25.3871, Calls: Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics/Finland

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Subject: 25.3871, Calls: Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics/Finland

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Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:37:39
From: Pirkko Muikku-Werner [pirkko.muikku-werner at uef.fi]
Subject: Receptive Multilingualism: Multilingual Resources in Service of Mutual Understanding

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Full Title: Receptive Multilingualism: Multilingual Resources in Service of Mutual Understanding 
Short Title: REMU 

Date: 28-May-2015 - 29-May-2015
Location: Joensuu, Finland 
Contact Person: Pirkko Muikku-Werner
Meeting Email: REMU2015 at uef.fi
Web Site: http://www.uef.fi/en/remu2015 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition 

Call Deadline: 15-Dec-2014 

Meeting Description:

Receptive multilingualism: Multilingual resources in service of mutual understanding – REMU 2015 is an international conference addressing the various aspects of comprehension and intelligibility across languages. It addresses the various aspects of comprehension and intelligibility across languages from multiple perspectives, such as linguistics, cognition, pedagogy and language policy. REMU 2015 takes place May 28-29, 2015 at the University of Eastern Finland. 

The invited speakers and the titles of their presentations are: 

- Charlotte Gooskens
Mutual intelligibility of closely related languages in Europe (University of Groningen, Department of Applied Linguistics, the Netherlands)

- Britta Hufeisen
Title to be announced.
(Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institut für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaf, Germany)

- Raphael Berthele
Who understands what, in what language, in what context? Empirical investigations into the linguistic, social, and individual determinants of receptive multilingualism
(University of Fribourg, Institute of Multilingualism, Switzerland)

The participation fee is 80 € (30 € for students and PhD students).

For more information on the conference, please visit the conference web page:

http://www.uef.fi/en/remu2015

Call for Papers:

The Organizing Committee invites original presentations and posters especially on these general issues, including but not limited to:

- Mutual intelligibility across related and unrelated languages – theoretical and methodological issues
- Measuring distances between languages
- Pedagogical approaches to mutual intelligibility
- Social and psychological determinants of mutual intelligibility
- Mutual intelligibility in language policy (in European Union and elsewhere)

The working language of the conference is English. If an abstract is chosen for presentation, the author will be invited to write an article in a refereed publication. 

Activities:

- Presentations by invited speakers
- Presentations by other participants (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion)
- Posters

Abstract Submission:

Please send your abstract (please mention if it is for a section paper or a poster presentation) to following address: remu2015 at uef.fi. Please format the abstract by following the instructions given on the web page http://www.uef.fi/en/remu2015. Abstracts should contain no more than 350 words, including references. The abstracts will be evaluated by the members of the organizing committee.

Papers based on conference presentations will be published in a peer-reviewed international publication (e.g. Lähivördlusi. Lähivertailuja).

Key Dates:

Deadline for the abstracts submission: 15 December 2014
Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2015
Third Circular (more information about conference fee and registration etc.): 1 April 2015
Symposium: 28–29 May 2015

Organizers: 

Research network VIRSU (Finno-Ugric Languages as Target Languages) http://www.univie.ac.at/virsu/
Research network REMU (Receptive multilingualism: Mutual intelligibility of closely related language)
http://www.uef.fi/en/remu2015

Organizing committee: Pirkko Muikku-Werner (chair), Annekatrin Kaivapalu (vice-chair), Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara, Maria Kok, Maisa Martin, Helka Riionheimo and Håkan Ringbom.

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