29.1835, Calls: Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Lang Documentation, Pragmatics, Socioling/Germany

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Subject: 29.1835, Calls: Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Lang Documentation, Pragmatics, Socioling/Germany

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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:05:09
From: Mandana Seyfeddinipur [ms123 at soas.ac.uk]
Subject: BIG cities, small LANGUAGES

Full Title: BIG cities, small LANGUAGES 
Short Title: BISL2018 

Date: 14-Nov-2018 - 16-Nov-2018
Location: Berlin, Germany 
Contact Person: Mandana Seyfeddinipur
Meeting Email: BISLNovember2018 at gmail.com
Web Site: https://www.soas.ac.uk/world-languages-institute/events/14nov2018-big-cities-small-languages---bisl-2018.html 

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

Call Deadline: 15-Jul-2018 

Meeting Description:

BIG cities, small LANGUAGES

Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin Germany
The SOAS World Languages Institute, Mercator Research Centre/Fryske Akademy,
the Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation and the
Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft cordially invite scholars,
community organisations and community members to join the International
Conference on “Big cities, small Languages” that will take place in Berlin,
Germany, November 14-16 2018, at the Leibniz-Zentrum für Allgemeine
Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin, Germany.

By now it is generally known that linguistic diversity of humanity is on rapid
decline. Small languages become endangered and extinct, larger languages
shrink and become marginalized, driven by the economic forces of
globalisation, but also by political suppression and environmental disasters.
When we think of this process, we typically envision language communities in
remote, rural places far from the centres of these economic forces. However,
globalisation means urbanisation, the shift of population to big cities. By
this process, big cities often become home to small languages, often leading
to a surprisingly rich local linguistic diversity. London is home to over 250
languages and New York City of a stunning 800 and we estimate that there are
at least 120 languages spoken in Berlin. 

The conference “BIG cities, small LANGUAGES” intends to bring together
scholars from linguistics and social sciences with an interest and expertise
in small languages in urban areas, with a special focus on comparing
situations in various cities. It should be a forum of exchange of information
that includes the following topics: 

(a) How do small languages fare in multilingual urban contexts? When are they
used, how does this change, what are the factors that keep them being spoken? 

(b) How do big cities deal with small languages? How are they recognized in
political representation, in the school system, and generally, in the culture
of the cities? 

(c) How do speakers of small languages consider their own linguistic
situation? Are there activities to promote and stabilize the use of their
languages, and do they work? 

(d) How do the languages influence each other, which forms of code switching
and creolization can we observe?

Organising Committee:

Mandana Seyfeddinipur (SOAS World Languages Institute)
Vera Ferreira (Centro Interdisciplinar de Documentacao Linguistics e Social)
Cor van der Meer (Mercator Research Centre / Fryske Akademy)
Manfred Krifka (Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft)
Natalia Gagarina (Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft)

Contact:

All questions about submissions should be emailed to
BISLNovember2018 at gmail.com

Call for Papers:

The conference “BIG cities, small LANGUAGES” intends to bring together
scholars from linguistics and social sciences with an interest and expertise
in small languages in urban areas, with a special focus on comparing
situations in various cities. It should be a forum of exchange of information
that includes the following topics: 

(a) How do small languages fare in multilingual urban contexts? When are they
used, how does this change, what are the factors that keep them being spoken? 

(b) How do big cities deal with small languages? How are they recognized in
political representation, in the school system, and generally, in the culture
of the cities? 

(c) How do speakers of small languages consider their own linguistic
situation? Are there activities to promote and stabilize the use of their
languages, and do they work? 

(d) How do the languages influence each other, which forms of code switching
and creolization can we observe?

Submission Guidelines:

Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words. Each author is limited to a
single abstract, including co-authored submissions. Please submit your
abstract through EasyChair. Presentations will last 30 minutes in total, with
20 minutes for the talk and 10 minutes for discussion.

Submit through Easy Chair: 

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bisl2018

Deadline for the receipt of abstracts: 15 June 2018
Notification of acceptance: 31 July 2018

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