AILA World Congress 2005 SC Language and Gender

[Marlis Hellinger]

Call for papers

 

AILA World Congress 2005  SC Language and Gender

 

Dear all,

 

the 14th AILA World Congress will take place in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, from July 24-29, 2005 (check out the AILA 2005 Website at http://www.aila2005.org). As the convener of the "Language and Gender" Scientific Commission, I am inviting contributions in the two topical areas specified below.

 

Currently in the study of language and gender, the use of a large variety of theoretical and methodological approaches can be observed. While constructionist theories (with related approaches such as the Community of Practice model) seem to dominate the field (to the practical exclusion of essentialist models), many other important frameworks are used such as variationist models, cognitive/accommodation theory, classical Conversational Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis. A consensus has emerged among researchers in language and gender that studies be responsive to the interests and needs of the community of language users under investigation.

 

Papers are invited in the following two topical areas:

 

(1) Taking an explicitly applied perspective, the question should be addressed of how the study of language and gender (in any of the above frameworks) may contribute to the identification, evaluation, and possibly solution of gender-related conflicts in the community of speakers under investigation (e.g., the family, the peer group, the classroom, the workplace, the public sphere, etc.).

 

(2) The gender systems of numerous languages in Africa, Asia, the Americas, but also in Europe (e.g., Portuguese, Hungarian), remain unanalysed. In continuation of the work as published by Hellinger & Bussmann (2001-2003. Gender across languages. Amsterdam: Benjamins), analyses are invited of the linguistic representation of women and men in languages with diverse historical origins, typological affiliations and structural properties. 

 

Presentations will be 20 minutes in length followed by a brief discussion period. 

 

Abstracts should be ca. 200 words in length and include a brief description of the project, the methodology and the data. Abstracts should contain the title of the paper and the author's name, affiliation, postal address, e-mail and phone number. 

Abstracts should be sent to this e-mail address: hellinger at em.uni-frankfurt.de

Deadline: April 30, 2004.

 

Prof. Dr. Marlis Hellinger

IEAS Linguistik

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

Campus Westend

D-60323 Frankfurt am Main

 

Phone: +49(0)69-798-32530

Fax: +49(0)60-798-32531
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