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Linguistic Attrition; Linguistic Creation. <br><br>
Date: 03-Dec-2011 - 03-Dec-2011 <br>
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom <br>
Contact: Robert McColl Millar <br>
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Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics <br><br>
Subject Language(s): Gaelic, Scottish; Scots <br><br>
Meeting Description:<br><br>
Linguistic attrition; Linguistic creation <br>A One-Day Symposium organised by FRLSU <br>Macrobert Building MR302, King’s College, University of Aberdeen <br>10:45-1730, 3 December 2011 <br> <br>The Complexities of Attrition: Change Across the Generations in Lerwick, Shetland <br>
Mercedes Durham (University of Aberdeen) <br> <br>Attrition in the Dialects of the Scottish Fishing Communities <br>Will Barras (University of Aberdeen) <br> <br>Is there a Future for Regional Dialects in Scottish Gaelic Dialects? <br>
Will Lamb (University of Edinburgh) <br> <br>Cockney Transformed: Who are the Eastenders Now? <br>Paul Kerswill (University of Lancaster) <br> <br>The Lexical Choices of James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife (1764-1789) and the Emergence of Scottish Standard English <br>
Janet Cruickshank (University of Aberdeen) <br> <br>Ane
Instructioun for Bairnis to be Learnit in Scottis: a Co-constructive
Participatory Study of Scots Language and Literature Use for Social
Inclusion in the Secondary Classroom. <br>Karen Lowing (University of Newcastle) <br> <br>Fee: £25; Students, Unwaged and OAP: £15 <br>This fee includes a sandwich lunch. Coffee and tea will be available from 1030 on. <br>
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FRLSU December Symposia provide the opportunity for speakers to give
in-depth papers in an intimate and sympathetic environment. <br> <br>Contact Robert McColl Millar (r.millar<img src="http://linguistlist.org/images/address-marker.gif" align="absbottom"><a href="http://abdn.ac.uk">abdn.ac.uk</a>) for further details <br>
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