34.1180, Calls: Linguistic Variability in Heritage Language Research

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Subject: 34.1180, Calls: Linguistic Variability in Heritage Language Research

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Date: 12-Apr-2023
From: RUEG Coordination [everett at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Linguistic Variability in Heritage Language Research

Full Title: Linguistic Variability in Heritage Language Research
Short Title: RUEG2023

Date: 26-Sep-2023 - 28-Sep-2023
Location: Berlin, Germany
Contact Person: RUEG Coordination
Meeting Email: coordination-rueg at hu-berlin.de
Web Site: https://hu.berlin/rueg2023

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition;
Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Call Deadline: 24-Apr-2023

Meeting Description:

Linguistic research across subdisciplines has recently developed much
interest in the influence of between- and within-speaker variability
in language production and comprehension. While speaker diversity has
always been considered in heritage language research, this new-found
momentum holds much potential for the advancement of theoretical
concepts and the development of a more comprehensive view of language
as a fundamentally diverse phenomenon. Capturing and modelling such
diversity, especially in limited data, however, presents a substantial
challenge for heritage language research among other fields. For
example, numerous questions arise in relation to the empirical
research practices: What quantitative and qualitative challenges do we
face? How do we consider and integrate variability and diversity in
our research designs, our data structures, and analyses? Other
questions concern the theoretical and epistemological integration: If
the baseline contains diversity, can we still identify factors that
allow us to group and compare speakers? How do we account for the full
diversity within the data without losing sight of unifying patterns?

The Research Unit “Emerging grammars in language contact situations: A
comparative approach” (RUEG; https://hu.berlin/rueg) has investigated
these questions over the past six years in a multi-university
collaboration funded by the German Science Foundation. Research within
RUEG has focused on both heritage speakers and monolinguals speaking a
variety of languages in comparative contact situations. Crucially,
this work has assumed that both speaker groups - heritage speakers as
well as monolinguals - exhibit both intra-individual and
inter-individual variation. In addition, research has targeted
non-canonical patterns (unexpected from the point of view of standard
grammars) in both speaker groups, not assuming that non-canonical
structures are restricted to only one group.

This international conference marks the completion of RUEG’s second
and final 3-year period. It aims to bring together researchers who are
interested in contributing to the investigation of heritage languages
(spoken and signed), especially from the perspective of linguistic
variability and methodological challenges. We plan to have the
following three thematic sessions, each introduced by a keynote
speaker.

Session 1: Baselines and Variation
What are the appropriate groups to compare in studies on heritage
languages? How homogeneous is linguistic production between individual
heritage speakers? Which factors predict different outcomes in
linguistic production between individual speakers? Do some linguistic
levels and phenomena show greater variability than others?
Keynote: Jason Rothman, The Arctic University of Norway

Session 2: Repertoires and Communicative Situations
What is the role of communicative situations in the linguistic
behaviour of heritage speakers and monolinguals? Do specific
communicative situations trigger unexpected linguistic patterns, and
do heritage speakers and other speaker groups behave similarly in
those situations? To what extent do heritage speakers show register
awareness in their heritage languages?
Keynote: Anna Shadrova, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Session 3: Methodological Advances
What methods in corpus and experimental linguistics are suitable to
detect and capture possible heritage language grammars or other types
of non-standard grammars? How can we best capture linguistic patterns
that fall outside formal standard language? What methods in corpus and
experimental linguistics are suitable to study speakers’ repertoires?
Keynote: Irina Sekerina, The City University of New York

On the first day (26th September), the conference will connect with
the European Day of Languages, focusing on educational implications
for multilingual settings, outreach event with heritage communities,
practitioners, students, and policy makers.

2nd Call for Papers:

Abstract submissions via EasyChair extended to 24th April 2023:
https://easychair.org/cfp/rueg2023

Linguistic research across subdisciplines has recently developed much
interest in the influence of between- and within-speaker variability
in language production and comprehension. While speaker diversity has
always been considered in heritage language research, this new-found
momentum holds much potential for the advancement of theoretical
concepts and the development of a more comprehensive view of language
as a fundamentally diverse phenomenon. Capturing and modelling such
diversity presents a substantial challenge for heritage language
research among other fields. For example, numerous questions arise in
relation to the empirical research practices: What quantitative and
qualitative challenges do we face? How do we consider and integrate
variability and diversity in our research designs, our data
structures, and analyses? Other questions concern the theoretical and
epistemological integration: If the baseline contains diversity, can
we still identify factors that allow us to group and compare speakers?
How do we account for the full diversity within the data without
losing sight of unifying patterns?

The Research Unit “Emerging grammars in language contact situations: A
comparative approach” (RUEG; hu.berlin/rueg) has investigated these
questions over the past six years in a multi-university collaboration
funded by the German Science Foundation. This international conference
marks the completion of RUEG’s second and final 3-year period. It aims
to bring together researchers who are interested in contributing to
the investigation of heritage languages (spoken and signed),
especially from the perspective of linguistic variability and
methodological challenges. We plan to have the following three
thematic sessions, each introduced by a keynote speaker:
Session 1: Baselines and Variation
What are the appropriate groups to compare in studies on heritage
languages? How homogeneous is linguistic production between individual
heritage speakers? Which factors predict different outcomes in
linguistic production between individual speakers? Do some linguistic
levels and phenomena show greater variability than others?
Keynote: Jason Rothman, The Arctic University of Norway

Session 2: Repertoires and Communicative Situations
What is the role of communicative situations in the linguistic
behaviour of heritage speakers and monolinguals? Do specific
communicative situations trigger unexpected linguistic patterns, and
do heritage speakers and other speaker groups behave similarly in
those situations? To what extent do heritage speakers show register
awareness in their heritage languages?
Keynote: Anna Shadrova, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Session 3: Methodological Advances
What methods in corpus and experimental linguistics are suitable to
detect and capture possible heritage language grammars or other types
of non-standard grammars? How can we best capture linguistic patterns
that fall outside formal standard language? What methods in corpus and
experimental linguistics are suitable to study speakers’ repertoires?
Keynote: Irina Sekerina, The City University of New York

Poster session
There will also be an extended poster session with lightning talks
dedicated to the topics described in 1-3.

European Day of Languages
On the first day (September 26th), the conference will connect with
the European Day of Languages, focusing on educational implications
for multilingual settings, including an outreach event with heritage
communities, practitioners, students, and policy makers.
Invited speakers: t.b.a.
We invite contributions on any theoretical or empirical work on
heritage languages as related to the session content outlined above.
For details on abstract format and submission guidelines please visit
our website: http://hu.berlin/rueg2023

Submission Deadline: 24th April 2023

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