[lg policy] Call: 3rd International Language Management Symposium

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 Call: 3rd International Language Management Symposium

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Call for Papers

3rd International Language Management Symposium:
Special Focus on Research Methodology

Sponsorship
Charles University in Prague & Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Dates
September 13-14, 2013 (Fri & Sat)

Venue
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, nam. Jana Palacha 2,
Prague,Czech Republic

Purpose

Following on the tradition of Language Management Theory originally
elaborated by J. V. Neustupný and B. H. Jernudd, the Third Language
Management Symposium, sponsored by Charles University in Prague and
the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, welcomes papers on
empirical studies of language management, defined as any sort of
behavior toward language, in other words, the various forms and
manifestations of attention devoted to language or its use. Papers
highlighting methodological aspects of the research in language
management are most welcome.

About the Language Management Theory and the Language Management Symposium

Language Management Theory (framework/model) (LMT) originated against
the background of the language planning theory of the 1960s and 1970s
and both Neustupný and particularly Jernudd were originally involved
in this language planning research. However, they transformed this
research into what has become LMT, followed by new generations of
researchers. LMT focuses on the acts and activities (such as noting,
evaluation) of individual speakers as well as institutions of varying
complexity (families, social and political groups, schools, government
ministries, media), with the aim of uncovering the relationships
between the activities of speakers on the one hand and those of
institutions on the other. Another important feature is that it views
linguistic activities in the context of communicative and
sociocultural ones (for details see J. Nekvapil & T. Sherman, eds.,
Language Management in Contact Situations: Perspectives from Three
Continents. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York,
Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang, 2009).

A theory of such a scope, of course, must seriously address the ways
in which it reaches its findings. Thus, the question of the research
methodology becomes urgent. The methods used by the scholars
subscribing to LMT include some procedures of conversation analysis,
various types of interviews (follow-up, stimulated recall,
interaction, narrative or semi-structured) and of course the analysis
of documents and ethnography in general. Further methods, used only
occasionally, include focus groups and
systematic (self) observation. The main purpose of this symposium is
to assess the effectiveness of the methods used by the LMT scholars
when conducting particular empirical research.

The first international symposium on language management was devoted
to "probing of the concept of noting", and was held at Monash
University (Clayton, Melbourne) in 2008. The second symposium
addressing "norm diversity and language management in globalized
settings" took place at Waseda University (Tokyo) in 2011.

Call for individual papers

We invite proposals for papers which reflect any topic related to the
language management framework and particularly, the special focus of
the symposium. Questions for discussion include (but are not limited
to): Which methods enable the researcher observe the various phases of
(simple) management? Do all phases of management need to be directly
observable? What are the advantages and disadvantages of elicited data
and naturally-occurring data? What is the explicative value of
language management summaries elicited in interviews? How is it
possible to study the interplay of simple and organized management?
How can the relations between linguistic, communicative and
sociocultural management be captured?

Abstracts (300-500 words) should be sent to the address below by
January 31, 2013. The abstracts will be evaluated by the scientific
committee and the authors will be informed by e-mail by February 28,
2013.

Abstract submission

Abstracts should be e-mailed to marian.sloboda(at)ff.cuni.cz
Notification of acceptance of proposals: February 28, 2013

Scientific committee

Sau Kuen Fan (Kanda University of International Studies, Tokyo)
Björn H. Jernudd (independent scholar, Washington, D.C.)
Goro Kimura (Sophia University, Tokyo)
Helen Marriott (Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne)
Hidehiro Muraoka (Chiba University)
Jiri Nekvapil (Charles University in Prague)

Local organizing committee

Jiri Nekvapil (chair)
Marián Sloboda (contact person)
Vít Dovalil
Petr Kaderka
Markéta Pravdová
Tamah Sherman

Enquiries: marian.sloboda(at)ff.cuni.cz

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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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