[ADS-M] Call for Papers: LAVIS 5 / SECOL 91

[Grant Barrett]

Call for Papers
LAVIS V and SECOL 91

The Southeastern Conference on Linguistics invites abstract submissions for
papers for the 91st meeting, which will be held concurrently with Language
Variation in the South V (LAVIS V: the LAVIS conference is only held every
10 years), hosted by the University of Georgia in Athens, GA, April 4-7,
2024. Papers in all areas of language and linguistics are welcome,
including papers and panels on the teaching of linguistics, but special
consideration will be given to proposals related to the conference theme,
"The Changing South."

"The Changing South" is in part a story of demographic and economic boom,
but many other compelling narratives exist as well, including the cultural
and demographic transformations brought by immigrants from all over the
world. In recent census reports, states like Georgia had the fastest
growing percentage Hispanic populations in the US. While Hispanic migrants
are clearly the most visible group of recent newcomers to the South, other
groups have transformed the region over the past thirty years, including
large Asian populations (Chinese, Vietnamese, Hmong, Indian, Pakistani,
etc.), Middle Easterners (Lebanese, Iraqi, Egyptian, Saudi, Yemeni, etc.)
and Southern and Eastern Europeans (Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, etc.).
African Americans, too, have been moving back to the South from other areas
of the country.

Thus, "The Changing South" is comprised of increasing demographic and
linguistic diversity, but as important are the changes to the traditional
populations and ways of life. LAVIS V and SECOL 91 together will be the
most comprehensive conference documenting language in this dynamic
landscape, following the once-per-decade pattern of the LAVIS meetings.

Abstracts for 20-minute papers should not exceed 400 words, excluding title
and references. Authors may submit up to two abstracts (across both
conferences), one individual and one joint. Abstracts will be accepted
electronically through Oxford Abstracts between September 1 and October 31,
2023, at https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/6722/submitter. Abstracts
will be evaluated together (no separate evaluation for LAVIS V and SECOL
91).

Please direct all inquiries by email to lavis5 at uga.edu.

Organizing Committee
Jon Forrest
Chad Howe
Katherine Ireland
Margaret Renwick
Bill Kretzschmar

Graduate Assistant
Anna Freeman
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