Call for papers: International colloquium on elite bilingualism

[Scott McGinnis]

Colloquium on Elite Bilingualism - Contemporary Middle
Class Mobility in Europe at the 3rd Symposium on
Bilingualism, University of the West of England, Bristol,
18 - 20 April 2001


The linguistic construction of Europe: migrant elites and the cultural
funcy"ions of English. The focus of this colloquium is on the
linguistic identity" of Europe and its emerging multilingual
elite. The main questions are:

· is there a new "itinerant" culture of highly skilled migrants
in Europe?

· what role does multilingualism play in the construction of the ethnic
identity of this new mobile middle class?

· to what extent is this new middle class an agent of a new European
identity?

· what is the role of English in the process of constructing Europe's
linguistic identity?

We are looking for papers on these questions from scholars from a wide
rangþ of disciplines like Linguistics/ Sociolinguistics,
Anthropology, Cultural  Geography and History. A final panel discussion will
be held after the paper session(s) to discuss the questions raised above.

Conveners:

Helmut Daller (UWE, Bristol) and Ullrich Kockel (UWE, Bristol)
Email: Helmut.Daller at uwe.ac.uk, ullrich.kockel at uwe.ac.uk


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Dr Helmut Daller
Email: Helmut.Daller at uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane
Bristol BS16 1QY
Tel: 0117-344 2392
Fax: 0117-344 2820