30.2141, Calls: General Linguistics/Portugal

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-2141. Tue May 21 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.2141, Calls: General Linguistics/Portugal

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Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 23:54:08
From: Ana Lúcia Santos [als at letras.ulisboa.pt]
Subject: Heritage Languages Around the World

Full Title: Heritage Languages Around the World 
Short Title: HLAW 

Date: 21-May-2020 - 22-May-2020
Location: Lisbon, Portugal 
Contact Person: Ana Lúcia Santos
Meeting Email: heritage.languages.conference at gmail.com
Web Site: http://cehum.ilch.uminho.pt/languages 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Oct-2019 

Meeting Description:

We are pleased to announce the International Conference on Heritage Languages
around the world, which will take place at the University of Lisbon as a joint
initiative of the Centro de Linguística da Universidade de Lisboa, Centro de
Estudos Humanísticos da Universidade do Minho, the Portuguese Program and the
Heritage Language Research Group at UMass Amherst. This initiative is also
supported by Camões. Instituto da Coperação e da Língua and the recently
created European Heritage Language Consortium.

In the last two decades, Heritage Languages have received growing attention,
both in the field of bilingualism studies and in research concerned with the
preservation and revitalization of endangered languages. They have been under
the scrutiny of linguists, especially of those working on bilingual language
acquisition and on sociolinguistics, as well as language policy makers,
language activists, and researchers in education. For linguists interested in
bilingualism, heritage speakers represent not only a large part of the
bilingual population, but also a case in which it is possible to study the
effects of different amounts of exposure and of crosslinguistic influence on a
population in which birth is maintained as the age of onset for the heritage
language. From the viewpoint of sociolinguistics, heritage languages raise
several questions, including which conditions determine linguistic
preservation or attrition, or the significance of the fact that heritage
speakers are often exposed to only a non-standard variety of the heritage
language. Finally, in the area of studies on endangered languages, an
important focus has been placed on strategies for the revitalization of
heritage languages as a means to preserve linguistic diversity.

The recognition of the specificities of heritage speakers and heritage
languages in multilingual societies is what justifies the relevance of the
topic for policy makers and for researchers interested in language education
and language policies.

The main goal of this conference is to bring together various research
perspectives on heritage languages in order to contribute to a better
understanding of the effects of language development and education in
immigrant and minority language communities around the world.

We welcome submissions on the following topics:

1) Linguistic properties of heritage languages in child and adult bilinguals
2) The role of input and cross-linguistic influence in heritage language
acquisition 
3) Research methods in heritage language development
4) Understudied heritage languages (e.g. Native American, African and Asian
languages)
5) New trends in heritage language education
6) Heritage language policies
7) Attitudes and identity in heritage languages
8) Heritage languages and the preservation of linguistic diversity

Keynote speakers:

- Peter Austin (University of London) [CV]
- Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer (University of Hamburg) [CV]
Title: At the interface of heritage language learning and teacher education:
motorways, short-cuts and no-go areas
- Naomi Nagy (University of Toronto) [CV]
Title: Promoting linguistic and cultural diversity through Heritage Language
Sociolinguistics
- Jason Rothman (University of Tromso) [CV]
Title: Theoretical Epistemology and Methodology in Heritage Language
Bilingualism

Organizing Committee:

Ana Lúcia Santos (ULisboa)
Cristina Flores (UMinho)
Luiz Amaral (UMass Amherst)
Hugo Cardoso (ULisboa)

Call for Papers:

Abstracts for a 20-minute oral presentation or a poster presentation on any
subject relating to the topics listed above will be accepted from May 15 to
October 15, 2019. Abstracts should be written in English, should be a maximum
of 5000 characters (including references) and anonymized to exclude any
identifiable information. Authors may submit a total of two abstracts, one
individual and one joint (or two joint).

Abstracts should be submitted through the conference webpage
http://cehum.ilch.uminho.pt/languages

Call Deadline: 15-Oct-2019

Notification of acceptance: 15-Dec-2019

Early Bird Registration: 15-Feb-2020

Conference: 21-22-May-2020

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