<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Announcement:
Melbourne Linguistics in the Pub – </span></b><font face="arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><b>Wednesday 5th April 2017</b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>It's all in the family! Why researching languages in the family is complicated and how it can be the most entertaining thing</b></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">In conjunction with </span></font><i><a href="http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/news-and-media/events/article/?id=language-practices-and-language-policies-in-multilingual-contexts">Language practices and language policies in multilingual contexts workshop</a>, </i>University of Melbourne 6-7 April 2017 </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b><br></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"><b>Leading the discussion: </b>Judith Purkarthofer, <i>Multiling</i>: </span>Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan, University of Oslo</p></div><div><p style="font-size:12.8px">This discussion will start with experiences in researching family languages, policies and practices in a Northern European context. National languages, minority languages and languages of migration are considered a public question, but they are also very much a private question for families and family members.</p><p style="font-size:12.8px">Some of the issues that may come up in the discussion include:</p><ul style="font-size:12.8px"><li style="margin-left:15px">What can we understand when we look at families?</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Multilingualism across generations</li><li style="margin-left:15px">How can research design and methodology cater for different age groups, language competences and interests?<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">How do we negotiate the public and the private and our own role as belonging to both domains?<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">How close is too close? Reading cultural and personal cues in interaction<br></li></ul><p style="font-size:12.8px">Given that many researchers work in settings where family relations are relevant (among other things), the discussion should be relevant to your experiences and we are happy to learn your tricks in family-related research!<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Date</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">: Wednesday 5th April 2017</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Time</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">: 6:00
- 8:00 pm<br>
<b>Venue</b>: Function room</span></p>
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<b>Naughton’s Parkville Hotel – NOTE BACK TO OLD VENUE<span></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Address: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">43
Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Phone: </span></b><span></span> (03) 9347 2255</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"><a href="http://parkvillehotel.com.au/" target="_blank"><span lang="FR">http://<wbr>parkvillehotel.com.au/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> (menu available online)</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"><span></span></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">LIP is an
occasional gathering of language activists and linguists in Melbourne
and is coordinated by the MLIP committee: Ruth Singer, Stefan Schnell
(Melbourne Uni) and Harriet Sheppard, Jonathan Schlossberg, Alan Ray, Jonathon
Lum (Monash Uni)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Contact Ruth Singer
(University of Melbourne) with any questions: </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:rsinger@unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">rsinger@unimelb.<wbr>edu.au</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"><br>
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