[Linganth] 2nd Call for Papers: 63rd Annual Conference-International Linguistic Association

[Jo Anne Kleifgen]

Dear Linganth Members,
Below is our updated Call for Papers for the 63rd Annual Conference of the
International Linguistic Association. The theme next year is Language and
Religion. Please note that the ILA accepts all submissions in *other areas*
of linguistics and linguistic anthropology.

Please submit your proposals by January 15, 2018 and please share this call
with students and colleagues!

Thanks and a happy, healthy new year to all,
Jo Anne Kleifgen
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*Call for Papers: 63rd Annual Conference of the International Linguistic
Association*



*When:* *April 20-22, 2018*

*Where: St. John’s University, New York City*

*Theme:* *Language and Religion*

The theme of this conference, “Language and Religion,” draws on the
universal notion of a bond between speech and worship. This bond fosters
group identity and determines social roles. To the degree that language and
religion shapes self-identification as the basis for determining one’s
membership in the social group, it likewise establishes perspectives on
those considered as outsiders. One of the most significant indicators of
this emic-etic distinction involves the use of language appropriate to
insiders that reveals who is a member and who is not, such as in the
classic example of the shibboleth.  While we invite submissions from all
areas of linguistics, topics of interest to the conference theme include,
but are not limited to, scholarly studies of liturgical language and speech
acts, religious diglossia, calques and traductology in sacred texts,
religion as political language, etc.



Topics may include (but are not limited to) the following:

·       hieratic language

·       the speech registers of different religious practices

·       ritual speech and performance

·       languages used in religious practices and texts (e.g., Latin,
Hebrew, Arabic, etc.)

·       translation of sacred texts

·       use of the vernacular in the liturgy

·       language in missionary activity

·       language of spiritual experience

·       intelligibility of religious texts

·       religion and language variation

·       religion and cognition

·       religion and the internet

·       language learning for religious purposes

·       language and religion under different political circumstances
(e.g., colonialism, capitalism, autocracy)

In keeping with the ILA tradition, we also invite individual papers or
posters on other areas of linguistics.



*Invited Plenaries: Asma Barlas, George Jochnowitz, Charlotte Linde,
Nicholas Ostler, Peter Unseth*



*Guidelines for Proposals*

A paper or poster title and anonymous abstract of between 300 and 400
words, excluding references, is required along with a summary abstract for
the conference booklet of no more than 150 words. On a separate page, the
primary author's name, institutional affiliation, email address, and phone
number, along with any additional authors' names/affiliations, must be
included. Proposals will be blind-reviewed for quality and originality.

Submissions should contain mainly new material and must not have been
published previously in order to be considered. All proposals should be
emailed in a MSWord (.doc, .docx) file and using “ILA2018” in the subject
line, to Ms. Annika Wendt, ILA Secretary at awendt at ilaword.org by
*Monday,* *January
15, 2018*. Proposal acceptances will be sent by *Saturday,* *February 24,
2018*. The author(s) whose proposals have been accepted for the ILA Annual
Conference must register before the registration deadline (*Monday,* *March
12, 2018*) in order to be included in the Conference Program.



Send inquiries to Michael Maiale, Coordinator, at
michael.maiale.ila at gmail.com
Co-Chairs: Walter Petrovitz, wp at stjohns.edu; Kathleen O'Connor-Bater,
oconnorbaterk at oldwestbury.edu
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