21.4190, Calls: General Linguistics, French, Italian/USA

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Subject: 21.4190, Calls: General Linguistics, French, Italian/USA

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Date: 20-Oct-2010
From: Libby Gertken [libmall at yahoo.com]
Subject: UT French & Italian Graduate Student Conference
 

	
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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:12:17
From: Libby Gertken [libmall at yahoo.com]
Subject: UT French & Italian Graduate Student Conference

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Full Title: UT French & Italian Graduate Student Conference 
Short Title: 2011 FIGSO Conference, UT 

Date: 15-Apr-2011 - 16-Apr-2011
Location: Austin, Texas, USA 
Contact Person: Libby Gertken
Meeting Email: libmall at yahoo.com

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): French (fra)
                     Italian (ita)

Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2011 

Meeting Description:

French and Italian Graduate Student Conference
'Contrasts: Literary and Linguistic Development through Difference'
University of Texas at Austin
April 15-16, 2011

Keynote speakers:
Zsuzsanna Fagyal (French linguistics; University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign)
Michael Syrimis (Italian studies; Tulane University)

The French and Italian Graduate Student Organization is proud to 
announce its 8th annual Graduate Student Conference. Contrasts in 
literature and language exist because they arise from the contrastive nature 
of human cognition and social organizations. An exploration of these 
differences can broaden our understanding of literature and language, and 
aid in the development of linguistic and literary theory. We welcome papers 
that focus on various manifestations of contrasts in French and Italian 
linguistics and literature. 

Call For Papers

Possible topics may address:
-Literary and linguistic differences between dialects
-Marked transformations in an author's body of work/Unexpected or sudden 
changes in an intellectual's ideology
-Differences in the internal cognitive state of adults vs. children during 
language learning
-Distribution of linguistic forms in different text-types
-Literary changes in gender studies (normativity, performance)
-Linguistic gender roles
-Characterizations of speech and comprehension in language learners vs. 
native speakers
-Ante and post bellum literature
-Debates between intellectuals or theorists
-Geographical divisions and their cultural, linguistic and economic 
implications 
-Changing theoretical currents
-The differences in language use in pre and post mass media culture
-Differences in linguistic and literary trends pre and post standardization of 
the language 

Please send an abstract in English of no more than 500 words to 
FIGSO2011 at gmail.com before January 31, 2011.  Be sure to include your 
Name, Affiliation, and contact information in the abstract and place 
your Subject Area (French Linguistics, Italian Linguistics, French Literature, 
Italian Literature) in the subject line of your email.





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