35.2174, Calls: Purity in Minoritised Languages

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LINGUIST List: Vol-35-2174. Fri Aug 02 2024. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 35.2174, Calls: Purity in Minoritised Languages

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Date: 01-Aug-2024
From: Nils Langer [nils.langer at uni-flensburg.de]
Subject: Purity in Minoritised Languages


Full Title: Purity in Minoritised Languages
Short Title: PuMLa

Date: 19-Jun-2025 - 21-Jun-2025
Location: Flensburg, Germany
Contact Person: Nils Langer
Meeting Email: nils.langer at uni-flensburg.de
Web Site: https://www.uni-flensburg.de/friesisch

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Historical
Linguistics; History of Linguistics; Psycholinguistics;
Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 11-Oct-2024

Meeting Description:

Purity in Minoritized Languages
Europa Universität Flensburg (Germany)

Plenary Speakers
Aneta Pavlenko (Drexel University, Philadelphia & University of York,
UK)
Julia Sallabank (University of London)
James Hawkey (University of Bristol)

The Zentrum für kleine und regionale Sprachen and the Institut für
Frisistik und Minderheitenforschung at the Europa Universität
Flensburg seek submissions of proposals to a conference on purity in
minoritized languages.
A key issue in the study of language policy and planning is to
describe – theoretically and practically – the language to be promoted
or protected. This often presupposes an essentialist perspective of
language: languages are seen to exist as uniform or mono-dimensional
entities.  It is considered possible to determine what counts and does
not count as part of a particular language, with sociolinguistic
variation considered to be disturbing and language contact seen as
potentially damaging. Notions of purity are invoked implicitly or
explicitly to distinguish between what is core to a language and what
is peripheral. What appears uncontroversial in everyday life is highly
problematic in the systemic and social study of linguistics. This
conference seeks to delve deeper into the fundamental nature of this
problem by focusing on minoritized and minority languages.

The overarching aim of this conference is to explore dynamics of
norm-setting and norm-transmission as means to change the status and
use of linguistic features. To allow for good comparison between case
studies, contribution should focus on minoritized varieties and
languages and make refers to the applicability – or non-applicability
– of the notion of purity. Papers which include a historical dimension
are very welcome.

Organizing Committee: Nils Langer (Flensburg), Silvia Dal Negro
(Bolzano/Bozen), Henrik Rosenkvist (Göteborg), Jeff Williams (Texas
TU)

Call for Papers:

We welcome papers on:
 - Purity: does purity play a part in linguistic discussions, how is
purity understood or defined, what reasons are suggested to justify
excluding certain features from a language
 - Norm: how did a linguistic feature shifted from being normal to
being the norm; who are the authorities to determine what a norm is
and how do norms find their way into actual language use
 - Big vs. Small Languages: are there tangible differences between
discourses of purity on hegemonic and minoritized languages or
varieties?
 - Popular Discourse: How do speaker communities, gatekeepers, and the
general population in an area perceive or evaluate the existence of
minoritized languages, their changes to social status and in the
linguistic properties of a language
 - Activism and Documentation: how are issues of essentialism and
purity factors in the documentation and promotion of minoritized
languages?

Abstracts of 150-200 words to be submitted by October 11th, 2024 to
nils.langer at uni-flensburg.de.
Notification of acceptance will be by October 21st, 2024.

Organizing Committee: Nils Langer (Flensburg), Silvia Dal Negro
(Bolzano/Bozen), Henrik Rosenkvist (Göteborg), Jeff Williams (Texas
TU)



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