30.3668, Calls: Sociolinguistics/Hong Kong

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Subject: 30.3668, Calls: Sociolinguistics/Hong Kong

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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 16:22:55
From: Marion Kwiatkowski [marion.kwiatkowski at helsinki.fi]
Subject: The Sociolinguistics of Immigration to the Countryside

 
Full Title: The Sociolinguistics of Immigration to the Countryside 

Date: 16-Jun-2020 - 19-Jun-2020
Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong 
Contact Person: Marion Kwiatkowski
Meeting Email: marion.kwiatkowski at helsinki.fi

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 12-Oct-2019 

Meeting Description:

We are planning to organise a panel on ''The sociolinguistics of immigration
to the countryside'' at the 23rd Sociolinguistics Symposium in Hong Kong
(16–19 June 2020).

The theme of the conference is ''Unsettling Language'' and encourages
linguists to critically discuss established notions and theories regarding
language.

The sociolinguistic effects of immigration have mainly been studied in
multilingual urban contexts, while the effects of immigration to rural
contexts have received comparatively little attention.

The panel seeks to obtain a better understanding of rural immigration contexts
and how social network structures influence the language use of both the
immigrant and the non-immigrant population. With this panel, we also hope to
contribute to a more nuanced understanding of language contact and language
change in general. (Please see the panel description below)

The panel is meant to provide an opportunity for researchers working on
immigration to rural areas in different countries to discuss their research
results and to foster the exchange of ideas in a collegial setting.

Unsettling the NORMs: The sociolinguistics of immigration to the countryside

The sociolinguistic effects of immigration are most often studied in the
context of large urban melting pots. Rural areas have long served as a
counterpart and maintained their image as the havens of traditional language
use that have not been 'tainted' by language contact. However, immigration can
no longer be considered a predominantly urban phenomenon as rural areas have
experienced increased population influx. This panel seeks to widen the scope
of the sociolinguistics of immigration by placing a special focus on rural
areas, their social dynamics and linguistic practices.
Traditionally, rural societies have been described as having closed and
close-knit social networks that slow down or even prevent language change. The
panel seeks to understand to what extent this notion of a closed social
network is still applicable in rural areas with increased immigration: To what
extent do we see a disruption of the traditional understanding due to an
unprecedented amount of immigration? To what extent and how do the potential
changes in social network structure affect language contact, and with that,
linguistic change?
The panel approaches the sociolinguistic effects of immigration to the
countryside from several angles, spanning from linguistic change of the local
dialect and of heritage languages, to the impact of the local social dynamics
on the linguistic practices of the immigrant and non-immigrant population. 
The panel offers an opportunity for scholars from a multitude of linguistic
areas working on the effects of immigration to rural areas to share their
observations and discuss future implications for how we should approach the
study of sociolinguistic effects of immigration as well as the study of
linguistic practices in rural communities in general.
Studies in all areas of sociolinguistic research are invited, structural as
well as functional (cultural, contextual), empirical as well as theoretical.

Keywords: Immigration, Rural areas, Language contact, Social networks
 
If you would like to contribute to this panel, please contact the panel
convenors before 12 October 2019:

Marion Kwiatkowski
marion.kwiatkowski at helsinki.fi

Jan-Ola Östman
Jan-Ola.Ostman at helsinki.fi


Call for Papers:

Formal requirements:

Abstracts may not exceed 300 words, which includes references (if any). Please
also list up to five keywords.
Please observe that the conference organisers do not accept presentations via
skype or other media. 
(See also the conference’s website:
https://www.ss23hk.com/copy-of-first-call-for-papers)

Please note that the deadline for submissions is already 14 October, which
means that all abstracts need to be sent to us before that, since the panel
proposal is to be submitted together with the abstracts of individual
presenters.
The conference organisers will then decide by January 2020 if the panel incl.
the individual papers will be accepted for the conference.

If you are interested in taking part in the panel, please contact us!

Abstracts with a title, keywords, content description and references should be
sent to marion.kwiatkowski at helsinki.fi by 12 October 2019 at the latest.

We welcome all contributions – from near and far!




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