Tag: linguistics
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Call for Papers: Third ASSE International Conference on British and American Studies
One of the first conferences in which I presented as a novice PhD student, and one which I remember very fondly, was organised by a group of academics in Vlora, Albania. If memory serves, these academics later became founding members of the Albanian Society for the Study of English (ASSE), and have been very active ever since…
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Call for papers: World-Conference on Pluricentric Languages and their Non-Dominant Varieties
Update This is a post advertising an academic event that took place in 2015. The content is no longer valid, and is maintained here for archival purposes only. If you landed here looking for information on language policy, the following links about language education may be of interest: What shapes language policy in education? International…
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Rethinking Language, Diversity and Education
[Archive] Information about the “Rethinking Language, Diversity and Education” conference that took place in Rhodes, Greece in May 2015.
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Call for Papers: 22nd International Symposium of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
[ARCHIVED POST] Information about the 22nd International Symposium of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (Thessaloniki, 2015)
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Call for Papers: “English Language & Literature Studies: Tradition and Transformation (ELLSTAT)”
The 5th International Conference of the English Department, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, entitled English Language and Literature Studies: Tradition and Transformation (ELLSTAT) will take place on the 23rd and 24th October 2015 in Belgrade. The aim of the conference is “to promote exchange of ideas across different areas and theoretical frameworks of English linguistics and anglophone literary/cultural studies…
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Measuring Linguistic Complexity: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Announcing a multidisciplinary workshop on linguistic complexity.
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ELF and World Englishes: Dispelling some of the confusion
Update: This is a post advertising a talk that took place in 2014. The content is no longer current, and it is retained here for archival purposes. If you have found yourself here looking for information on World Englishes or ELF, you may find the following links more helpful: “Are you ELF?” (Reading Notes) English…
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Call for papers: 12th International Conference on Greek Linguistics (ICGL12)
The 12th International Conference on Greek Linguistics (ICGL12), a biennial meeting for the study of the Greek Language, will be hosted by the the Freie Universität Berlin (Chair for Modern Greek Studies and the Center for Modern Greece) from 16 to 19 September 2015. Invited speakers include: Elena Anagnostopoulou, University of Crete Peter Mackridge, University of Oxford Maria Sifianou, National…
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Can a child left in the wild develop a new language on her own?
Rich linguistic input is necessary for first language acquisition. But what happens when it’s not there?