Call for papers: ICHL session, Montreal

[Wim Vandenbussche]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Linguistic Subfield(s): Historical Linguistics / Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline:  15-Apr-2007



Papers are invited for the following session at the International  
Conference on Historical Linguistics in Montreal, August 6-11, 2007:

Alternative Language Histories from the mid 18th centuries onwards, a  
view ‘from below’
This session on historical sociolinguistics focuses on language use  
from a group that is traditionally underrepresented (or ignored) in  
mainstream studies and conferences on language history: those writers  
at the very bottom of the social ladder. In recent years, however,  
there has been an increasing interest among language historians of  
the (late) 18th and 19th century in the study of documents from the  
lower social classes, paupers and working class emigrants.

It is striking that these unschooled writers present us with a  
picture of language use that defeats many traditional accounts of  
standard languages at the time. Across language borders, it appears  
that this group had a relationship to language norms that was  
different from the small upper class layer whose language use has  
traditionally been the main basis for language histories.

This session wishes to bring together original contributions on lower  
class writing from different languages and will try to convey a view  
on 18th and 19th century language history 'from below' (socially  
speaking). Recurring themes will therefore include the study of  
literacy, schooling practices and the evolving role of language norms  
for the creation of a specific social identity.

If you wish to contribute to this workshop, please contact the  
organisers before April 15th, 2007:

France Martineau, Université d’Ottawa
fmartin at uottawa.ca
Wim Vandenbussche, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
wvdbussc at vub.ac.be

Presentations may be given in English or French.



For full information on ICHL 18, please consult the conference  
homepage at

http://www.ichl2007.uqam.ca/



Session URL:

http://www.ichl2007.uqam.ca/en/ateliers.asp#15



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