31.993, Calls: Anthro Ling, App Ling, Disc Analysis, Socioling, Text/Corpus Ling/United Kingdom

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Subject: 31.993, Calls: Anthro Ling, App Ling, Disc Analysis, Socioling, Text/Corpus Ling/United Kingdom

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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:59:16
From: Nadezda Christopher [n.christopher at surrey.ac.uk]
Subject: Mutual Intelligibility: Language, Culture, Cognition

 
Full Title: Mutual Intelligibility: Language, Culture, Cognition 
Short Title: MILCC 

Date: 18-Jun-2020 - 19-Jun-2020
Location: Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Nadezda Christopher
Meeting Email: milcc2020 at gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/workshops/mutual_intelligibility/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 31-Mar-2020 

Meeting Description:

Despite being perceived as unique, self-contained systems, most languages of
the world are not isolated entities, and exist in linguistic continua with
other related varieties. Related languages share many properties, giving rise
to the global phenomenon of mutual intelligibility, where a speaker of one
language can use their native variety to efficiently communicate with a
speaker of another language, and vice versa. Our innovative and timely
inter-disciplinary workshop is the first of its kind to examine mutual
intelligibility from cultural and cognitive as well as linguistic
perspectives. By bringing together researchers from a diverse range of fields,
this workshop will provide a foundation for the development of
multi-disciplinary research collaborations on mutual intelligibility, with the
aim of gaining deeper understanding of this complex and important phenomenon,
and identifying how various theoretical and empirical research methods can be
combined and utilised in future research.


Second Call for Papers: 

The abstract submission deadline has been extended to 31 March 2020. 

We invite proposals for twenty-minute presentations from researchers and
cultural practitioners working from diverse disciplines, backgrounds and
perspectives. Topics for submissions may include (but are not limited to) the
following:
- Linguistic studies of mutual intelligibility;
- Literary/socio-cultural manifestations of mutual intelligibility;
- Cognitive studies including experimental approaches to mutual
intelligibility;
- New avenues for research into mutual intelligibility.

We particularly encourage contributions on multi-disciplinary approaches, and
on linguistic, socio-cultural and cognitive approaches to mutual
intelligibility between understudied or under-documented languages. In the
spirit of fostering inter-disciplinary discussion and collaboration, we ask
that the proposed talks are aimed at an audience of non-specialists. The
workshop will take place at the University of Surrey on 18-19 June 2020.

Abstract Submission: 
Please send abstracts of approximately 350 words (excluding references) plus a
short bio (max 150 words) to milcc2020 at gmail.com by midnight on 13 March 2020.

Three travel grants of up to £100 are available for PhD students – please
indicate your intention to be considered for one of these awards when you
submit your abstract.

Important Dates: 
Deadline for submission of abstracts: Extended to 31 March 2020
Notification of acceptance/rejection of abstracts: expected 14 April 2020
Registration open: 20 April 2020

Registration Fees: 
£20 per person (£10 for students and the unemployed)

Confirmed Keynote Speakers: 
Professor Charlotte Gooskens, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Professor Bertram Opitz, University of Surrey, UK

Organising Committee: 
Dr Nadezda Christopher, University of Surrey
Dr Catherine Barbour, University of Surrey
Dr Katie Gilligan, University of Surrey

For further information, please visit the workshop website:
http://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/workshops/mutual_intelligibility/index.php




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