Bibliographie
Linguistic dominance and inequality
Date : 15-Nov-2017 - 16-Nov-2017
Location : Malmo, Sweden
Contact Person : Maria Wiktorsson
Meeting Email : < click here to access email >
Web Site : http://blogg.mah.se/sps/research/linguistic-dominance-and-inequality/
Linguistic Field(s) : Sociolinguistics
Call Deadline : 05-Sep-2017
Meeting Description :
With this conference, we aim to contribute to the sharing and spreading of research on issues relating to linguistic dominance and inequality. In multilingual societies, different languages and different codes within languages are required in different contexts. Speakers who have no or limited command of the prevalent codes in various official or informal situations risk being excluded from participation, performing at a lower level or having more limited access than speakers who are more proficient in the required language(s) or codes.
Many societies today are increasingly multilingual and more knowledge about multilingual urban areas is needed to contribute to sustainable societal development, counteract exclusion and alienation, and encourage democratic engagement. Widening participation is necessary to make higher education institutions reflect the population at large and create quality in higher education through diversity, and issues of how linguistic dominance and inequality may affect access to and achievement in higher education are therefore highly relevant. In a globalized world, local languages are ‘competing’ with English in both academic and corporate contexts, and this situation can affect communicative quality and equality and may influence the future development of local languages.
Call for Papers :
We invite workshop presentations addressing linguistic dominance and inequalities in different arenas, and between different linguistic codes, focusing primarily on the following themes :
- Multilingual urban settings
- The role of language in widening participation to higher education
- Academic and professional language and the status of English
The conference theme Linguistic dominance and inequality is for several reasons topical in Sweden today and in particular the city of Malmö. It is a truly multilingual city, where more than 40% of the population is born abroad or has parents born abroad. Malmö University has a strong commitment towards widening participation in higher education. English in Sweden is taking on a role as a second rather than foreign language, which poses additional language learning challenges for those immigrants who have with limited prior exposure to English.
Link to conference webpage :
http://blogg.mah.se/sps/research/linguistic-dominance-and-inequality/
Key dates :
Abstract submission deadline : September 5th 2017
Outcome of decision process by : September 15th 2017
Conference dates : November 15th-16th
We look forward to seeing you at the Linguistic dominance and inequality conference.
Sincerely,
Professor Karina Vamling, PhD General Linguistics
Chair of the conference organizing committee