26.5466, Confs: Anthropological Ling, General Ling, Socioling/Georgia

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Subject: 26.5466, Confs: Anthropological Ling, General Ling, Socioling/Georgia

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Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 11:02:15
From: Stefanie Böhm [stefanie.boehm at uni-bielefeld.de]
Subject: The Impact of Socio-Political Transformations on Language and Identity

 
The Impact of Socio-Political Transformations on Language and Identity 

Date: 18-Feb-2016 - 20-Feb-2016 
Location: Tbilisi, Georgia 
Contact: Stefanie Böhm 
Contact Email: stefanie.boehm at uni-bielefeld.de 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

Multilingualism appears in most societies of the world. Current socio-political transformations, in particular the increasing migration processes, give rise to new multi-ethnic and multilingual situations that motivate changes in languages and communities. This conference focuses on the impact of these processes in two areas: (a) linguistic phenomena, and (b) phenomena related to group identities. 

Some primary questions which may be explored at the conference are:

Language Change:

- What is the impact of increasing multilingualism in the different levels of linguistic structure (phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon)? 
- What is the relation between the phenomena in multilingual situations to the generalizations about language contact and grammar?
- How can we distinguish between effects of language contact (in bilingual societies) and effects of language attrition (in the younger generations of threatened languages)?

Identity:

- What role does language contact play in the process of forming, transforming, and negotiating group identities? 
- How are these multifaceted identities displayed in interaction?
- Are there contexts in which heritage languages may be or may become less important for group belonging – for example contexts in which religious, political or social affiliation take priority over language competences?

Language change and identity:

- How do language change and changing identities interact?

Conference Description:

A three-day conference on “The impact of socio-political transformations on language and identity” will take place at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia), 18-20 February 2016.

Invited Speakers:

Jost Gippert (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
Astrid Menz (Orient-Institut Istanbul, Turkey)
Peter Rosenberg (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)
Christoph Schroeder (University of Potsdam, Germany)
Ioanna Sitaridou (University of Cambridge, Queens' College)
Manana Tandaschwili (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
Stéphane Voell (Philipps-University Marburg, Germany)

Organization Committee:

Stefanie Böhm (Bielefeld University), Johanna Lorenz (Bielefeld University), Prof. Dr. Rusudan Asatiani (Tbilisi State University), Svetlana Berikashvili (Tbilisi State University), Concha Maria Höfler (European University Viadrina), Dr. Natia Jalabadze (Tbilisi State University), Prof. Dr. Marika Jikia (Tbilisi State University),  Prof. Dr. Konstanze Jungbluth (European University Viadrina), Ekaterine Kartvelishvili (Tbilisi State University), Prof. Dr. Zaal Kikvidze (Kutaisi State University), Nika Loladze (Tbilisi State University), Prof. Dr. Liana Melikishvili (Georgian Academy of Sciences), Prof. Dr. Sophie Shamanidi (Tbilisi State University), Prof. Dr. Stavros Skopeteas (Bielefeld University), Nutsa Tsereteli (Tbilisi State University). 

Program:

For detailed information on the program and registration see http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/lili/forschung/ag_fachber/as/ISPT2016.html.





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