30.432, Confs: General Linguistics/Australia

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Subject: 30.432, Confs: General Linguistics/Australia

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Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:42:05
From: Novi Djenar [novi.djenar at sydney.edu.au]
Subject: Language and Social Hierarchy: Workshop on Address and Self-reference in Southeast Asia

 
Language and Social Hierarchy: Workshop on Address and Self-reference in Southeast Asia 

Date: 21-Jun-2019 - 22-Jun-2019 
Location: The University of Sydney, Australia 
Contact: Novi Djenar 
Contact Email: novi.djenar at sydney.edu.au 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Meeting Description: 

Research on address and self-reference in Southeast Asian languages has
highlighted the dominance of a hierarchical, kinship-based model. Hierarchy
manifests itself in people’s sensitivity to age and generational,
institutional and socio-economic differences.

Studies of person reference in interaction have shown that the hierarchy-based
system is as fixed as it is dynamic. While the terms for indexing age and
generation within the same family are not alterable, people can negotiate
positioning through alternative strategies.

Despite this flexibility, it has been noted that, to convey symmetrical
relations one may have to “step outside the system” in selecting terms, which
illustrates of a tension between hierarchy and equality. This also tells us
that social hierarchy remains the reference point relative to which practices
of symmetry are measured. It also affirms our understanding of hierarchy as
structurally stable ordering of social relations inherently intolerant of
parity.

But what if it is possible to accomplish parity without stepping out of the
system? How can we reconcile the tension between hierarchy and equality? Is
reciprocal use of terms indexical of symmetrical relationship, or is it that
we cannot assume reciprocal forms are synonymous with equal status? Is there a
place for an argument that all social relations are inherently asymmetrical?

This workshop will bring together scholars with expertise on Southeast Asian
languages to debate these issues and offer a fresh perspective on the
relationship between language and social hierarchy, and in doing so, arrive at
greater understanding of how addressing and self-reference practices
constitute a fundamental aspect of social life in the region.

Please contact the workshop convenor for details: novi.djenar at sydney.edu.au
 






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