31.2288, Calls: English; Socioling/France

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LINGUIST List: Vol-31-2288. Thu Jul 16 2020. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 31.2288, Calls: English; Socioling/France

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 12:30:11
From: Adam Wilson [adam.wilson at univ-lorraine.fr]
Subject: Social Studies of the English Language in France and the French-speaking World

Full Title: Social Studies of the English Language in France and the French-speaking World 
Short Title: SELFF 

Date: 25-Jun-2021 - 25-Jun-2021
Location: Metz, France 
Contact Person: Adam Wilson
Meeting Email: adam.wilson at univ-lorraine.fr

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2021 

Meeting Description:

The Langue et supports axis of the IDEA research centre (EA 2338, Université
de Lorraine) and the Didactique des langues et sociolinguistique team of the
ATILF-CNRS (UMR 7118) are proud to announce the organisation of a one-day
conference focused on social approaches to the study of English in France and
the French-speaking World.

Studies by scholars from French-speaking institutions have contributed
substantially to socially-based approaches in linguistic research. However,
despite the large number of linguists working on the English language in the
French-speaking world, socially-based studies of English from these
territories have been relatively few and far between. Such studies do exist,
on topics such as the variation (Higgs 2004) and standardisation (Pillière and
Lewis 2018) of English, sociophonetic aspects of certain varieties of English
(Jauriberry 2016), English in contact with other languages (Forlot 2009;
Martin 2017) or sociolinguistic elements of English learning in France
(Wharton and Wolstenholme 2019). However, these studies tend to represent an
exception rather than a rule.

In response to this situation, this conference aims to create a forum that
brings together researchers from France and the French-speaking world who
adopt a socially-based approach to the study of the English language. Rather
than proposing a specific topic or set of research questions, a shared social
approach to English language research will be the federating element of the
conference, providing an opportunity for like-minded scholars from diverse
disciplines to exchange on a wide range of themes, objects of study and
methodological tools. Such an aim reflects the objectives of the Langue et
supports axis of the IDEA research centre to bring together researchers from
different disciplines - and different approaches within disciplines - to focus
on questions regarding language use, linguistic theory and research practices
concerning both spoken and written language.

To encourage such interdisciplinarity, the term ''socially-based'' is to be
taken in its widest possible sense and contributions are encouraged from
researchers working with any approach that they define as such. The conference
may be of particular interest to researchers working in the following domains
(or sub-domains thereof) though is by no means limited to scholars from these
disciplines:

- Sociolinguistics
- Pragmatics
- Discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis
- Interaction and conversation analysis
- Linguistic anthropology, linguistic ethnography and ethnolinguistics
- The sociology of language
- Sociophonetics and other socially-based approaches to phonetics, phonology
and prosody
- Variationist linguistics
- Comparative linguistics
- Translation, interpreting and translation studies
- Didactics and sociodidactics
- Intercultural communication
- English as a Lingua Franca
- Language acquisition
- ESL, EFL and EMI
- Multilingualism and plurilingualism

Call for Papers: 

Propositions (for presentations of 20 minutes in English or French) are to be
sent by January 15, 2021 to both of the main organisers:

Adam Wilson (adam.wilson at univ-lorraine.fr)
Marc Deneire (marc.deneire at univ-lorraine.fr)

Each proposition should include a title, a 300-word abstract and a short
biographical note relating to the author.

Do not hesitate to contact the organisers at the above addresses should you
have any questions. We look forward to welcoming you to Metz! 

Following the conference, the organisers aim to collect a selection of the
research presented for publication.

Given the exploratory nature of the conference, we sincerely hope that we will
be able to host the event in Metz with all of the participants physically
present. However, should the public health situation prevent such events from
taking place, the organising committee will endeavour to put together a
virtual conference on the same date.

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