Popular Culture Association & American Culture Association 2018 Joint National Conference : Language Attitudes & Popular Linguistics Area

Popular Culture Association & American Culture Association 2018 Joint National Conference : Language Attitudes & Popular Linguistics Area
Short Title : PCA/ACA 2018

Date : 28-Mar-2018 - 31-Mar-2018
Location : Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Contact Person : James Mitchell
Meeting Email : < click here to access email >
Web Site : http://pcaaca.org/national-conference/

Linguistic Field(s) : Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline : 01-Oct-2017

Meeting Description :

The Language Attitudes and Popular Linguistics Area of the Popular Culture Association is seeking presentations on any language attitude or language-related popular culture topic.

This year’s conference will be held in Indianapolis, IN, March 28-31, 2018.

Call for Papers :

Topics :

- the language attitudes of X (for example, new baby greeting cards, truck drivers, student writers, first generation immigrants, etc.)
- issues with prescriptivism
- language and advertising or other media
- professional, corporate, or other industry-related language
- dialect, code-switching, or historical studies of language and language attitudes
- animal or extraterrestrial communication
- language and education, including pedagogical approaches
- gendered communication or other sociolinguistic topics
- language and popular literature or television/film
- language and censorship
- first and second language acquisition
- any topic that relates to popular linguistics or language attitudes

All Proposals & Abstracts Must Be Submitted Through The PCA Database (conference.pcaaca.org).
Please submit a proposal to only one area at a time.

Submission Deadline : October 1, 2017

Please send all inquiries to :
James G. Mitchell, Ph.D.
Salve Regina University
james.mitchellsalve.edu