27.2974, Calls: Gen Ling, Historical Ling, Lang Doc, Socioling/UK

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Subject: 27.2974, Calls: Gen Ling, Historical Ling, Lang Doc, Socioling/UK

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Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:05:33
From: Mari Jones [mcj11 at cam.ac.uk]
Subject: Language Endangerment: Language Contact and Language Change

 
Full Title: Language Endangerment: Language Contact and Language Change 

Date: 04-Jul-2017 - 04-Jul-2017
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Mari Jones
Meeting Email: mcj11 at cam.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/news/seventh-cambridge-conference-language-endangerment 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 10-Apr-2017 

Meeting Description:

Languages become endangered when their speakers are in contact with other
speech varieties which are often considered to carry greater social prestige.
These interactions commonly lead to some change in how one or more of the
languages are spoken. This could be in terms of the linguistic structure of
the language itself or of the sociolinguistic situation and context in which
the language is spoken. 

This conference invites papers that reflect on these issues: How are the
functions of the endangered languages affected by contact? Are the linguistic
changes observable in the grammar and vocabulary of endangered languages
essentially the same as those that we find in languages that are not
endangered? Are there any particular kinds of linguistic change that are more
likely to occur in endangered languages? When endangered languages are
documented, to what extent should contact-induced linguistic changes be
included in this record? How is the make-up of the endangered language speech
community affected by bi- or multi-lingualism? Are the attitudes of speakers
towards commonly-found types of language change (such as code-switching and
borrowing) different in speech communities where a language is endangered, as
compared to those where the language is not endangered? Can any similarities
be found between contact-induced change in endangered sign languages and that
which occurs in endangered spoken languages?


Call for Papers

Abstracts: (200 words maximum) to be submitted via email to Mari Jones
(mcj11 at cam.ac.uk) by April 10th 2017. Please include in the abstract document
your name and your affiliation as you would like to see them in the programme.
 

Paper format: 20 minutes + 10 minutes for questions




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