20.1166, Confs: General Ling, Socioling, English Language/Italy

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Subject: 20.1166, Confs: General Ling, Socioling, English Language/Italy

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Date: 30-Mar-2009
From: Anna Belladelli < anna.belladelli at univr.it >
Subject: Symposium on American English(es)
 

	
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:48:31
From: Anna Belladelli [anna.belladelli at univr.it]
Subject: Symposium on American English(es)

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Symposium on American English(es) 

Date: 26-May-2009 - 26-May-2009 
Location: Verona, Italy 
Contact: Anna Belladelli 
Contact Email: american at lingue.univr.it 
Meeting URL: http://profs.lingue.univr.it/americanenglishes/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Meeting Description: 

Symposium on
American English(es): Linguistic and Socio-cultural Perspectives

Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - University of Verona, Italy

This one-day Symposium aims at discussing the linguistic, socio-cultural, and 
political role of the theoretically troublesome notions of 'Standard', 'Non-
standard', and 'Sub-standard' varieties of English in the United States of 
America. 

Papers will be presented which address the following topics:

- Language policies in the USA;
- Non-standard and socially marked lexical categories (e.g. slang, 
regionalisms), with a focus on their use in the mass media;
- Varieties of American English that have been, and/or still are, considered as Non-standard or Sub-standard, both institutionally and popularly;
- Social and cultural issues arising from the requirement of Standard American English in educational and professional contexts. 

The opening plenary lecture will be delivered by Donaldo Macedo (University of Massachusetts, Boston), who has published extensively on language policy, sociolinguistics, and critical pedagogy.

Scientific Committee:
Anna Belladelli (University of Verona), Roberto Cagliero (University of 
Verona), Roberta Facchinetti (University of Verona), Cesare Gagliardi 
(University of Verona), Donaldo Macedo (University of Massachusetts, Boston).

Attendance to the symposium is free. 
To help us estimate the audience size, we kindly ask you to register before 
May, 10th 2009 by sending an e-mail to american at lingue.univr.it. Certificates of attendance will be available for all participants. 







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