CFP Ohio State University Spring Symposium Apr 20-21 "Locating Language: A Symposium on the Linguistics of Place"

[Katie Carmichael]

The Ohio State University Department of Linguistics invites submissions to
the 2013 Spring Symposium on language and place. Abstracts are due November
9. More information on the Symposium can be found at:
http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/~springsym/index.html

Locating Language: A Symposium on the Linguistics of Place

Hosted by the
Department of Linguistics, The Ohio State University

April 20-21, 2013
Round Meeting Room, Ohio Union

Plenary Speakers:

Barbara Johnstone, Carnegie Mellon University
Galey Modan, The Ohio State University
Lauren Hall-Lew, University of Edinburgh

A speaker's hometown, birthplace, neighborhood, region, or country may be
key, if not primary, factors in their self-identity, often in interaction
with other social factors such as gender, ethnicity, or political
affiliation. While region or geography is sometimes taken for granted in
linguistic work, recent research has highlighted the complexity of the ways
in which speakers use language to orient towards place, demonstrating that
linguistic practice does not merely reflect place, but also constructs it.

Locating Language: A Symposium on the Linguistics of Place invites dialogue
about the relationship between language, place, and identity from both
well-established researchers and new voices. Papers in all subfields of
linguistics and related fields are welcome, including sociolinguistic
variation, linguistic anthropology, discourse analysis, language contact,
and sociophonetics. The format of the symposium will mix traditional
presentations with extended question/discussion periods.

Abstracts should be one page, excluding references, and be submitted in PDF
format by November 9, 2012. PDFs should not contain the author's name,
institution, or other identifying information. Notifications of acceptance
will be sent out in early January.

Abstracts should be submitted via the Easy Abs online system:
http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/Locating2013.

If you have questions about the Symposium, please contact the Symposium
Committee at springsym AT ling DOT osu DOT edu.



-- 
Katie Carmichael
The Ohio State University
Department of Linguistics
200 Oxley Hall
1712 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43201