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<big><small><b>Call for Papers </b></small><br>
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<small>W</small></b><small><b>orld-Conference on
Pluricentric Languages and their Non-Dominant Varieties:</b></small><br>
<small>***************<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.pluricentriclanguages.org/ndv-conf-graz-2015/">http://www.pluricentriclanguages.org/ndv-conf-graz-2015/</a><br>
</small></big><big><small>Organized by the International
Working Group on Non-Dominant Varieties of Pluricentric
Language<small>s </small>(WGNDV)</small><b><br>
<small>Conference</small></b><small><b> date: </b>July
08–11, 2015</small> <br>
<small><b>Location:</b></small> <small>University of Graz,
Austria</small><br>
<b><small>Submission deadline:</small> </b><small>March 30,
2015 </small></big><br>
<b>Notification of acceptance: </b>April 15, 2015<br>
<b>Publication of papers</b>: A volume of selected papers is to
be published by Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt. <br>
All papers for the conference and the publication will be
peer-reviewed.<br>
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The conference will also have a section on language technology
providing scholars </big></tt><tt><big>the possibility to
present their methods and approaches in corpus linguistics,
natural language processing and the computational treatment of
linguistic variation existing between and within national
varieties.<br>
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<b>Invitation:</b><br>
We would like to invite scholars from around the world to
participate in the 4th conference organized by the Working Group
on Non-Dominant Varieties of Pluricentric Languages (WGNDV). <br>
The conference is devoted to the description of pluricentric
languages and in particular of non-dominant national varieties
of plc. languages. <br>
These are the varieties that are small by the number of their
speakers and their symbolic power, and are not the primary
norm-setting centres of the language. They may often be falsely
attributed the status of a “dialect”, and have little or no
codification of their norms. Typically, nd-varieties often have
to legitimate their norms towards the dominant varieties etc. <br>
The previous conferences of the WGNDV (see <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.pluricentriclanguages.org...conferences">www.pluricentriclanguages.org...conferences</a>)
have shown that non-dominant varieties around the world have
many linguistic and sociolinguistic features in common. We would
therefore like to deepen our knowledge and invite scholars from
around the world to take part in the conference and give insight
into the situation and features of as many nd-varieties and plc.
languages as possible. <br>
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Objectives of the 4th conference:</b><br>
The WGNDV wishes to continue in the line of the previous
conferences and to extend the scope of its research. The main
objectives of this conference are:<br>
<b>1. To get more information about the situation of as many
pluricentric languages and non-dominant-varieties in order to
get empirically secure descriptions of effects of
non-dominance.</b><br>
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<ul>
<tt><big> </big></tt>
<li><tt><big>on the identity of their speakers, </big></tt></li>
<tt><big> </big></tt>
<li><tt><big>on the identity of their language communities, </big></tt></li>
<tt><big> </big></tt>
<li><tt><big>on the treatment of norms in written and spoken
language</big></tt></li>
<tt><big> </big></tt>
<li><tt><big>on the principles of codification and their spread to
younger generations</big></tt></li>
<tt><big> </big></tt>
<li><tt><big>on methods in language-technology, how linguistic
variation between and within national varieties and
nd-varieties in particular can be treated and modelled
computationally.</big></tt></li>
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</ul>
<tt> </tt><tt> </tt><tt><big> <b>2. To get exhaustive reports
of the situation of as many plc. languages and nd-varieties
around the world as possible and in particular of lesser known
and researched plc. languages and nd-varieties like:</b><br>
</big></tt><tt> </tt><tt> </tt>
<ul>
<tt><big> </big></tt>
<li><tt><big>Albanian, Aramaic, Aromunian, Basque, Bengali,
Chinese, Croatian, Guaraní, Hebrew, Hindi/Urdu, Hungarian,
Kiswahili / Swahili, Kurdish, Mapudungun, Occitan, Pashto,
Punjabi, Quechua, Tamil, Romanian, Russian etc.</big></tt></li>
<tt><big> </big></tt>
<li><tt><big>ND-varieties of English in Europe, Americas, Africa
and Asia: </big></tt></li>
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<li><tt><big>ND-varieties of French in Europe, Africa, Asia and
America: </big></tt></li>
<tt><big> </big></tt>
<li><tt><big>ND-varieties of Spanish in the Americas and in Asia:
</big></tt></li>
<tt><big> </big></tt>
<li><tt><big>ND-varieties of Portuguese in South-America, Africa
and Asia: </big></tt></li>
<tt><big> </big></tt>
<li><tt><big>ND-varieties of German in Austrian, Belgium, Italy,
Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg.</big></tt></li>
<tt><big> </big></tt>
<li><tt><big>Reports on the development of Russian in the former
member-states of the Soviet Union</big></tt></li>
<tt><big> </big></tt>
</ul>
