31.3070, Calls: Hist Ling, Socioling/Online
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Subject: 31.3070, Calls: Hist Ling, Socioling/Online
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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2020 21:14:25
From: Judith Huber [judith.huber at fau.de]
Subject: Historical Sociolinguistics Network 2021: Intra-writer variation in historical sociolinguistics
Full Title: Historical Sociolinguistics Network 2021: Intra-writer variation in historical sociolinguistics
Short Title: HiSoN
Date: 17-Mar-2021 - 19-Mar-2021
Location: Erlangen/Online, Germany
Contact Person: Judith Huber
Meeting Email: conference-hison2021 at fau.de
Web Site: https://sprachwissenschaft.fau.de/hison2021
Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics
Call Deadline: 31-Dec-2020
Meeting Description:
Intra-writer or stylistic variation can be considered as one of the new waves
in historical sociolinguistics – see the previous HiSoN conference in Leiden
2018. In modern sociolinguistics, intra-speaker and stylistic variation have
reached “the centre of sociolinguistic theorization and method” (Bell 2014:
297) and are now “a key ingredient of variationist sociolinguistic research”
(Hernández-Campoy 2016: 30). The success of the so-called third-wave studies
with their focus on the construction of identities through language has
brought about influential concepts such as stylization, crossing and
enregisterment. Resulting from the frequent lack of available information
about individual historical writers and the randomness of textual
transmission, historical sociolinguistics faces increased difficulties when
focusing on individual language use and stylistic repertoires. This may be the
reason why intra-writer variation has as yet not received much attention. This
desideratum in historical sociolinguistics will be addressed at the HiSoN 2021
conference, 17-19 March 2021.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the conference “Intra-Writer Variation
in Historical Sociolinguistics” will be full-online. There will be a
combination of live Zoom meetings and pre-recorded presentations with virtual
live discussions. More information and technical details will follow on the
website: https://sprachwissenschaft.fau.de/hison2021
The conference is hosted at the Friedrich-Alexander University of
Erlangen-Nuremberg by the junior research group Flexible Writers in Language
History and the assistant professor of English Linguistics, in collaboration
with the Historical Sociolinguistics Network (HiSoN).
Keynote Speakers:
- Stephan Elspaß (University of Salzburg)
- Juan Manuel Hernández-Campoy (University of Murcia)
- Terttu Nevalainen (University of Helsinki)
- José del Valle (The City University of New York)
Organizing committee: Markus Schiegg, Judith Huber, Katharina Gunkler-Frank,
Julian Mader, Luzia Pätzel
Important dates:
- Send in abstracts by 31 December
- Notification of acceptance by 15 January
- Registration by 1 February
- If you choose a pre-recorded presentation instead of a live presentation:
submission by 1 March
- Conference 17-19 March
Call for Papers:
Our conference invites contributions that, among others, address the following
questions:
- Which factors influence intra-writer variation in historical writing? How
can we assess 'free variation'?
- Can the concepts of intra-speaker or stylistic variation in modern
sociolinguistics be applied to historical data?
- In which kind of historical data can we find intra-writer variation?
- Can effective style-shifting and the scope of a stylistic repertoire be
connected to communicative competence and education?
- How can we distinguish stylistic from social variation in historical data?
- Is it possible to aggregate local findings of stylistic variation and
combine qualitative with quantitative approaches?
- Does the analysis of stylistic variation in writing allow us to observe
language change in progress? Can an approach to language history ‘from below’
benefit from stylistic variation?
- How does intra-writer variation evolve over the lifespan of historical
writers?
- What roles do style-shifting and individual language use play within
historical social networks and communities of practice?
- Do we have access to metalinguistic discourses on register awareness and
(ideologies of) historical styles?
- How can electronic corpora and digital methods be used to assess individual
variation?
The conference will take place on Zoom. Presentations will be 20 minutes + 10
minutes discussion. Presenters may choose between a live and a pre-recorded
presentation; the discussions will all be live (webcam and microphone
required). Technical details will follow.
Please send your abstracts of up to 400 words (including references) to
conference-hison2021 at fau.de by 31 December 2020. You will be notified of your
paper's acceptance by 15 January.
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