2nd Symposium on New Speakers – Barcelona 20-22 November 2014
NEW SPEAKERS IN A MULTILINGUAL EUROPE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES (1st Whole Action Meeting of the ISCH COST Action IS1306)
Pre-Call for Papers
Global social changes are transforming the linguistic ecologies of contemporary societies. They change our linguistic landscapes, our linguistic repertoires and the ways we use languages in everyday life. In fact, what we used to understand by languages is also changing along with the concepts and theories we employed to analyse language use. The “Network on New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe” invites linguists, social scientists, language activists and language planners to take part in the analysis and debate over these sociolinguistic transformations. Our symposium will take place next November in Barcelona.
The concept of “New speakers” provides the angle to investigate the new multilingual realities of contemporary Europe; that is, we propose to explore multilingualism from the perspective of the social actors and their experience of using different languages in their daily lives. We focus especially on the experience of people as they socialize in languages that are not their “native” or “first” language, both synchronically and diachronically (e.g. in different periods of their lives). The notion of “New speaker” provides the means to shift our focus away from the traditional “native speaker”, a notion which has traditionally dominated linguistic analysis and institutional language policies. In this first phase of the project, we examine three main speaker profiles:
- new speakers of regional minority languages,
- immigrants
- people who adopt new languages for specific work purposes.
We invite contributions in the form of individual papers, panels or colloquia. These can consist of research reports or data analyses, as well as language policy descriptions or evaluations. Presentations should follow the same 20-minute per paper format although alternative formats can be suggested in the case of round table discussions or panels. Further details will be available in April. A small fee will be charged to non-Managing-Committee members to cover catering costs. A small number of grants may also be available for doctoral students and early career researchers.
Please send expressions of interest to: New Speakers Barcelona 2014 (newspeakers2014(arrova)uoc.edu).
In your e-mail please indicate:
a) If you wish to be included in our mailing list to receive future information about the network.
b) If you wish to receive the final call for papers. 400 w. abstracts will eventually be required for presentation proposals and 700 w. abstracts for other events. Feel free to send early enquiries or proposals for presentations, panels or colloquia.
Symposium Scientific Committee:
- Bernadette O’Rourke (Network Chair, Heriot-Watt University,Edinburgh)
- Alexandre Duchêne (Institut de plurilingüisme, Université et HEP Fribourg)
- Pia Lane (Universitetet i Oslo)
- Luisa Martín Rojo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
- Rosina Márquez-Reiter (University of Surrey)
- Sari P. Pietikäinen (Jyväskylän Yliopisto)
- Joan Pujolar (Network Vice-Chair, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
- Tom Van Hout (Universiteit Antwerpen)
- John Walsh (Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh/National University of Ireland, Galway)
Note: Academics can avail of reasonably priced centrally-located accommodation at the Residència d’Investigadors (at the Carrer Hospital 64 or at the Campus del Mar: http://www.resa.es/eng/Residences/Investigadors) in Barcelona
Més informació: https://www.dropbox.com/s/18y9hcjcf1yyg6k/2nd%20Symposium%20on%20New%20Speakers.docx