33.3737, Calls: Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics/Germany

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LINGUIST List: Vol-33-3737. Wed Dec 07 2022. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 33.3737, Calls: Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics/Germany

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Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 07:35:34
From: Carolina Zucchi [Carolina.Zucchi at uni-bayreuth.de]
Subject: Arabic in Africa: Historical and Sociolinguistic Perspectives

 
Full Title: Arabic in Africa: Historical and Sociolinguistic Perspectives 

Date: 16-Apr-2023 - 18-Apr-2023
Location: Bayreuth, Germany 
Contact Person: Valentina Serreli
Meeting Email: arabic_in_africa at uni-bayreuth.de
Web Site: https://www.arabistik.uni-bayreuth.de/de/Arabic-in-Africa-2023/Call-for-Papers/index.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Dec-2022 

Meeting Description:

The international conference Arabic in Africa: Historical and Sociolinguistic
Perspectives brings together scholars interested in the study of Arabic in
Africa. It focuses on Arabic in Africa within a holistic linguistic framework
defined by sociolinguistic, descriptive, geo-linguistic, political linguistic
and historical parameters. “Arabic in Africa” will consider Arabic from
different approaches, perspectives and disciplinary frameworks and in quite
different sociolinguistic situations.


2nd Call for Papers:

Deadline Extended: Arabic in Africa: Historical and Sociolinguistic
Perspectives

The international conference Arabic in Africa: Historical and Sociolinguistic
Perspectives brings together scholars interested in the study of Arabic in
Africa. The Arabic language in Africa represents at one and the same time
remarkable similarities in terms of language structure and socio-cultural
status as well as well-profiled contrasts. Both of these coincide only
partially with contemporary political, economic and geographic demarcations,
such as have become established in MENA or Maghreb studies. The current
conference focuses on Arabic in Africa within a holistic linguistic framework
defined by sociolinguistic, descriptive, geo-linguistic, political linguistic
and historical parameters.

“Arabic in Africa” will consider Arabic from different approaches,
perspectives and disciplinary frameworks and in quite different
sociolinguistic situations. Parameters include demographic weight (e.g.
“national nonstandard standard” or very local small variety), institutional
status (e.g. official language, national language, minority with no state
support) and historical provenance.

We welcome contributions that approach Arabic in Africa from historical,
descriptive and sociolinguistic perspectives. Topics include but are not
limited to:
- Basic descriptive and theoretical linguistic perspectives on Arabic in
Africa.
- Variation, prestige, unbalanced power in Arabic varieties in Africa
- Language contact involving Arabic, Arabic-based pidgins and creoles in
Africa
- Arabic as L2, Arabic as lingua franca in Africa
- Arabic in Africa - Arabic in the Middle East: comparative historical and
sociolinguistic perspectives
- Language politics and policies involving Arabic in Africa
- Ajami script, Arabic script in non-Arabic-speaking areas in Africa
- Arabic and Islam in Africa​

During the coffee breaks there will be poster sessions where the conference
participants will be able to interact with the presenters and discuss their
research.

The conference will close with a roundtable discussion where distinguished
scholars will synthesize the various ideas and research directions which have
been presented and propose the state of the art on Arabic in Africa according
to their own perspective. We are honored to count among our invited Raporteurs
Prof. Jeffrey Heath (University of Michigan), Prof. Catherine Miller (CNRS,
IREMAM), Prof. Fiona Mc Laughlin (University of Florida) and Prof. Stephan
Prochazka (University of Vienna) and to have Prof. Jonathan Owens (University
of Bayreuth) chairing the discussion.

The conference is funded by the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence and the
Chair of Arabic Studies of the University of Bayreuth. We will contribute to
the accommodation expenses of all participants with an accepted presentation
and to the accommodation and travel costs of participants with an accepted
presentation who are based in Africa.

Abstract Submission Guidelines

We invite the submission of abstracts for full papers (30 minutes presentation
+ 10 minutes discussion) and for posters. Abstracts of 400-500 words,
excluding references, should be submitted in PDF-format by email to
arabic_in_africa at uni-bayreuth.de. The abstract should indicate whether the
work is to be presented as a talk or as a poster. The deadline for abstract
submission has been postponed to December 15, 2022.

Notification of acceptance will be sent out within January 31, 2023 (updated).

Conference website:
https://www.arabistik.uni-bayreuth.de/de/Arabic-in-Africa-2023/index.html




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