In a society where urban life recreates otherness, dissolves geographical and social borders, creates transnational spaces and crafts new identities, how do Latinos and Hispanic immigrants of various Latin American regions living in cities in the US (re)build the local and global from inter- and cross-cultural perspectives: language, history,…[Read more]

The Forum on Language Change extended its CFP for the 2019 MLA in Chicago to March 15.  See details below for each session.

“Performing Identity through Textual Transactions”
Papers should address mutually constitutive engagements of speakers/writers, texts, and/or their contexts in the area(s) of language change and identity performance. 300-…[Read more]

The Forum on Language Change is accepting proposals on two planned sessions for the 2019 MLA in Chicago. See details below for each session.

“Performing Identity through Textual Transactions”
Papers should address mutually constitutive engagements of speakers/writers, texts, and/or their contexts in the area(s) of language change and identity per…[Read more]

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<div class=””><b class=””><i class=””><span class=””>Can Language Shift be Reversed? Insights from and for Galician</span></i></b><span class=””><b class=””>
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<div class=””><b class=””><i class=””><span class=””>Can Language Shift be Reversed? Insights from and for Galician</span></i></b><span class=””><b class=””> (</b>Guaranteed Session, MLA Convention, Chicago, 3-6 January, 2…[Read more]

Date: January 03-06, 2019.
Location: Chicago
Contact Person: Carolina González (cgonzalez3@fsu.edu)

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Romance Linguistics; Historical Linguistics

Language Family(ies): Romance

Call Deadline: March 15, 2018

Meeting Description and Call for Papers:

The Romance Linguistics Forum welcomes a wide range of…[Read more]

The Forum on Language Change is accepting proposals on two planned sessions for the 2019 MLA in Chicago. See details below for each session.

“Performing Identity through Textual Transactions”
Papers should address mutually constitutive engagements of speakers/writers, texts, and/or their contexts in the area(s) of language change and identity per…[Read more]

The Language Change Forum is seeking to fill one position on its Executive Committee. The position will be for the duration of 5 years. Eligible nominees should be MLA members and should not be currently serving on another MLA Forum’s Executive Committee. Please send your nominations (including self-nomination) to Brian Mann, D…[Read more]

623: Language Change: Global (Im)Migration and Linguistic Insecurity
Saturday, January 06, 2018

03:30 PM – 04:45 PM
Hilton – Nassau East

Presider
Roshawnda Derrick
Pepperdine U

Promoting Plurilingual Approaches to Integration
Ines Bruenner, Oberlin C

Language Change: The Creation of the Variety Lunfardo as Linguistic Reaction to…[Read more]

145: Insecurity in the Classroom: Programs, Pedagogy, and Peripateticism
Thursday, January 04, 2018
05:15 PM – 06:30 PM
Hilton – Concourse G
Presider
D. Brian Mann
U of North Georgia

From Linguistic Self-Confidence to Linguistic Insecurity: The Discursive Construction of Identities of Resistance
Sibusiwe Dube, Penn State U, University…[Read more]