15.2661, Confs: Sociolinguistics/Philadelphia, PA, USA

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Date: 24-Sep-2004
From: Raul Aranovich < raranovich at ucdavis.edu >
Subject: Division on Language and Society, 2004 MLA Annual Convention


	
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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 11:18:44
From: Raul Aranovich < raranovich at ucdavis.edu >
Subject: Division on Language and Society, 2004 MLA Annual Convention

Division on Language and Society, 2004 MLA Annual Convention

Date: 27-Dec-2004 - 30-Dec-2004
Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
Contact: Raul Aranovich
Contact Email: raranovich at ucdavis.edu
Meeting URL: http://www.mla.org

Linguistic Sub-Fields(s): Sociolinguistics

Meeting Description:

Papers presented at the meeting will address how social,
geographical, economic, or gender factors influence language
variation and change. The papers that were selected focus
particularly on William Labov's work in this area. The meeting
features a presentation by William Labov himself.

2004 MLA Annual convention
Philadelphia, December 27-30
Program arranged by
the Division on Language and Society

Tuesday, 28 December

120. Language Variation and Change I: An Exchange with William Labov
10:15-11:30 a.m., 202-B, Convention Center
Presiding: Raul Aranovich, Univ. of California, Davis

1. "Yankee Ideology and the Northern Cities Shift," William Labov, Univ. of
Pennsylvania

2. "Linguistic Substrata of African American English," Walt Wolfram,
North Carolina State Univ.

3. "Sociolinguistics and Dialectology," Guy Bailey, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio


274. Language Variation and Change
II: Around the Work of William Labov
3:30-4:45 p.m., Commonwealth Hall D, Loews
Presiding: Barbara Johnstone, Carnegie Mellon Univ.

1. "Social Factors, Linguistic Conditioning, and Variation in Use of the -ra
and -se Endings of the Spanish Subjunctive in the Nineteenth Century,"
Tonya Elizabeth Wolford, Univ. of Pennsylvania

2. "Social Factors and Pluralization Strategies in Caribbean
Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese: Placing Labov's Contribution to an Old
Controversy,"  Fernanda Ferreira, Bridgewater State Coll.

3. "From Linguistic Insecurity to Anxiety of Influence: Recovering Labov in the
Discourse of Language and Ethnicity," Thomas Paul Bonfiglio, Univ. of Richmond


288. Cash Bar
5:15-6:30 p.m., Liberty Ballroom Salon C, Philadelphia Marriott
Arranged by the Division on the History and Theory of Rhetoric and Composition,
the Division on the Teaching of Writing, and the Division on Language and Society


Wednesday, 29 December

372. Gender, Race, and Age Factors in Language Use
8:30-9:45 a.m., Washington C, Loews
Presiding: Raul Aranovich, Univ. of California, Davis

1. "'Basketball Is Basketball. Athletes Are Athletes': A Third-Wave Study of Gender
Variation," Catie Berkenfield, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque

2. "It's All in the Situation, You Know: Discourse Markers, Question Tags, and the
Expression of Gender, Power, and Discipline in Academic Discourse," Erik Schleef,
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

3. "Social Networks and Language Use in Spain's Occitan-Speaking Aran Valley,"
Ryan C. Furness, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities



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