28.3557, Calls: Sociolinguistics/Sweden

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Subject: 28.3557, Calls: Sociolinguistics/Sweden

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Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:19:24
From: Maria Wiktorsson [maria.wiktorsson at mah.se]
Subject: Linguistic Dominance and Inequality

 
Full Title: Linguistic Dominance and Inequality 

Date: 15-Nov-2017 - 16-Nov-2017
Location: Malmo, Sweden 
Contact Person: Maria Wiktorsson
Meeting Email: maria.wiktorsson at mah.se
Web Site: http://blogg.mah.se/sps/research/linguistic-dominance-and-inequality/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 11-Sep-2017 

Meeting Description:

With this conference, we aim to contribute to the sharing and spreading of
research on issues relating to linguistic dominance and inequality. In
multilingual societies, different languages and different codes within
languages are required in different contexts. Speakers who have no or limited
command of the prevalent codes in various official or informal situations risk
being excluded from participation, performing at a lower level or having more
limited access than speakers who are more proficient in the required
language(s) or codes. 

Many societies today are increasingly multilingual and more knowledge about
multilingual urban areas is needed to contribute to sustainable societal
development, counteract exclusion and alienation, and encourage democratic
engagement. Widening participation is necessary to make higher education
institutions reflect the population at large and create quality in higher
education through diversity, and issues of how linguistic dominance and
inequality may affect access to and achievement in higher education are
therefore highly relevant. In a globalized world, local languages are
‘competing’ with English in both academic and corporate contexts, and this
situation can affect communicative quality and equality and may influence the
future development of local languages.

Invited Speakers:

Prof. Björn Melander, Department of Scandinavian Languages, Uppsala University
Dr. Pia Quist, Department of Nordic Research, University of Copenhagen
Prof. Gisela Håkansson, Lund University/Østfold University College


Final Call for Papers: 

We invite workshop presentations addressing linguistic dominance and
inequalities in different arenas, and between different linguistic codes,
focusing primarily on the following themes: 

- Multilingual urban settings
- The role of language in widening participation to higher education
- Academic and professional language and the status of English

The conference theme Linguistic dominance and inequality is for several
reasons topical in Sweden today and in particular the city of Malmö. It is a
truly multilingual city, where more than 40% of the population is born abroad
or has parents born abroad. Malmö University has a strong commitment towards
widening participation in higher education. English in Sweden is taking on a
role as a second rather than foreign language, which poses additional language
learning challenges for those immigrants who have with limited prior exposure
to English.

Link to conference webpage:
http://blogg.mah.se/sps/research/linguistic-dominance-and-inequality/ 

Key Dates:

Abstract submission deadline: September 11 2017
Outcome of decision process by: September 15 2017
Registration opens: August 15 2017
Registration closes: October 30
Conference dates: November 15-16, 2017

We look forward to seeing you at the Linguistic dominance and inequality
conference.

Sincerely,
Professor Karina Vamling, PhD General Linguistics
Chair of the conference organizing committee




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