Call for papers: International Conference on Language & Identity, American Society of Geolinguistics - DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS 15 JULY

[Scott McGinnis]

You are cordially invited to submit a proposal to read a paper at AN
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY Sponsored by THE
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF GEOLINGUISTICS and BARUCH COLLEGE OF THE CITY
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK at BARUCH COLLEGE THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
October 4-5, 2002.

Papers on any aspect of the topic should take 15 minutes to read aloud
but may be expanded to as many as 15 pages (single-spaced, with one-line
spaces between paragraphs) for publication in the proceedings. Those
will appear early in 2003. Participants are asked to submit final
articles to the secretary by December 15, 2002.

Names are so important to personal identity that even those seeking
aliases tend to retain some part of the real name, if only initials.
Language underlies ethnic unity and fuels political aspirations, whether
speakers have a country or their own or (as with gypsies or the Kurds)
not. The conference will address all the cultural, economic, political
and other ramifications of the connections between language and
personal, group, and national identities; the impact of artificial and
dominant international languages; the have/have-nots of the modern
technological world with its special languages; bilingualism and
language competition/legislation; language as affecting the personality
and the tribe; and more.

The conference is, like other ASG conferences since 1985, under the
direction of Prof. Leonard R. N. Ashley, president of ASG, and the
secretary again is Prof. Wayne H. Finke. Prof. Finke may be contacted
now with early proposals (to 400 words) for papers, questions about
registration fees, $45.00 (as usual covering also the gala banquet and a
copy of the proceedings), etc. Enjoy New York City in the fall and
participate with colleagues from the US and abroad in an important
scholarly meeting!

Deadline: July 15th 2002

Professor Wayne H. Finke, Modern Languages, B6-280, Baruch College, 17
Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10010-5585. E-mail:
wayne_finke at baruch.cuny.edu