<tt> </tt><tt> </tt><tt><big> <b>3. To deepen the theory of
plc. languages and the methods for the description of
nd-varieties in particular in respect to:</b><br>
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<ul>
<tt><big> </big></tt>
<li><tt><big>migrant varieties creating new types of
pluricentricity;</big></tt></li>
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<li><tt><big>second level forms of pluricentricity within national
varieties and their theoretical treatment;</big></tt></li>
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<li><tt><big>strategies for coping with language shift caused by
electronic media and satellite TV spreading dominant norms
to non-dominant varieties;</big></tt></li>
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<li><tt><big>the treatment of linguistic and pragmatic features of
nd-varieties in education in primary and secondary schools;</big></tt></li>
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<li><tt><big>principles of codification in diglossic language
communities of plc. languages, esp. the treatment of
divergent linguistic forms that are common in everyday
communication</big></tt></li>
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<li><tt><big>the usage of endonormative codification strategies
and their impact on the development of varieties and
languages;</big></tt></li>
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<li><tt><big>measures of status planning and corpus planning etc.
etc. </big></tt></li>
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</ul>
<tt> </tt><tt> </tt><tt><big> <b><small>**************</small><br>
Important dates</b><br>
All scholars working in this field are invited to submit
proposals for papers/workshops by <br>
30th March 2015. Notification of acceptance: 15th April 2015.<br>
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<b>Contents of papers</b><br>
Papers (25 mins. + 5 mins. discussion) should address one or
more of the above mentioned objectives of the conference as
mentioned above and should thus provide:<br>
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<ol>
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<li><tt><big>Information about the situation of any pluricentric
language and any non-dominant-varieties in order to get
empirically secure descriptions.</big></tt></li>
<tt><big> </big></tt>
<li><tt><big>To get exhaustive reports of the situation of lesser
known and researched plc. languages and nd-varieties (see
the list) and may be of “new” plc. languages that have not
previously been identified. </big></tt></li>
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<li><tt><big>Data that deepen the theory of plc. languages and the
methods for the description of nd-varieties. <br>
</big></tt></li>
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<li><tt><big>Suggestions for other topics are welcome!</big></tt></li>
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</ol>
<tt> </tt><tt> </tt><tt><big> <b>Contents of workshops</b><br>
Workshops (90 minutes long) should concern specific languages
and their various non-dominant varieties, and particular
methodological problems in the description of non-dominant
varieties.<br>
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<b>Abstracts</b><br>
All abstracts must be written in English and copied into the
field "abstract" on the registration page - <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.pluricentriclanguages.org/ndv-conf-graz-2015/...registration">http://www.pluricentriclanguages.org/ndv-conf-graz-2015/...registration</a>
- or sent to <br>
<b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:ndv-conf@pluricentriclanguages.org">ndv-conf@pluricentriclanguages.org</a></b>
as an email-attachment in Word format. <br>
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<ul>
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<li><tt><big>Abstracts for 25-minutes papers should not exceed
3000 characters (1 page A4) including 4 keywords. Suggested
topics for presentations can be downloaded from the
conference website. </big></tt></li>
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<li><tt><big>Abstracts for 90-minutes workshops should not exceed
5000 characters (1 1/2 page A4) including 4-8 keywords.
Workshop organizers should outline the overall structure of
the workshop and provide names of the participants.</big></tt></li>
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</ul>
<tt> </tt><tt> </tt><tt><big> <b>**************<br>
Conference language(s) and Sections</b><br>
The conference languages will be <b>English </b>and <b>German
</b>plus the<b> languages of the sections for specific languages</b>
if there are enough presentations to establish a section. The
following sections are envisaged: English, French, German,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, a general section and a language
technology section. <br>
All presentations at the conference must be written in English,
the oral presentation can be held in the language of the
section. </big></tt><tt><br>
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<big><big><b><small>Rudolf Muhr <br>
Austrian German Research Centre / <br>
Forschungsstelle Österreichisches Deutsch<br>
Universität Graz, Heinrichstr. 22/2, A-8010 Graz<br>
Tel. +43316 380 8176; Fax +43316 380 9763;</small></b><br>
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