[lg policy] call: Accents in Contact

[Harold Schiffman]

Accents in Contact
Short Title: Accents 2012

Date: 06-Dec-2012 - 08-Dec-2012
Location: Łódź, Poland
Contact Person: Ewa Waniek-Klimczak
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition;
Phonetics; Phonology; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 30-Sep-2012

Meeting Description:

'Accents' is an annual conference organized by the Department of
English Grammar and Phonetics at the University of Łódź, Poland. It
brings together researchers and teachers interested in native and
non-native accents of English approached from a theoretical and
practical perspective. Among many issues discussed each year, the
characteristics and the dynamism of accent usage in natural as well as
formal teaching contexts come into the foreground, with a growing
interest in the methodology and tools for accent studies. The main
focus so far has been on accents of English; this year, while
continuing to discuss accents from the sociophonetic, psychophonetic
and didactic perspectives, we propose to widen the scope of our
discussion to include the effects of accent contact not only on
English, but also other languages, with the leading theme of 'Accents
in Contact'.

Keynote speaker: James E. Flege, University of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Special session: English accents in Europe: Euro-English(s)?
Convenor: Una Cunningham, University of Stockholm, Sweden

2nd Call for Papers:

Please notice that the deadline for ACCENTS 2012 is now approaching,
as abstracts are due September 30.

We invite proposals for papers, workshops and posters related to the
main 'Accents in Contact' theme as well as other issues related to
native and non-native accents of English, including, but not limited
to the ones mentioned below:

- The effect of other languages on the acquisition and usage of English
- The effect of English accents on the acquisition and usage of other languages
- Accents in English around the world, 'New Englishes', 'Euro-Englishes', etc.
- Variability in accents of English
- Native- non-native accent continuum
- Accents in EFL / ESL / ELF
- Methodology and tools for accent studies
- Teaching accents / the pronunciation of English

Please notice that each author can propose two contributions if one is
intended for the main conference and the other one for a special
session. Papers are given 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for
discussion, workshops will typically have 45 minute slots. Please
specify the intended presentation format in your proposal.

The deadline for abstract submission is September 30, 2012. Please
send two copies of an abstract of up to 400 words (excluding
references) to accentsuni.lodz.pl, with the intended format, name and
affiliation written under the title in one copy. The proposals will go
through the process of peer review, after which notifications of
acceptance will be sent out by October 21, 2012.

http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-3777.html

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