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<br><br>Invited speakers: <br><br>- Jan Blommaert (University of London / University of Jyväskylä)<br>- Diane Mavers (University of London) <br>- Ben Rampton (University of London)<br>- Steven Thorne (Pennsylvania State University)
<br>- Crispin Thurlow (University of Washington)<br><br>Deadline for abstracts: January 15, 2008<br>Guidelines for submission:<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://ruby1604.utsa.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.jyu.fi/hum/laitokset/kielet/conference2008/en" target="_blank">
http://www.jyu.fi/hum/laitokset/kielet/conference2008/en</a><br><br>Description of the conference:<br><br>In today's globalized world of mobilities and flows, multilingualism is<br>increasingly an everyday phenomenon that people encounter and have to
<br>cope with in work, education, institutions, leisure time and media uses,<br>for example. In these various contexts, multilingualism can be mediated<br>not only by languages, but also by a range of other semiotic means such
<br>as genres, discourses, styles, embodied action and visuality. <br><br>At the same time multilingualism is a mediational system in itself,<br>sustaining, but also mobilizing and reorganizing language user<br>identities, relationships and possibilities for action and the relative
<br>values of languages. Multilingualism can thus have repercussions in<br>terms of what resources and possibilities individuals and groups have to<br>agency and participation.<br><br>The conference on Mediating Multilingualism approaches mediation and
<br>multilingualism from this double perspective: in its focus are the<br>different ways and means for mediating multilingualism, as well as<br>multilingualism as a mediational system. The aim is to shed light on the<br>complexities of this relationship and to develop new ways of
<br>investigating and understanding the roles, meanings and modalities of<br>mediation in multilingual settings. To this end, the conference aims at<br>bringing together researchers, students, teachers and other<br>practitioners who share an interest in exploring the interface between
<br>mediation and multilingualism as a particular linguistic, social,<br>cultural and ideological contact zone where the meanings of languages,<br>identities and relationships are reassessed and renegotiated.<br><br>The conference is organized at the University of Jyväskylä as the 26th
<br>Summer School of Applied Language Studies. It will consist of invited<br>keynote lectures, workshops and paper sessions. The topics of the<br>keynote lectures and workshops will be announced later.<br><br>Call for papers:
<br><br>Submissions are solicited for 20-min. papers and posters relating to the<br>conference theme. Studies on any languages and disciplinary takes (e.g.<br>sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, discourse studies,<br>
pragmatics, ethnography, and language learning and teaching) are<br>welcome. The main working language of the conference is English.<br>Individual papers and posters can be presented in other languages, but<br>no interpretation services are automatically provided by conference
<br>organization. Young scholars are encouraged to contribute; five<br>postgraduate students from non-EU countries will be excused fthe conference fee (applications to be included in the online<br>registration form, to appear on the conference website).
<br><br>Abstracts in English (max. 300 words) should be submitted via<br>'submission' on the conference website<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://ruby1604.utsa.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.jyu.fi/hum/laitokset/kielet/conference2008/en" target="_blank">
http://www.jyu.fi/hum/laitokset/kielet/conference2008/en</a>. The deadline<br>for submissions is January 15, 2008. All submissions will be reviewed;<br>notification of acceptance March 15, 2008.<br><br>For further information, see the website:
<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://ruby1604.utsa.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.jyu.fi/hum/laitokset/kielet/conference2008/en" target="_blank">http://www.jyu.fi/hum/laitokset/kielet/conference2008/en
</a><br><br><br>The Organizing Committee<br><br>Sirpa Leppänen, Päivi Pahta, Hannele Dufva, Sari Pietikäinen, Tarja<br>Nikula, Sirkka Laihiala-Kankainen, Samu Kytölä, Marianne Toriseva, Tiina<br>Virkkula, Satu Julin, Eeva Riipinen
<br><br><br>Contact: multilingualism(AT)jyu.fi<br></font></div>
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