[lg policy] VAR-L Digest - 6 Feb 2011 to 8 Feb 2011 (#2011-10)

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Topics of the day:

 1. Second call for papers: Regional Varieties
 2. Study for a PhD on Francophone Africa at Portsmouth (UK)
 3. Summer School of Sociolinguistics III

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Date:    Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:27:35 +0000
From:    "Asprey, Esther" <E.C.ASPREY at ASTON.AC.UK>
Subject: Second call for papers: Regional Varieties

The Aston Centre for Interdisciplinary Research into Language and Identity
(InterLand) and Institute for the Study of Language and Society (ISLS)
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

REGIONAL VARIETIES, LANGUAGE SHIFT AND LINGUISTIC IDENTITIES
Confirmed plenary speakers
Professor Joan Beal, University of Sheffield
Professor Sylvie Dubois, Louisiana State University
Professor Yaron Matras, University of Manchester

Aston University, 7th - 10th July 2011

Regional varieties have become an important contributor to identity
construction processes, and an increasingly important issue for the
individual and the community in late Modernity: the individual is
under constant and increasing pressure to define who s/he is and has
to choose from an ever growing pool of possibilities to construct
social identity in an increasingly globalized world, which is
perceived as incomprehensively complex. By referring to what is seen
as traditional regional language, dialect and culture, localizing
oneself seems to be a viable way out of this dilemma. This should have
stabilizing effects on lesser used varieties, which have been facing a
gradual process of language shift and divergence towards dominant
contact languages over the hundred years. Unfortunately, at the same
time, modern life does not so much require knowledge of regional
varieties as of standard languages and a good command of English as
the global lingua franca. How can an upwardly mobile individual
combine the requirements of modern life with identity construction on
a regional scale if they so choose? What are the linguistic
consequences for lesser used varieties and their respective contact
languages? The conference organisers welcome papers focusing on
multilingualism and language contact on a world wide level.
Focussing on the individual speaker and the speech community which is
created by the use of language(s) as social practice, the conference
organizers welcome papers and posters on the following fields of
research in any language variety (the conference is not restricted to
the Anglophone world):

* Language contact between a lesser used regional variety and a
dominant standard language.
* Identity and regional varieties;
* Indexicality and enregisterment;
* Variation and style;
* Postvernacular linguistic and cultural practices;
* Emblematic language use and language mixing;
* Lesser used regional varieties and the Internet;
* Regional varieties and linguistic landscapes;
* New approaches to dialectology.

Oral presentations will be 20 minutes in length, followed by 10
minutes for discussion. Dedicated time and space will also be
allocated for poster presentations.
Abstracts (up to 300 words) should be submitted by e-mail attachment
(Word files) to lss_rvc at aston.ac.uk.
Please submit two files, one containing the abstract and details of
the author(s) (name(s), affiliation, email address) and one containing
an anonymous abstract. Under the title for the abstract, please give
four keywords which summarise the paper/poster. In the body of your
email please specify whether the abstract is for a poster or paper
presentation. Further information about the dimensions of posters will
be available online shortly.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 20th February 2011
http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/news-events/conferences-seminars/summer-2011/varieties-shift-change/

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Date:    Tue, 8 Feb 2011 12:57:35 +0000
From:    Damien Hall <damien.hall at YORK.AC.UK>
Subject: Study for a PhD on Francophone Africa at Portsmouth (UK)

Tony Chafer, the initial contact for this course, has asked me to advertise
this scholarship offer on the Variationist List. NB the bursary is open
only to citizens of the EU.

I originally saw this offer on the FRANCOFIL French Studies discussion list

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/francofil/

which I would recommend to anyone in that field as a useful source of
(worldwide) job-ads which don't necessarily get put on the LINGUIST List
(as the members of the list are mostly literary people, but French Studies
jobs and scholarships are at least sometimes open to people in any area of
French Studies, including linguistics).

Damien

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Date:         Tue, 1 Feb 2011 14:58:59 +0000
Reply-To:     Tony Chafer <tony.chafer at port.ac.uk>
Sender:       FRANCOFIL French Studies Discussion List
From:         Tony Chafer <tony.chafer at port.ac.uk>
Subject:      Study for a PhD on Francophone Africa at Portsmouth

The Centre for European & International Studies Research is the UK's
largest interdisciplinary centre for European Studies. One PhD bursary
(covering full fees and living costs) is available in the field of French
and Francophone Studies, in particular, France and Africa. The bursary is
open to all UK and EU citizens. See www.port.ac.uk/ceisr for more details.
CEISR has an especially strong track record in supervising
Francophone-related topics. Students interested in applying are invited to
contact Professor Tony Chafer, <tony.chafer at port.ac.uk> in the first
instance.

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Date:    Tue, 8 Feb 2011 15:19:45 +0000
From:    Sophie Holmes <s.e.m.holmes at GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Summer School of Sociolinguistics III

Dear Linguist,

This year the University of Glasgow is pleased to announce that we are
hosting the Summer School of Sociolinguistics III. This program is
intended to give PhD students in all areas of sociolinguistics the
chance to share their research and attend workshops and lectures given
by experts in the field.

For more information and the call for papers please visit:

http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/englishlanguage/gulp/events/sociolinguisticssummerschool2011/

Look forward to hearing from you!

Kind Regards,
The SSS Organisers
Sophie Holmes, Cassie Smith-Christmas and Dr. Jennifer Smith

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University of Pennsylvania
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