24.3215, Calls: Hungarian, Sociolinguistics/Slovakia

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Subject: 24.3215, Calls: Hungarian, Sociolinguistics/Slovakia

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Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:47:47
From: Istvan Kozmacs [kozmacsistvan at gmail.com]
Subject: 18th Hungarian Sociolinguistics Conference

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Full Title: 18th Hungarian Sociolinguistics Conference 
Short Title: 18-HSC 

Date: 18-Sep-2014 - 20-Sep-2014
Location: Nitra, Slovakia 
Contact Person: Ildiko Vanco
Meeting Email: vancoildiko at gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.fss.ukf.sk/elonyelvi18 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Subject Language(s): Hungarian (hun)

Call Deadline: 14-Jan-2014 

Meeting Description:

The Institute of Hungarian Language and Literature, Faculty of Central European Studies, Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, Slovakia; its close associate, the László Arany A. Civic Society, Nitra; and the Gramma Language Office, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia are honored to invite you to the 18th Hungarian Sociolinguistics Conference in Nitra, Slovakia, on September 18–20, 2014.

The languages of the conference are Czech, English, Hungarian, Slovak, other Slavic languages.

Hungarian sociolinguistic and dialectological research has for several decades now oriented itself to a more or less hidden reference point, namely, the category of the standard (sztenderd, standard, irodalmi nyelv, or köznyelv in Hungarian). The standard was traditionally regarded as a cornerstone and basis of assessment in Hungarian language culture (and in Hungarian culture in general), but this has changed in the past 30-40 years. The category of the standard, which constituted, for 150 (or even 200) years, the most important theoretical and hypothetical, central variety of Hungarian linguistics – regarded as the variety to be scientifically codified and, at the same time, as already codified – ceased to be the focus of linguistic description in the past 20-30 years. 

One reason for this change was the earlier overestimation, when everything was measured against the standard as an absolute. Another reason has been the change in how the nature and status of the standard have been perceived – a phenomenon clearly connected to processes of social and cultural change among the Hungarians of the Carpathian Basin, especially as triggered by the changes of 1989. The intensive activity and results of Hungarian sociolinguistic research as well as the modernization of dialectology and its connections with sociolinguistics make it necessary to consider an overview of the notion of the standard and a partial synthesis of the issues.

The 18th Hungarian Sociolinguistics Conference aims to consciously foreground the findings regarding the current state of the standard, complementing it with an overview of interconnected issues and tendencies of change. 

The main topics of the conference will be as follows:
- To what extent has the standard itself changed?
- How has its status and inner organization changed?
- What do we know about the relationship between the standard and the other varieties?
- Is this relationship monocentric and hierarchical or network-like?

We invite papers on the following issues within the above topics:

The standard and:

- variability in pronunciation
- variability in meaning
- variability in grammar
- variability in vocabulary
- the regional dialects
- sociolects, social strata and groups
- towns
- bilingualism
- mother tongue education
- public education
- language planning
- language cultivation

Call for Papers:

Presentations: 

We invite 30 minute presentations (20 minutes for the presentation itself + 10 minutes for questions). Each session will have three presentations followed by a break.

Workshops: 

We invite organizing workshops. If you wish to propose a workshop, suggest the topic in your pre-registration form by providing a description (of 3,600 characters at most) and indicating the range and approximate number of presenters and attendees (e-mail: kozmacsistvan at gmail.com ). (Similarly to workshops in previous conferences, suggesting the topic, inviting presenters, and compiling the program of the workshop is the responsibility of the person proposing the workshop.) Time allotted for workshops during the conference is 4.5 hours.

Posters: 

We also invite presentations for the 1.5-hour-long poster session of the conference. Presenters of posters are invited to distribute handouts and other materials to their audience.

Submission of Abstracts and Registration:

To submit your abstract, please upload your text and fill out the registration form online (http://www.fss.ukf.sk/elonyelvi18). Registrations will be accepted between August 10, 2013, and January 20, 2014. Please submit the abstract of your presentation without your name and affiliation. The abstract should not exceed 2,000 characters (including the title and references). 

Notification of acceptance: late February, 2014.

Preregistration:

Participants can preregister for the conference. During the preregistration period (August 10 – September 30, 2013), participants can submit their registration form and then submit their abstract any time before January 20, 2014.

Contact:

Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Literary Science
Faculty of Central European Studies
Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Dražovská 4,
949 74 Nitra
Slovakia

Denisza Nagy 
Email: dnagyova at ukf.sk 
Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Literary Science

Ildikó Vančo 
Email: vancoildiko at gmail.com 

Telephone: 00421 37 6408862

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