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Call for conference paper proposals<b> extended to August 31,
2009<br><br>
English Dictionaries in Global and Historical Context<br>
</b><a href="http://post.queensu.ca/~strathy/topics/dic_conf.html">
http://post.queensu.ca/~strathy/topics/dic_conf.html</a><br>
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Proposals for papers and panels are invited for an interdisciplinary
conference on the social, historical and political contexts of
English-language dictionaries (unilingual or bilingual; contemporary or
historical) as well as other language-reference texts (glossaries,
wordlists, grammars, etc.). This conference will be hosted by the
Strathy Language Unit and the Department of English at Queen’s
University, Kingston, Ontario, <b>Canada, June 3-5, 2010</b>. <br>
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At this transhistorical and transnational conference, we will attempt to
step back from the pragmatics of producing dictionaries and language
reference texts in order to examine the place of this class of book in a
range of social, geographical, and historical contexts. What
cultural, political, and creative functions have been served by the
publication and dissemination of English dictionaries? What is the role
of lexical reference and rhetorical guidance in societies across time and
place? What is gained or lost by defining, labelling, and translating
English words, and how have different cultures and societies understood
the function of these activities? What might the material format of
English dictionaries (printed, visual, electronic) reveal about their
social or political functions? What role have English dictionaries played
in the transmission and exchange of cultural knowledge? How is the
publication and dissemination of dictionaries implicated in ideology? How
do dictionaries intersect with oral cultures? What impact have
dictionaries had on the formation and development of literary culture?
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Proposals are invited on these and related topics. Research
methodologies will be diverse, and may include book history (publication,
dissemination, and reception of dictionaries; questions of authorship and
intellectual property, historical and material bibliography, etc.),
cultural studies (patterns of inclusion and exclusion; ideology of
language and language movements; changing demographics of English
speakers, geographies of reading and dissemination, etc.), historical
lexicography, globalization theory, textual studies.<br>
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The conference will include papers, panels and roundtable
discussions. Mark Abley, author of <i>The Prodigal Tongue:
Dispatches from the Future of English</i>, will be the keynote
speaker.<i> <br><br>
Submitting proposals:<br><br>
</i>1) <b>Papers</b> (20 minutes plus 10 minutes discussion)include your
name and academic or professional affiliation, a working title and an
abstract of 250-500 words.<br><br>
2) <b>Panel sessions</b> (three papers of 20 minutes plus
discussion)include an explanation of the theme of the panel, three
abstracts and a note on proposed panel members.<br><br>
Submit proposals by e-mail to Janice McAlpine, Director, Strathy Language
Unit, Queen’s University
<a href="mailto:jm27@queensu.ca">jm27@queensu.ca</a><br><br>
or mail them to<br><br>
Professor Marta Straznicky<br>
Head, Department of English<br>
Queen’s University<br>
Kingston ON K7L 3N6<br>
CANADA<br><br>
Inquiries are welcome. Note the <b>extended deadline</b> for abstract
submissions: <b>August 31, 2009</b>.<br>
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