A Panel on Pluricentric Languages in the Contemporary World: Socio-cultural and Pragmatic Aspects
About This Event
The Languages and Linguistics Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), will hold A Panel on Pluricentric Languages in the Contemporary World: Socio-cultural and Pragmatic Aspects, 4-7 July 2016, Athens, Greece as part of the 9th Annual International Conference on Languages & Linguistics.
The panel is soliciting papers (in English only) from all areas of languages, linguistics and other related disciplines. Areas of interest include (but are not confined to):
Globalization processes and their influence on languages
Language and migration
The role of language in the “knowledge economy”
Commodification of language as an impetus for minority language maintenance
Instrumental and symbolic roles of contact languages
Translation as a cultural bridge between languages
Material culture of bilingual and multilingual groups
Evolution of pragmatic norms of languages used away from metropolia
Heritage language speakers: A challenge for educational systems
Linguistic human rights: Between law and practice
The role of bilinguals and multilinguals in cultural diplomacy
You may participate as presenter of one paper, chair a session or observer.
Fee structure information is available on http://www.atiner.gr/fees.
Special arrangements will be made with a local hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise to selected Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a one-day visit to Delphi. Details of the social program are available here.
Please submit an abstract (email only) to: [email protected], using the abstract submission form by the 30 April 2016 to: Dr. Ekaterina Protassova, Adjunct Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland or Dr. Maria Yelenevskaya, Senior Teaching Fellow, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Current Position, Institutional Affiliation, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission.
If your submission is accepted, you will receive information on registration deadlines and paper submission requirements. Should you wish to participate in the Conference without presenting a paper, for example, to chair a session, to evaluate papers which are to be included in the conference proceedings or books, to contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER & Honorary Professor, University of Stirling, UK ([email protected]).
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