29.44, Calls: Sociolinguistics/Netherlands

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Subject: 29.44, Calls: Sociolinguistics/Netherlands

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Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2018 15:05:15
From: Johanneke Buning [jbuning at fryske-akademy.nl]
Subject: 1st Conference on Frisian Humanities - Multilingualism

 
Full Title: 1st Conference on Frisian Humanities - Multilingualism 

Date: 25-Apr-2018 - 26-Apr-2018
Location: Leeuwarden, Netherlands 
Contact Person: Cor van der Meer
Meeting Email: cvdmeer at fryske-akademy.nl
Web Site: https://www.fryske-akademy.nl/en/news-and-events/eveneminten/frisianhumanities0/meartaligens-1st-conference-on-frisian-humanities/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 08-Jan-2018 

Meeting Description:

On 23 to 26 April 2018, the Fryske Akademy organizes the first Conference on
Frisian Humanities, as part of the project Lân fan taal (Land of language) of
Leeuwarden-Fryslân European Capital of Culture 2018. 

On Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 April, the focus of the conference will be on
multilingualism. The purpose is to bring together practitioners, policy-makers
and researchers of multilingualism. It is organised jointly by Mercator
European Research Centre and AFUK (Frisian language promotion).

Invited Speakers:

Jim Cummins, University of Toronto
John Edwards, St Francis Xavier University
Jasone Cenoz, University of the Basque Country
Yaron Matras, University of Manchester
Durk Gorter, University of the Basque Country
Itesh Sachdev, SOAS University of London
Daniel Cunliffe, University of South Wales


Call for Papers:

We invite papers in all fields of multilingualism to stimulate discussion and
novel ideas in the field of multilingualism. We are particularly interested in
papers covering new trends on multilingualism research such as: Long-term
effects of fostering multilingualism, Language promotion, Multilingual
practices in social media, Encounters between different languages (e.g.
minority, migrant and foreign languages), Approaches for teaching multiple
languages.

Abstracts (maximum of 500 words) should be sent to
FH-multilingualism at fryske-akademy.nl. Work in progress and research plans are
very welcome in the poster session. The main working language of the symposium
will be English. Some sessions might also take place in Frisian and Dutch. You
will be notified of the committee’s decision concerning your abstract on
January 22 2018.




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