28.2199, Calls: Applied Ling, Socioling/New Zealand

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-2199. Fri May 12 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.2199, Calls: Applied Ling, Socioling/New Zealand

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 10:18:11
From: Jeanette King [j.king at canterbury.ac.nz]
Subject: Third International Conference on the Intergenerational Transmission of Minority Languages

 
Full Title: Third International Conference on the Intergenerational Transmission of Minority Languages 

Date: 11-Dec-2017 - 11-Dec-2017
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand 
Contact Person: Jeanette King
Meeting Email: j.king at canterbury.ac.nz
Web Site: http://latllab.canterbury.ac.nz/upcoming-events/third-uc-intergenerational-transmission-minority-languages-symposium-challenges-benefits/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 02-Oct-2017 

Meeting Description:

We invite researchers, students, teachers and community members who are
interested in sharing their work and insights into the challenges and benefits
of Intergenerational transmission of minority languages to this third
international Symposium. This year's symposium will be asynchronous (further
information below).

The relative success of intergenerational transmission of minority languages
varies widely depending on a range of factors including the influence of
language ideologies and the level of support for minority language parents,
the presence of minority language support in schools and ECE, the perceived
necessity or desirability of speaking the minority language and pressures from
the majority language.

There are obvious benefits to helping children grow up with two languages. On
the individual level, they are able to communicate with family and extended
family and there is some evidence that there may be cognitive benefits to
bilingualism itself. Ethnolinguistic communities benefit from their language
being passed on in new contexts. On the national level, bilingual citizens can
contribute to trade and tourism. However, families face a wide array of
challenges that may thwart their intentions to raise their children speaking a
minority language. Other families may not be persuaded that bilingualism is a
worthwhile undertaking. Still others simply find it more expedient to use the
majority language.


Call for Papers:

Abstracts:

You are invited to submit a 150-200 word abstract for an paper or poster
presentation to latlproject at canterbury.ac.nz by 2 October 2017.

Presentations are to be prerecorded (instructions will be supplied) and will
be made available on the symposium website from 11 December 2017 where there
will be provision for comments, questions, responses, and discussion. The idea
is that the presentations will be available indefinitely unless presenters
request otherwise. This makes the presentations available to a much wider
audience of researchers, students and interested community members and policy
makers than would otherwise be reached.




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