28.800, Calls: Historical Ling, Lexicography, Ling Theories, Socioling/France

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Subject: 28.800, Calls: Historical Ling, Lexicography, Ling Theories, Socioling/France

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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 10:59:48
From: Angelina Aleksandrova [aleksandrova.a at free.fr]
Subject: Naming the Human: Description, Categorisation, Issues at Stake: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach

 
Full Title: Naming the Human: Description, Categorisation, Issues at Stake: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach 

Date: 10-Jan-2018 - 12-Jan-2018
Location: Strasbourg, France 
Contact Person: Angelina Aleksandrova
Meeting Email: nhuma at sciencesconf.org

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Lexicography; Linguistic Theories; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Jun-2017 

Meeting Description:

Every day, we encounter lexical items which designate humans: neologisms of
every kind abound, coming either from the media (ranging from migrants to
workaholics, to brexitiens), or from companies such as the French Railways,
for instance, which has updated the noun attendant, an old term for a class of
craftsmen accompanying postulants for the French “compagnonnage” or skilled
workers’ guild (as opposed to qualified and fully-fledged “compagnons”). There
are numerous means of designating humans, which exploit diverse noun
categories: in addition to proper nouns, which have already been widely
studied, these include specific common nouns (see above), but also nouns of
wider scope, such as man, person, individual, etc.

The aim of this conference, jointly organised by linguists and jurists, is to
confront specialists from different disciplinary fields, interested in the
questions of designating people by common nouns, from the origin of the
terminology to the analysis of the linguistic and social functions of the
names attributed to humans, and to their objectives and applications.


Call for Papers:

Submitting contributions: Communications should last 20-25 minutes (plus 5-10
minutes discussion).

Format for propositions: An abstract of 4 pages (bibliography included),
anonymous and in pdf format, will be deposited on the dedicated symposium
platform at the following address: https://nhuma.sciencesconf.org/ 

Calendar: 

First call for submission: February 15 2017
Date for submission: June 15 2017
Date of notification: September 15 2017

Working Languages: French and English

Contact: nhuma at sciencesconf.org




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