33.1279, Calls: Linguistic Theories/Cyprus

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LINGUIST List: Vol-33-1279. Fri Apr 08 2022. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 33.1279, Calls: Linguistic Theories/Cyprus

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Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:42:43
From: Constantina Fotiou [fotiou.constantina at ucy.ac.cy]
Subject: Heritage Languages and Variation

Full Title: Heritage Languages and Variation 
Short Title: HELV 

Date: 23-Sep-2022 - 25-Sep-2022
Location: Limassol, Cyprus, Cyprus 
Contact Person: Constantina Fotiou
Meeting Email: helv2022 at gmail.com
Web Site: https://helv2022.wixsite.com/website 

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories 

Call Deadline: 31-May-2022 

Meeting Description:

This conference is organized and funded by the Department of English Studies
of the University of Cyprus and by the University of Cyprus internal grant
“The Gradience of Lingualities (GoL): Language Acquisition in Minority
Contexts, Incomplete Linguistic Competence and Theoretical Modeling in
Heritage Speakers, and Vernacular Varieties” (PI: Kleanthes K. Grohmann, main
researcher: Natalia Pavlou). It also connects to the DIDAKTOR research project
funded by the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation, “Language Variation
and Attitudes (LaVA): A Sociolinguistic Analysis of the Linguistic Performance
and Attitudes of Greek Cypriots in Nicosia, Cyprus” (PI: Kleanthes K.
Grohmann, young researcher: Constantina Fotiou).

The central theme of this conference is heritage languages and linguistic
variation, and its aim is to attract research from the fields of language
acquisition, language variation, sociolinguistics, clinical linguistics, and
linguistic theory. The purpose of the conference is to bring together scholars
working on these areas from different perspectives and with different
populations, using different and innovative methodological tools, in order to
exchange ideas and engage in a fruitful discussion.

The study of language variation and heritage languages has attracted the
interest of those working on multilingualism, bilingualism, language
acquisition, and sociolinguistics as well as language policy makers. Some of
the common questions raised in this research are the exposure and influence on
a particular population by a dominant language, the age of exposure to input
from the dominant language, the grammar properties affected by it, and the
overall competence of the heritage language population when compared to
baseline speakers as well as the sociolinguistic conditions affecting language
variation, change, and acquisition. In addition, theoretical and empirical
explanations of language variation in typical and atypical populations can
also inform the field of language acquisition, including the study of heritage
languages. For this, data from these speakers are important since they involve
grammars that provide useful insights for variationist theories and language
acquisition of sociolinguistic variation in multilingual, bidialectal, and
diglossic communities. The need for identifying the linguistic properties that
characterize heritage language speakers in multilingual societies explains the
focus that is placed on heritage languages, their recognition, and
preservation for the advancement of linguistic theory.

Keynote Speakers
Maria Kambanaros, Technological University of Cyprus 
Svetlana Karpava, University of Cyprus
Maria Polinsky, University of Maryland
Unn Røyneland, University of Oslo
Elena Theodorou, Technological University of Cyprus

Call for Papers:

We welcome abstract submissions on any of the following questions or related
topics:
- What is the role of input and intake in heritage language acquisition?
- How does language contact affect heritage language development?
- What are the research methods that best apply in the study of language
variation, especially in heritage languages?
- How do we approach the study of language variation in typical and atypical
or impaired language development?
- How is sociolinguistic variation acquired in multilingual, bi(dia)lectal,
and diglossic communities?
The topics listed are not exhaustive and any submission on the conference’s
central theme is welcome.

Guidelines for abstract submission
Abstracts for papers can be up to 500 words (excluding references); you may
also add figures if you want to. They must be written in English and should be
anonymous. Authors may submit one single-authored and one joint-authored
abstract, or two joint-authored abstracts. Presentations will last 20 minutes,
followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Please submit your abstracts here:
https://easychair.org/cfp/HELV2022.

Call deadline: May 31, 2022
Notification for acceptance: June 15, 2022
Conference dates: September 23-25, 2022

Organizing Committee
Natalia Pavlou (University of Cyprus)
Constantina Fotiou (University of Cyprus)
Kleanthes K. Grohmann (University of Cyprus)

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