26.1078, Calls: General Linguistics/USA

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Subject: 26.1078, Calls: General Linguistics/USA

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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:45:11
From: Carolina Gonzalez [cgonzalez3 at fsu.edu]
Subject: Linguistic Ideology, Language Policy, and Prestige

 
Full Title: Linguistic Ideology, Language Policy, and Prestige 

Date: 07-Jan-2016 - 10-Jan-2016
Location: Austin, TX, USA 
Contact Person: Carolina Gonzalez
Meeting Email: cgonzalez3 at fsu.edu

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2015 

Meeting Description:

No language or dialect is intrinsically superior or inferior to another, and
yet, because of social conventions, as well as academies and other
prescriptive institutions, speakers invest languages with value that affects
the way we perceive them. Variations of a language—whether dialects,
sociolects and/or registers—may mark the position of the speaker within a
sociocultural hierarchy. Usually, in cases in which two or more languages are
in contact, one of them will gain prestige and will either be imposed on the
linguistic community whose language is considered to have a lower status or
become accessible only to a few members belonging to an elite.  Governments
may influence the use or disuse of particular languages or dialects through
language policy or legislation.


Call for Papers:

The General Linguistics Forum of the MLA announces a call for papers for the MLA 2016 Convention in Austin, TX. This panel seeks 250-word abstracts addressing linguistic ideology, language policy, and prestige.

This panel invites papers that address past or present power relations (including standardization) within a language (dialects, sociolects, etc.), or—in case of language contact—between two languages or among several languages. 250-word abstracts are due by March 15, 2015; please email them to cgonzalez3 at fsu.edu.

Presenters must be members of the MLA. The General Linguistics Forum subscribes to the policies and guidelines of the MLA. For additional information please visit: www.MLA.org




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