34.2638, Calls: Historical Multilingualism and Language Contact with Varieties of German

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Subject: 34.2638, Calls: Historical Multilingualism and Language Contact with Varieties of German

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Date: 05-Sep-2023
From: Andreas Krogull [andreas.krogull at ds.uzh.ch]
Subject: Historical Multilingualism and Language Contact with Varieties of German

Full Title: Historical Multilingualism and Language Contact with
Varieties of German

Date: 25-Apr-2024 - 27-Apr-2024
Location: Heidelberg, Germany
Contact Person: Andreas Krogull
Meeting Email: andreas.krogull at ds.uzh.ch

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): German (deu)
Language Family(ies): German; Germanic

Call Deadline: 01-Dec-2023

Meeting Description:

Numerous historical studies have demonstrated that individual as well
as social multilingualism is not a new phenomenon, but has been an
important characteristic of Europe for centuries (cf. e.g. Mihm 2010;
Greule 2006). In the history of German, a wide range of text sources
directly document multilingual writing practices, giving us clear
evidence of situations of multilingualism in past societies (McLelland
2004; Ganslmayer 2016; Schmid 2017; Pahta et al. 2018;
Glaser/Prinz/Ptashnyk 2021; Krogull 2021). In German linguistics, in
other philologies as well as in neighbouring disciplines, the topic of
multilingual communication in various spheres of life has gained
significant importance and interest in the last decade. In the
language historiography of German, however, research has focused
primarily on medieval language contact between Latin and German, most
notably in the domains of religion and law. Other periods, other
linguistic constellations and also other text genres have received
comparatively little attention so far. This conference therefore
intends to address these open research questions by focusing on
multilingualism in the history of German from the early modern period
to the beginning of the 20th century.

The following research aspects are in the foreground of the
conference:
- Multilingualism in selected public domains, especially law,
education, religion, administration and the press;
- Multilingual practices in private writing (e.g. letters or diaries);
- Multilingualism and language contact in border areas, e.g. in the
Danish-German, Dutch-German, German-French, German-Polish border areas
etc.;
- Contacts between varieties of German and minority languages;
- Historical multilingualism in the context of migration and mobility.

Call for Papers:

International Conference
"Historical Multilingualism and Language Contact with Varieties of
German: Tradition, State of Research and Perspectives"

April 25–27, 2024, Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften

Numerous historical studies have demonstrated that individual as well
as social multilingualism is not a new phenomenon, but has been an
important characteristic of Europe for centuries (cf. e.g. Mihm 2010;
Greule 2006). In the history of German, a wide range of text sources
directly document multilingual writing practices, giving us clear
evidence of situations of multilingualism in past societies (McLelland
2004; Ganslmayer 2016; Schmid 2017; Pahta et al. 2018;
Glaser/Prinz/Ptashnyk 2021; Krogull 2021). In German linguistics, in
other philologies as well as in neighbouring disciplines, the topic of
multilingual communication in various spheres of life has gained
significant importance and interest in the last decade. In the
language historiography of German, however, research has focused
primarily on medieval language contact between Latin and German, most
notably in the domains of religion and law. Other periods, other
linguistic constellations and also other text genres have received
comparatively little attention so far. This conference therefore
intends to address these open research questions by focusing on
multilingualism in the history of German from the early modern period
to the beginning of the 20th century.

The following research aspects are in the foreground of the
conference:
- Multilingualism in selected public domains, especially law,
education, religion, administration and the press;
- Multilingual practices in private writing (e.g. letters or diaries);
- Multilingualism and language contact in border areas, e.g. in the
Danish-German, Dutch-German, German-French, German-Polish border areas
etc.;
- Contacts between varieties of German and minority languages;
- Historical multilingualism in the context of migration and mobility.

Nicola McLelland (University of Nottingham) and Wim Vandenbussche
(Vrije Universiteit Brussel) have confirmed their participation as
keynote speakers.

The conference addresses international researchers of all philologies
and related disciplines who are interested in historical texts partly
written in German and partly in another contact language. We welcome
studies on new data, especially from less-explored contact settings
and from diverse domains, ranging from the early modern period to the
20th century. Furthermore, we look forward to new theoretical
approaches to historical multilingualism. The event is intended to
advance the exchange and accumulation of previous findings in this
field as well as the initiation of further collaborations and
projects.

We welcome synchronically or diachronically oriented contributions on
the above-mentioned research aspects. Presentations will be scheduled
for 20 minutes plus 10 minutes of discussion.

Please send your abstracts (max. 300 words) until the 1st of December
2023 to the following e-mail address: kerstin.roth1 at tu-dresden.de. You
can expect a response from us by the end of January 2024.
Presentations should preferably be held in German or, if necessary, in
English.
Venue: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (Germany)
Conference organisation: Andreas Krogull (Zürich,
andreas.krogull at ds.uzh.ch), Kerstin Roth (Dresden,
kerstin.roth1 at tu-dresden.de), Stefaniya Ptashnyk (Heidelberg,
ptashnyk at uni-heidelberg.de)

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