35.2512, Calls: 19th History of the English Language (SLIN) conference “Socio-Political Instability and Language Change (1300-1900)”

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Subject: 35.2512, Calls: 19th History of the English Language (SLIN)  conference “Socio-Political Instability and Language Change (1300-1900)”

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Date: 13-Sep-2024
From: Giuliana Russo [giuliana.russo at tiscali.it]
Subject: 19th History of the English Language (SLIN) conference “Socio-Political Instability and Language Change (1300-1900)”


Full Title: 19th History of the English Language (SLIN)  conference
“Socio-Political Instability and Language Change (1300-1900)”
Short Title: SLIN19

Date: 08-May-2025 - 10-May-2025
Location: Catania, Italy
Contact Person: Giuliana Russo
Meeting Email: giuliana.russo at tiscali.it

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics

Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2024

Meeting Description:

We are very pleased to inform you that the 19th SLIN Conference will
take place on 8th - 10th May 2025 at the University of Catania, Italy.

The theme of the conference is:
Socio-political Instability and Language Change (1300-1900) and the
chronological scope of it ranges from Late Middle English to Late
Modern English.

Our two invited plenary speakers are:
Prof. Jonathan Culpeper (Lancaster University, England)
Prof. Matylda Włodarczyk (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland)

Call for Papers:

Papers (20 minutes + 10 minutes discussion) are invited on the
conference theme. Please note that the chronological scope of the
papers ranges from Late Middle English to Late Modern English, i.e.
until 1900. Possible topics include but are by no means limited to:
 - Social movements and their influence on argumentation, rhetoric and
lexis (e.g. religious movements, the reform of manners, abolition of
slavery, temperance movement) Socio-political unrest and the language
of propaganda
 - Political instability and revolution and the emergence of new
address terms and insults (e.g. the English Civil War, Jacobite
Risings, Wars of Independence, Colonial Wars)
 - Contact factors in the birth of new varieties (geographical
varieties resulting from imperial expansion and contact with
indigenous communities)
 - Historical social discrimination and racism and its influence on
discourse and language Socio-political instability and its influence
on the standardisation of English (e.g. population shifts and
immigration in the 14th-15th centuries)
 - Translation and its role in facilitating and effecting language
change in periods of socio-political instability
 - Acts of writing and reading as rebellion/resistance are also an
interesting angle
 - Language codification and standardisation as a political act

Abstracts (350 words maximum excluding References) can be sent by 30th
November 2024 to giuliana.russo at tiscali.it. Abstracts should be
submitted as Word documents but if your abstract contains special
characters, please also send a pdf version.

Notification of acceptance will be sent by 20th December 2024. Junior
researchers are warmly invited to submit proposals.

Information about the conference fee (including coffee breaks/lunch),
travelling, accommodation options and the social programme will be
circulated in October.

We look forward to receiving your abstracts and seeing you in Catania!
Giuliana Russo (University of Catania) Valeria Di Clemente (University
of Catania)



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