26.1719, Calls: Spanish, Sociolinguistics/USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-26-1719. Tue Mar 31 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.1719, Calls: Spanish, Sociolinguistics/USA

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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:27:52
From: Delano Lamy [delano.lamy at upr.edu]
Subject: 8th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics

Full Title: 8th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics 
Short Title: WSS8 

Date: 07-Apr-2016 - 09-Apr-2016
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA 
Contact Person: Delano Lamy
Meeting Email: wss8.uprrp at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Subject Language(s): Spanish (spa)

Call Deadline: 01-Oct-2015 

Meeting Description:

The purpose of this conference is to bring together scholars to share original sociolinguistic research that analyzes Spanish data or data from contact situations between Spanish and other languages.

Organizing Committee:

Delano S. Lamy, Chair
Evelyn Dean-Olmsted
Rosa Guzzardo
Patrick-André Mather

Call for Papers:

Call deadline: 1 October 2015

We invite abstracts for 20-minute talks (plus 10 minutes for discussion) on any aspect of sociolinguistic research. In particular, we look forward to receiving studies dealing with synchronic and diachronic approaches to language variation and change, contact linguistics, bilingualism/multilingualism, Spanish in the US, pidgin and creole languages, language policy and planning and language ideologies. Both quantitative and qualitative research is welcomed. Papers and presentations can be delivered in Spanish or English.

Suggested Areas of Research:

Synchronic and diachronic approaches
Quantitative and qualitative research
Language variation and change
Contact linguistics
Bilingualism and Multilingualism
Spanish in the U.S.
Pidgin & creole languages
Language policy and planning
Language ideologies

Proposals are invited for individual papers and posters.

Individual Papers: Papers can be presented by one or more authors within a twenty-minute period, with additional ten minutes for discussion.
Posters: A block of time will be devoted to one-on-one presentations of posters.

Abstract Submission Guidelines:

Abstracts must be one page in length (in addition to references).
Abstracts must be submitted through EasyAbstracts (EasyAbs) at: http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/wss8

Deadline for receipt of abstracts: Thursday, October 1, 2015. 
Notification of acceptance: No later than Tuesday, December 1, 2015.
Please indicate whether you want to be considered for a paper presentation, a poster, or both. Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per person.

For more information, please send an email to wss8.uprrp at gmail.com

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