CFP: Lg contact...

[Johanna Laakso]

Forwarded, an interesting (although not specifically Finno-Ugric) symposium
call.

Best
JL
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Johanna Laakso
Universität Wien, Institut für Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und
Literaturwissenschaft (EVSL) | Abteilung Finno-Ugristik
Universitätscampus Spitalgasse 2-4 Hof 7, A-1090 Wien
Tel. +43 1 4277 43019 | Fax +43 1 4277 9430
johanna.laakso at univie.ac.at | http://homepage.univie.ac.at/Johanna.Laakso/

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Language contact and multilingualism as a challenge for sociolinguistics and
theoretical linguistics
 
Contrary to common belief, multi­lingualism and language con­tact are
neither recent phen­omena nor are they rooted in modern glob­alization.
Multilingualism and lan­guage contact constitute one of the basic conditions
of human cul­ture and occur in all types of societies, ranging from
so-called “pri­m­itive” to industrial and post-industrial societies.
 
The goal of our workshop, hosted by the 37th Austrian Conference on
Linguistics (37. Österreichische Linguistiktagung, 5 - 7 December 2009 in
Salzburg) is to bring to­gether researchers of language con­tact and
multilingualism wor­king in different theoretical and method­ological
frameworks.
 
We welcome submissions on the following topics: contact induced language
change; diglossia, polyglossia and similar scenarios; individual vs. social
multilingualism; the multilingual brain; problems of standardization in
multilingual settings; syntax and pragmatics of code switching and code
mixing; mixed language vs. language mixing; language death and “linguicide”;
documentation of language contact.
 
Each presentation slot will be 45 min. (including 15 min. for dis­cussion).
 
Please submit your abstract (in German, English or French) to
imke.mendoza at sbg.ac.at or bernhard.poell at sbg.ac.at no later than 15 October
2009. The abstract should not exceed 300 words.
 
Conference homepage: http://www.uni-salzburg.at/spr/tagungen/ . 



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