracts" target="_blank">https://www.jyu.fi/en/<wbr>congress/ss20/abstracts</a>)
for more information.<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS</span></b><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Proposals for
<b>individual papers, posters, and colloquia </b>will be evaluated by the SS20 scientific committee and the organizing committee in terms of quality of content, significance, originality, thematic relevance, and presentation.</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">SS20 CONFERENCE PRESENTATION POLICIES</span></b><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- Individuals may submit a maximum of one abstract as first author, whether a paper, a poster, or as part of a colloquium. In addition, an individual may have a role as a colloquium organizer,
discussant, or co-author/co-presenter of another paper or poster.</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- It is assumed that all proposals represent original and unpublished work that is not yet available to the research community.</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- The presenter needs is to be a registered attending participant at the Symposium</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- The conference policy is that the author will present the paper on the day and time assigned by the conference program committee</span><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><b>IMPORTANT DATES</b><span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">1<sup>st</sup> call for proposals in February 2013<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">2<sup>nd</sup> call for proposals in June 2013<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">Submission of abstracts opens in early August 2013<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">Submission of abstracts closes at the end of September 2013<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">Notification of acceptance in January 2014<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal">Registration opens in January 2014<span lang="FI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><b>Visit our website for updates and further information</b>:
<span lang="FI"><a href="https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/ss20/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.jyu.<wbr>fi/en/congress/ss20/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><b>Contact us</b>: <a href="mailto:ss20info@jyu.fi" target="_blank">
ss20info@jyu.fi</a></p>
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