27.3087, Confs: Pragmatics, Socioling, Text/Corpus Linguistics/Germany

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Subject: 27.3087, Confs: Pragmatics, Socioling, Text/Corpus Linguistics/Germany

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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:29:22
From: Annette Gerstenberg [annette.gerstenberg at fu-berlin.de]
Subject: Encounters in Language and Aging Research

Encounters in Language and Aging Research 
Short Title: CLARe 3 

Date: 06-Mar-2017 - 08-Mar-2017 
Location: Berlin, Freie Universitaet, Germany 
Contact: Annette Gerstenberg 
Contact Email: clare.corpora at gmail.com 
Meeting URL: http://wikis.fu-berlin.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=736856191 

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Meeting Description: 

The conference is dedicated to discussing major issues in language and aging
research. The focus is on projects and research questions taking their point
of departure in empirical approaches and the use of innovative methods to
gather and analyze authentic material and samples of language data from older
adults. Also, the subject of language in later life is deeply embedded in
interdisciplinary contexts. It is thus mandatory that linguists with various
specializations in pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and corpus linguistics, as
well as psycholinguists, psychologists, and experts in the field of nursery
and healthcare, work together.

After two previous events at the University of Louvain, this is the first
academic event of the CLARe network in Berlin, which aims to promote the
institutionalization of exchange between the participating disciplines and
countries.

Topics:

1. Pragmatic spaces: Verbal and nonverbal communication in later life can be
accompanied by adaptive strategies and language changes in the use of
pragmatically relevant linguistic signs (Davis 2014). Older people can also
use the interactional space differently, depending on the context and their
interlocutors. 

2. Longitudinal studies: This thematic session aims to establish a
sociolinguistic view on language use in later life with regard to variables
that may indicate real-time language change or a change in the linguistic
behavior of aging people in terms of age-grading (Labov 1994). The exploration
of corpus data can give insight into the process of lifelong learning
(Ramscar, Hendrix, and Baayen 2013).

3. Multiple identities and multilingualism in later life: Along with research
on language acquisition, multilingualism is an innovative topic in the field
of aging (Seebus 2008). Furthermore, the role of multiple identities and their
construction across the lifespan has been a core of interest in the field of
dementia in aging.

http://clare-corpora.org

Program:

Keynotes:

    Harald Baayen (Universität Tübingen / University of Alberta, Edmonton),
Susanne Gahl (University of California, Berkeley): ''Twenty-eight years of
vowels: An investigation of changes in vowel formants and vowel duration in
the Up corpus''
    Heidi Hamilton (Georgetown University): ''Language, dementia and
meaning-making in art galleries and homes: Objects of joint attention as
resources for transforming knowledge, building topics and lifting spirits''
    Deborah Keller-Cohen (University of Michigan): ''Pragmatic Spaces and
social relations in aging''
    Yoshiko Matsumoto (Stanford University): ''Being ordinary: A powerful
narrative strategy when feeling vulnerable''
    Heather Harris Wright (East Carolina University): ''Discourse Changes with
Age: Considering microlinguistic and macrolinguistic processes''

Talks / Presentations:

    Peter Backhaus: ''Communication in institutional eldercare: A Japanese
perspective'' (WASEDA University)
    Marion Blondel (SFL, CNRS-Paris8), Dominique Boutet (Université Evry /
LIAS), Sarra El Ayari (SFL, CNRS-Paris8), Coralie Vincent (SFL, CNRS-Paris8):
''LSF interactions in older signers: wich insights from motion capture?''
    Catherine T. Bolly: ''Multimodal stance in later life'' (Universität zu
Köln / UCLouvain)    
    David Bowie (University of Anchorage, Alaska): ''The role of the
individual in the development of the Western Vowel System in Utah''     
    Buchstaller Isabel (Universität Leipzig): ''The effect of the
socio-economic trajectory on longitudinal life-span change''
    Céline De Looze (Trinity College Dublin): ''Speech markers as an objective
evaluation of cognitive impairment and related psychosocial outcomes in
populations with Mild-Cognitive Impairment and mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s
disease''
    Valantis Fyndanis (University of Oslo): ''Methods for assessing language
abilities in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease''
    Frédérique Gayraud (Université of Lyon 2): ''Problems with assessing
cognitive abilities in bilingual patients with Alzheimer's disease''         
    Annette Gerstenberg (Freie Universität Berlin): ''Normative features in a
longitudinal perspective''         
    Agnieszka Kielkiewicz-Janowiak (University of Poznan): ''Narratives about
life across generations: communicating generational intelligence''  
    Camilla Lindholm (University of Helsinki): ''Eating or interacting?
Feeding situations as communication''   
    Lucia Marconi  (CNR): ''Nouns and verbs extracted from an Italian corpus
of the elderly''     
    Anne-Marie Parisot, Julie Rinfret (Université de Québec, Montréal):
''Intergenerational variation in the use of space in Langue des Signes
Québécoise (LSQ): The case of verb agreement marking Université de Québec,
Montréal''
    Lucie Rousier-Vercruyssen (University of Neuchâtel / University of Paris
Nanterre La Défense): ''How when and why old speakers use less specific
referential expressions within their narrative flow than young speakers?''
    Svenja Sachweh (TalkCare Bochum): ''As good as it (probably) gets - how
living in a dementia housing project engenders animation and interactivity''
    Johannes Schröder (Universität Heidelberg): ''ILSE Corpus: Experiences
from the longitudinal study''
    Inneke Schuurman (KU Leuven): ''You're never too old for E-inclusion, are
you?''
    Maarja Siiner (University of Oslo): ''Dementia and raging talk and talk
about dementia and ageing: some examples of use of corpora''
    Jan Svennevig (University of Oslo): ''Collaborative word searches in
conversations involving bilingual speakers with dementia''

http://wikis.fu-berlin.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=736856590

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