28.4140, Calls: Anthropological Ling, Applied Ling, Socioling/Spain

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Subject: 28.4140, Calls: Anthropological Ling, Applied Ling, Socioling/Spain

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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:15:22
From: Lenka Zajicova [lenka.zajicova at upol.cz]
Subject: ICA 2018 Workshop: Norm and Standardization in Indigenous Languages of the Americas

 
Full Title: ICA 2018 Workshop: Norm and Standardization in Indigenous Languages of the Americas 

Date: 15-Jul-2018 - 20-Jul-2018
Location: Salamanca, Spain 
Contact Person: Lenka Zajicova
Meeting Email: lenka.zajicova at upol.cz
Web Site: http://ica2018.es/linguistica-y-literatura/ 

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

Call Deadline: 20-Oct-2017 

Meeting Description:

This is the symposium #15/18 of the area Linguistics and Literatura of the
56th International Congress of Americanists.

The emancipatory processes of Amerindian languages, driven both from below and
from above, have had a wide range of consequences, ranging from the most
symbolic, such as their proclamation as co-official languages in the
legislation of a large number of Latin American countries, to much more
practical, such as intercultural bilingual education, which, with variety of
programs, methods, aims, and results, exists in practically all Latin American
countries. It is especially the latter context that, before or after, raises
the challenge of establishing some written standard, to enable the creation of
educational materials. These processes are, in most cases, conditioned by a
Western linguistic conceptualization, clearly reflected in the creation of a
standard variety, a concept of Western roots closely linked to the written and
codified variety of a language. It is not surprising, therefore, that the
emergence of a standard may conflict with the conceptualization of the
language norm of linguistic communities of primarily oral tradition. The idea
and the search for good linguistic use are omnipresent. It is a cultural
universal that springs from the natural tendency of each human being to
evaluate the behavior of the other, including linguistic behavior. This
linguistic ideal is often influenced by ideas about linguistic purism, which
is not an exclusively Western phenomenon, as can be illustrated by the
examples of the Maya hach or guaraniete, which are considered as authentic,
true, legitimate, pure, but at the same time unreachable languages, and which
present themselves in opposition to what is actually spoken, varieties that
are results of mixture and contact, such as xe'ek' maya or jopara.

The symposium aims to bring together experts in linguistic standardization,
both theoretical and practical, with different experiences in the codification
and elaboration of standard varieties of Amerindian languages, to reflect and
try to find viable paths, answers, and solutions of many questions that these
processes rise, such as:

How to handle the conflict between the different conceptualizations of the
linguistic norm?
What cases are documented of oral standards emerging prior to explicit
codification of a written standard?
How to elaborate the language standard in a situation of intense language
contact between different languages and varieties?
How to avoid negative attitudes in speakers (linguistic self-disrespect and
insecurity) towards their vernacular varieties during the creation of a
standard and its implementation in a linguistic community?
How to avoid negative attitudes towards the language standard proposals?
How to handle ambiguous attitudes towards writing and its appropriation in
linguistic communities?
What experiences are there with codification, especially with the creation of
monolingual dictionaries and grammars?
What influence in the process of standardization can have the democratization
and variation of writing practiced in new media?
How can we ensure that standardization will lead to the maintenance and
revitalization of these minorized and vulnerable languages?

Keywords: language standardization; language standard; language norm;
Amerindian languages; language policy and planning; language management;
bilingual education; language attitudes; language ideology; language purism


Call for Papers:

Please, send paper proposals through the form on the congress webpage:
https://www.conftool.pro/ica2018/index.php?page=login .




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