Posted on behalf of Remco Knooihuizen and Nanna Haug Hilton (U. Groningen); questions to the conference e-mail (in the main body of the CfP), please. Thanks!
Damien
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CALL FOR PAPERS: MULTILINGUALISM - THE KEY DEBATES
Dear all,
See below for a Call for Papers for a conference we are organising in September. VAR-L subscribers in particular may be interested in a panel on variationist sociolinguistic aspects of bi- and multilingualism (including bi- and multidialectalism) and language shift, organised by Nanna Haug Hilton and Remco Knooihuizen.
The University of Groningen is launching a new MA programme in Multilingualism in September 2013, in cooperation with University Campus Fryslân (UCF) and the NHL Leeuwarden. To celebrate the launch of this new programme, we are organising the conference Multilingualism: The Key Debates. The conference will be held from 12 to 14 September in the only officially multilingual province of the Netherlands: Friesland.
During the conference eight renowned scientists will meet to debate longstanding and pressing questions about multilingualism. The debates will be open to the general public. The confirmed debaters are:
Daniel L. Everett
Robert Phillipson
Geoffrey K. Pullum
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
Abram de Swaan
Guillaume Thierry
For the general part of the conference researchers are invited to submit proposals for 20-minute presentations (plus 10 minutes for questions) relating to any aspect of research into multilingualism (or bilingualism). Topics may cover (but are not limited to)
. Multilingual language development
. Second language learning
. Generative approaches to second language acquisition
. Language contact and change in multilingual communities
. Language contact and change in bidialectal communities
. Multilingual speech processing
. Neurological foundations of multilingualism
. Receptive multilingualism
. Language attrition
. Language shift and loss
. Multilingual education
. Language planning and policy making
. Generative approaches to multilingualism
Abstracts should not exceed 400 words, and can be uploaded at http://linguistlist.org/confservices/multiling2013
For queries about the conference, please contact multiling2013 at UCF dot nl
The scientific committee of Multilingualism - the Key Debates consists of:
Kees de Bot
Charlotte Gooskens
Petra Hendriks
Nanna Haug Hilton
Remco Knooihuizen
Goffe Jensma
Hanneke Loerts
Dennis Ott
Jeffrey Parrott
Alex Riemersma
Marjolijn Verspoor
Jan Wouter Zwart
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Dr Remco Knooihuizen
Lecturer, English Language & Linguistics
University of Groningen
Harmonie Building, 1315.0237
Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26
9712 EK Groningen
The Netherlands
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The Netherlands
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