36.335, Confs: Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Translation / Canada

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Subject: 36.335, Confs: Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Translation / Canada

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Date: 24-Jan-2025
From: Diana Carter [diana.carter at ubc.ca]
Subject: Language and Power / Langage et Pouvoir


Language and Power / Langage et Pouvoir

Date: 14-May-2025 - 16-May-2025
Location: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Contact: Elena Nicoladis
Contact Email: elena.nicoladis at ubc.ca
Meeting URL: https://blogs.ubc.ca/langpow/

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics;
Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Translation

Scholars from across disciplines have analyzed the connections between
language and power.
As an expressive resource, language empowers us to elicit emotions,
tell stories, persuade
others, solve problems, and display a stance. In learning and using
particular languages, such as
Indigenous and heritage languages, we have the power to connect to our
communities
and imagine our futures. By using language, we also express our
multiple, dynamic, and
simultaneous identities.
This conference brings together scholars from diverse disciplinary
backgrounds, using multiple
methodologies to collaboratively examine the relationship of language
and power. Through
interdisciplinary discussion, the conference highlights current issues
of interest across the social
sciences and humanities, including language and empowerment in
Indigenous communities,
language and identity, language and the political order, and language
and new media
technologies. Our goal is to foreground the diversity of approaches to
the study of language as
an object, enactment, and producer of power.
Themes include (but are not limited to):
 • Language empowering Indigenous communities
 • Language and identities, including gender, race, ethnicity,
culture, sexual orientation, queerness, etc.
 • Spoken and signed languages
 • Language and literacy
 • Motivation for learning and using minority/heritage languages
 • The role of language in maintaining and changing the political
order
 • Language and technology, including AI
 • Language among equity-seeking groups
 • Languaging the self/the collective/the environment
 • Language at work
 • Translating and interpreting
 • Environmental communication
 • Power of language to unite/divide/inform/misinform
Abstracts due February 1, 2025
Submissions: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0OJFINqffnuGSUe



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