29.4949, Calls: Sociolinguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics/Germany

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Subject: 29.4949, Calls: Sociolinguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics/Germany

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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:32:09
From: Philipp Meer [philipp.meer at uni-muenster.de]
Subject: International Conference on Pluricentricity vs. Pluriareality - Models, Varieties, Approaches

 
Full Title: International Conference on Pluricentricity vs. Pluriareality - Models, Varieties, Approaches 
Short Title: Plur2019 

Date: 08-Feb-2019 - 10-Feb-2019
Location: Münster, Germany 
Contact Person: Philipp Meer
Meeting Email: plur2019 at uni-muenster.de
Web Site: https://plur2019.wordpress.com/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 31-Dec-2018 

Meeting Description:

Description & aim:

The Graduate School of Empirical and Applied Linguistics (GSEAL) at WWU
Münster will be hosting an international conference, geared towards early
career researchers while also incorporating experienced academics, on the
topic of ''Pluricentricity vs. Pluriareality - Models, Varieties, Approaches''
from 8th February – 10th February, 2019 in Münster, Germany.

Languages such as English, German, French, Portuguese, and Spanish are, in
part, characterized by their function as languages with official status in
different countries and regions while showing variation in their standard
forms. Examples of such varieties include Indian English and Jamaican English,
German German and Austrian German, and Brazilian Portuguese and Angolan
Portuguese.

Linguistic variation in standard forms often focuses on the discourse of two
central but opposing approaches: pluricentricity and pluriareality (e.g.
Niehaus 2015; Elspaß et al. 2017; Dollinger fc.), with the former approach
being commonly adopted in English linguistics and other philologies,
specifically in the World Englishes paradigm, and the latter generally being
used as the norm in German linguistics. Pluricentricity, on the one hand,
describes a situation wherein a single language has several national standard
varieties which interact with each other and are used for official purposes
within their national contexts (Clyne 1992:1). Pluriareality, on the other
hand, opposes an understanding of linguistic variation in the sense of
national standards, and aims to describe linguistic differences in these
language forms independent of national and political borders (e.g. Niehaus
2015; Elspaß et al. 2017). 

The conference aims to consolidate these ideas, with an eye towards deepening
this discourse through engagement with new models, varieties, and approaches
within these fields. We therefore hope to bring together theoretical and
empirical studies from a variety of philologies in order to provide new and
emerging perspectives on the pluricentricity/pluriareality debate.

Keynote speakers & roundtable discussants:

Edgar W. Schneider (Regensburg)
Stefan Dollinger (Vancouver)
Stephan Elspaß (Salzburg)
Sarah Buschfeld (Regensburg)
Rudolf Muhr (Graz)


Final Call for Papers:

Extended Call for Abstracts Deadline: December 31, 2018

Keynote speakers & roundtable discussants:

Edgar W. Schneider (Regensburg)
Stefan Dollinger (Vancouver)
Stephan Elspaß (Salzburg)
Sarah Buschfeld (Regensburg)
Rudolf Muhr (Graz) 

Abstract submission and deadlines:

Abstracts for 20 minute papers (10 minute Q&A) (and for posters) should be
submitted to EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=plur2019) as
PDFs, and should not exceed 500 words on a single page (bibliographic and/or
other information such as data are allowed on a second page, and will not
count towards the word limit). No names or institutional information should
appear in the abstract itself. After logging in, please follow the
instructions as specified on the EasyChair conference website. If you do not
already have an EasyChair account, you will be asked to sign up and to create
one.

The deadline for abstract submissions is November 30, 2018 (midnight CEST).

Conference languages:

Panels and plenary talks will take place in either English or German, though
the subject of these talks can focus on language varieties pertinent to the
conference's theme. We also invite poster presentations on relevant topics.

Topics:

Potential topics for panel sessions / poster presentations include debates
surrounding pluriareality and pluricentricity, and/or either topic's
intersection with:

- Variation studies
- New theoretical models
- Post-colonial varieties
- Non-dominant varieties
- New methodological approaches
- Perception studies
- Educational linguistics
- Historical developments
- Lexicosemantics
- Stylistic analysis
- Regional standards

Publication of selected papers:

A prospective volume of selected papers is envisaged by the conference's
coordinators, Ryan Durgasingh and Philipp Meer.

Social programme:

The conference will also host several social events including:

- a walking tour of Münster,
- a pub crawl and
- a conference dinner.

Small registration fee:

We are happy to announce that there will only be a small registration fee of
25.00€ due to our generous sponsors, the Graduate School EAL, and the
International Office. The pub crawl and the conference dinner are not
included; interested participants will be asked to cover their own expenses.

Organizing committee:

Philipp Meer
Ryan Durgasingh
Graduate School EAL

Contact and information:

email: plur2019 at uni-muenster.de
website: https://plur2019.wordpress.com/




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