Call for papers: French in the United States -- DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS 1 NOVEMBER 2002

[McGinnis, Scott]

	FRENCH IN THE UNITED STATES
	
	CALL FOR PAPERS - FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
	
	Indiana University is organizing on its Bloomington campus a Colloquium
	on French in the United States. 
	Date:  April 22-24, 2003
	
	The Colloquium will be followed by the 33rd meeting of the Linguistic
	Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL).  The goals of the Colloquium are
	to assess the state of the research on French as a vernacular language
	in the United States and to promote more vigorous research and
	development initiatives in this field.
	
	Keynote speaker (April 22): Henriette Walter, École pratique des Hautes
	Études, Paris, U. de Haute-Bretagne, Rennes
	
	LSRL Opening session speaker (April 24): Shana Poplack, U. of Ottawa
	
	Organizers:  Albert Valdman & Julie Auger
	
	In addition to presentations by invited speakers, the Colloquium will
	include a selection of competitively evaluated papers.  Proposals are
	invited on the following topics as well as any others that complement
	the program (see program listing on reverse side):
	
	o   The description of the speech of endangered enclave communities:
	Frenchtown, US Virgin Islands; Frenchville, PA; Old Mines, MO; etc.
	o    The documentation of past French presence in the United States
	o New francophone communities, for example, Québécois communities in
	Florida
	o      Language maintenance and revitalization initiatives, including use
	of
	media, bilingual education
	
	Papers will be allotted 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion.
	Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be submitted either by post
	(six [6] copies) or by e-mail attachment to:
	
	French in the U.S.
	Creole Institute, BH 604
	1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue
	Bloomington, IN 47401-7103
	creole at indiana.edu
	
	Deadline for the submission of proposals:  November 1, 2002
	
	Please include on a separate sheet of paper or in your email the title
	of the paper, name of author(s), affiliation(s), address, phone number,
	and e-mail address.
	
	Acceptances will be announced by December 20, 2002.
	
	Publication:  A volume will be published containing a selection of
	invited presentations and papers complemented by commissioned articles.
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	Program
	o General theoretical and methodological perspectives:
 
	 
	        Michel Francard, U. of Louvain-la-Neuve
	Pierre Rézeau, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
	     Albert Valdman, Indiana U.
	
	o The linguistic and sociolinguistic situation in New England
	(Franco-American)
	        Gilbert Albert, U. of Maine-Fort Kent
	   Cynthia Fox, U. at Albany
	       Jane Smith, U. of Maine
	
	o The linguistic and sociolinguistic situation  in Louisiana (Cadien and
	Creole)
	  Barry Jean Ancelet, U. of Louisiana-Lafayette
	   Becky Brown, Purdue U.
	  Sylvie Dubois, Louisiana State U.
	       Tom Klingler, Tulane U.
	Amanda LaFleur, Louisiana State U
	       Michael D. Picone, U. of Alabama
	        Kevin Rottet, U. of Wisconsin
	
	o Links to other French communities in North America
	       Annette Boudreau, U. of Moncton
	Raymond Mougeon, York U. (Toronto)
	      Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh, U. of Regensburg
	      Claude Poirier, U. Laval
	
	o The role of French and Creole in cultural identity in the Haitian
	diaspora
	     F. Zéphir, U. of Missouri
	
	
	For more information, e-mail creole at indiana.edu or visit our web page:
	www.indiana.edu/~creole/french_in_the_united_states.htm
 
 
	 
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