27.2966, Calls: Sociolinguistics/Austria

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Subject: 27.2966, Calls: Sociolinguistics/Austria

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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 09:51:05
From: Alla Klimenkowa [alla.klimenkowa at phil.uni-goettingen.de]
Subject: Linguistic Ideology Discourse and Multilingualism; 42. Austrian Linguistics Conference

 
Full Title: Linguistic Ideology Discourse and Multilingualism; 42. Austrian Linguistics Conference 
Short Title: ÖLT 2016 

Date: 18-Nov-2016 - 19-Nov-2016
Location: Graz, Austria 
Contact Person: Alla Klimenkowa Uta Helfrich
Meeting Email: alla.klimenkowa at phil.uni-goettingen.de ; uta.helfrich at phil.uni-goettingen.de
Web Site: https://sprachwissenschaft.uni-graz.at/de/forschen/oelt-2016/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 21-Aug-2016 

Meeting Description:

Ideologies of linguistic and cultural homogeneity and/or political and
economic circumstances of colonialism continue to affect linguistic practices
and linguistic constellations in various regions of the world. Nevertheless,
linguistic ideology discourses in Francophone, Anglophone, Hispanophone,
Lusophone, Germanophone or other areas marked by an intensive language contact
and migration demonstrate considerable contradictions between the
eco-linguistic macro- and micro-level, i.e. between a broader level of the
speech community and particular speaker groups or individual speakers. These
contradictions result from the modification or even dismantling of traditional
epistemological systems and linguistic norms and values (Freeland 2006,
Patzelt 2015, Schneider 2016). The cultural and linguistic polyphony
successfully handled by plurilingual speakers in their everyday practice  is
confronted by socio-cultural inequalities, frequently inherited from colonial
times, by the ideal of a homogeneous nation/ state as well as by “linguistic
imperialism”, a result of globalized communication. The differences between
official and everyday linguistic ideologies appear to be especially
considerable in those contexts where contact phenomena, such as
code-switching, blur the borders between speech communities.

Considering the sparseness of contrastive studies on these issues, our
workshop addresses questions of “how” and “where exactly” multilingualism is
negotiated in plurilingual communities, with a particular focus on
institutional, media, and other social spheres and formats of interaction. One
of the guiding questions is whether and to what extent official ideologies and
ideologies of ordinary speakers coincide or conflict and thus can be
interpreted as “power differences”. Particular emphasis is put on the role of
concrete eco-linguistic settings, established communicative practices, and
“ideology brokers” involved (Blommaert 1999). 


Call for Papers:

Workshop ''Linguistic ideology discourse and multilingualism'' at the 42.
Austrian Linguistics Conference 2016, Graz

We welcome proposals regarding theoretical and practical aspects of linguistic
ideology discourses in modern plurilingual and migration communities,
especially (but not exclusively) concerning the following aspects: 

- Speakers’ attitudes to language contact phenomena, such as code switching,
code mixing, language crossing, mixed languages, creoles, interlanguage, etc.
- Linguistic ideologies in public (media) discourse and their impact on
individuals’ linguistic practice in everyday interaction 
- Local linguistic ideologies in the contexts of migration and diaspora 
- Language as an instrument of ethnic, social, and cultural differentiation 
- Examples of semiotic processes that produce, assess, and propagate
conceptualisations of “language.''

Please send your abstracts (1 page, about 300 words) to the following email
addresses: alla.klimenkowa at phil.uni-goettingen.de and
uta.helfrich at phil.uni-goettingen.de before August 31, 2016. Acceptance will be
notified by the beginning of September. Presentations of papers should not
exceed 20 minutes; 10 minutes are planned for discussion. The languages of the
workshop are English, Spanish, and French.




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