Tag: linguistics
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![[Call for papers] International Symposium on Bilingualism](https://achilleaskostoulas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4241003279_aecbe00ecd_o.jpg)
[Call for papers] International Symposium on Bilingualism
[Archive] Call for papers for the 2015 International Symposium on Bilingualism.
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If Scotland votes for independence, what happens to the language?
More than thirty years ago, linguists ventured a guess that the rise in Scottish nationalism might lead to Scottish English re-asserting itself. Were they right?
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![Language and Sociocultural Theory [New Journal]](https://achilleaskostoulas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/9450783_7ceb63cd91_o.jpg)
Language and Sociocultural Theory [New Journal]
If you’re doing research in linguistics and Vygotskian sociocultural theory, you may be interested in this new journal.
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![Universal Biases on Phonological Acquisition and Processing [Call for papers]](https://achilleaskostoulas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pexels-photo-207691.jpeg)
Universal Biases on Phonological Acquisition and Processing [Call for papers]
Update (June 2015) This is a post advertising an academic event that took place in 2015. The content is no longer current, and is retained here for archival purposes only. If you’d like to receive updates on upcoming ELT and linguistics events, you may want to consider subscribing to this blog.
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Cornish!
This post, focussing on the Cornish language, departs from the usual topics covered in this blog, and it has been prompted by the recent political decision to afford the language official protection under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. So, in celebration of this decision, here are some facts about the history and features…
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Sociocultural Competence & Language Learning in Multilingual Settings
This is a post advertising a conference that took place in Brussels in September 2014.
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![Indigenous children’s language [Special Issue]](https://achilleaskostoulas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/9799052565_254909c14a_k.jpg)
Indigenous children’s language [Special Issue]
This post describes a special issue in First Language, which looks into the ways that minority languages are acquired and preserved, and how they evolve through children’s language.
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Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain 2014 [Call for papers]
The 2014 Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB 2014) will take place in The Queen’s College, University of Oxford, on 1-5 September 2014. Special Events The following lectures and workshops have been scheduled: Henry Sweet Lecture: The semantics of embedding and the syntax of the left periphery (Angelika Kratzer, University of Massachusetts Amherst);…
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Greek Language and Spoken Communication [Call for papers]
The Institute of Modern Greek Studies (M. Triandaphyllidis Foundation), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki are organising a two-day Symposium on ‘Greek language and spoken communication’, which will take place in Thessaloniki on 18-19 September 2014. The Symposium will look into pragmatic and sociolinguistic aspects of Modern Greek, with particular emphasis on its use in naturally occurring…