FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS_I-mean 3, Identity and Language Conference, UWE, Bristol 18-20 April 2013_Submission deadline 5th February

[Mahendra Verma]

Dear Jo

Has any one submitted their Abstract on language and identity among
the Panjabi community/communities.?

mahendra

Mahendra Verma
Dept. of Language & Linguistic Science
University of York
York.

On 29 January 2013 23:42, Jo Angouri <Jo.Angouri at uwe.ac.uk> wrote:
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> *Apologies for any cross-postings*
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> Dear Colleagues,
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> Please see below the final Call for Papers for this year's i-mean conference
> to be held at UWE, Bristol (18-20 April 2013).  As we have received several
> requests for extending the deadline, abstracts can now be submitted until
> the 5th February.
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> I would be grateful if you could disseminate to other colleagues who may be
> interested and we look forward to seeing you at i-mean!
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> With many thanks in advance and all very best wishes,
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> Jo
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> Dr Jo Angouri, Senior Lecturer
> MA Programme Manager: Intercultural Communication
> University of the West of England, Bristol
> Bristol Centre for Linguistics
> Frenchay Campus
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> Email: Jo.Angouri at uwe.ac.uk
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> NEW: Angouri and Marra, Constructing Identities at Work, Palgrave
> 2013: Angouri and Bargiela-Chiappini, Mapping Intercultural Communication,
> Routledge
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> Final CALL FOR PAPERS
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> I-mean 3, Identity and Language Conference, UWE, Bristol 18-20 April 2013
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> Abstract submission deadline: 5th of February
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> Conference website:
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> http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/cahe/research/bristolcentreforlinguistics/i-mean/conferencedetails.aspx
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> The third imean conference will address the relationship between language
> and identity.
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> Following the imean tradition, we seek to explore ways in which researchers
> can fruitfully work across methodological and disciplinary boundaries. We
> also welcome scholars from other disciplines who have an interest in the
> links between language and identity.
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> The conference aims to explore whether and to what extent bringing together
> different methodological and theoretical approaches can:
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> ü Enhance understanding of identity attribution in interaction
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> ü Lead to theoretically robust methodological innovation
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> Exploring how speakers use language to claim an identity has been explored
> but also challenged in the various traditions (ranging from mainstream
> sociolinguistic theory to linguistic anthropology). In the broadly defined
> field of sociolinguistics there are many conceptualisations of ‘identity’.
> Through language we actively construct and negotiate our self and social
> identities. It is through language that we index, directly and indirectly,
> who we are/how we wish to be perceived and where we (want to) belong. We see
> identity as (not exclusively but to a large extent) a linguistic phenomenon,
> dynamic and constantly evolving.
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> Papers are invited from researchers working across different linguistic
> fields and traditions, focusing on any aspect of language and identity.
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> Main conference themes:
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> üConstructionist and post modern approaches to identity
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> ü Identity in spoken interaction: methodologies and methods
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> üThree waves of variation studies
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> ü Variation, identity and language change, revisited
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> ü Multimodal approaches
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> ü The relationship between role and identity
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> ü Culture, language(s) and identity
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> ü Identity Theory and Social Theory
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> Plenary speakers:
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> Dawn Archer
> Nik Coupland
> Lorenza Mondada
> Ben Rampton
> Ruth Wodak
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> Submission Details: Abstracts of no more than 350 words (max and including
> references, if absolutely necessary) are invited. The deadline for receipt
> of abstracts is the 5th of February. Abstracts should not include the name
> and affiliation of the author(s).
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> To submit an abstract please use the following web-service:
> http://linguistlist.org/confservices/imean2013
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> In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact imean at uwe.ac.uk and:
> Jo.Angouri at uwe.ac.uk or Kate.Beeching at uwe.ac.uk  for any further details.
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