32.1047, Calls: Anthro Ling, Clinical Ling, Disc of Ling, Gen Ling, Socioling/USA

[The LINGUIST List]

LINGUIST List: Vol-32-1047. Mon Mar 22 2021. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 32.1047, Calls: Anthro Ling, Clinical Ling, Disc of Ling, Gen Ling, Socioling/USA

Moderator: Malgorzata E. Cavar (linguist at linguistlist.org)
Student Moderator: Jeremy Coburn, Lauren Perkins
Managing Editor: Becca Morris
Team: Helen Aristar-Dry, Everett Green, Sarah Robinson, Nils Hjortnaes, Joshua Sims, Billy Dickson
Jobs: jobs at linguistlist.org | Conferences: callconf at linguistlist.org | Pubs: pubs at linguistlist.org

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

Please support the LL editors and operation with a donation at:
           https://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/

Editor for this issue: Lauren Perkins <lauren at linguistlist.org>
================================================================


Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 21:30:32
From: Laura Spinu [lspinu at kbcc.cuny.edu]
Subject: CUNY Language, Society, and Culture Conference

 
Full Title: CUNY Language, Society, and Culture Conference 
Short Title: LSC-5 

Date: 14-May-2021 - 14-May-2021
Location: New York, USA 
Contact Person: Laura Spinu
Meeting Email: lspinu at kbcc.cuny.edu
Web Site: https://lscconf.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Clinical Linguistics; Discipline of Linguistics; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-Apr-2021 

Meeting Description:

The LSC conference brings together scholars and students from across the CUNY
colleges, with an emphasis on the participation of community colleges, to
share a rich body of scholarly work in all relevant fields and encourage
students to participate in scholarly research. We see this collaborative event
as an opportunity to familiarize ourselves with each other’s work, share
knowledge with colleagues, and identify areas of common interest and/or
potential research inquiries.


Call for Papers: 

Speech & communication may seem like the same, but in many contexts, such as
the academic one, they have unique meanings. And then, there is language.

Speech in general refers to the action of producing speech or the act of
speaking. We tend to take speaking for granted, but many people are faced with
difficulties in this aspect of their lives, whether they be children suffering
from one or multiple speech defects or disorders, or other types of conditions
affecting speech, such as autism, or adults recovering from stroke or trying
to learn the pronunciation of a second language.

Communication is a very broad category, including spoken language as well as
many other non-verbal cues essential for interacting and communicating with
others. Forms of expression such as sarcasm or facial gestures are also part
of communication. Communication skills are vital to the success of our daily
interactions, and particularly so in business and professional contexts,
public speaking, teaching, mediating, and coaching. As such, they are a
crucial component underlying career success in numerous fields.

Language, among many different meanings, is sometimes defined as a formal
system of signs governed by grammatical rules of combination to communicate
meaning. This definition stresses that human languages can be described as
closed structural systems consisting of rules that relate particular signs to
particular meanings. Modern linguistics is a science that concerns itself with
all aspects of language, examining it from many theoretical viewpoints. For
instance, Universal grammar (UG) is the theory of the genetic component of the
language faculty, usually credited to Noam Chomsky. The basic postulate of UG
is that a certain set of structural rules are innate to humans, independent of
sensory experience.

The theme of our conference is unique – and rather ambitious – in trying to
bring together work in all of these different areas. This is what we mean when
we say “speech & communication for all”. A second meaning behind our choice of
words has to do with the blurring of traditional boundaries – we aim to bring
together work by both professors AND students, community colleges AND 4-year
institutions, speech, language, AND communication, and the multitude of
purposes towards which research in these fields can be used: linguistics,
sociolinguistics, speech pathology, professional/public speaking, artistic
expression, development of theoretical frameworks, and everything in between
(such as all types of interdisciplinary work).

Whether from a linguistic, sociological, historical, anthropological,
economic, political, literary or educational lens, scholars of CUNY share a
common interest in analyzing and understanding the mechanisms underlying
speech, language, and communication. Toward this end, we invite abstracts for
a one-day conference for faculty and students from across all CUNY Community
Colleges, as well as 4-year colleges. Submissions may include empirical,
theoretical, or methodological contributions that in some way highlight the
workings of speech, language and/or communication. Please submit an abstract
of not more than 300 words (not including references) using our Abstract
Submission page by April 1, 2021.

The abstract selection committee (composed of faculty from various CUNY
institutions) will blind review the submissions.

Abstracts will be judged based on a rubric including the following criteria:

1. Relevance to the theme of the conference, Speech & Communication For All.
2. Organization and coherence: empirical research as well as theoretical and
methodological papers should include a description of the problem/ tension/gap
in the field, research questions, methodology, findings, and implications.
3. Clarity and quality of exposition: abstracts should be well-written,
adhering to established academic standards for conferences in your field.

Faculty: please encourage your students to apply.




------------------------------------------------------------------------------

***************************    LINGUIST List Support    ***************************
 The 2020 Fund Drive is under way! Please visit https://funddrive.linguistlist.org
  to find out how to donate and check how your university, country or discipline
     ranks in the fund drive challenges. Or go directly to the donation site:
                   https://crowdfunding.iu.edu/the-linguist-list

                        Let's make this a short fund drive!
                Please feel free to share the link to our campaign:
                    https://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/
 


----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-32-1047	
----------------------------------------------------------