Please consider submitting an abstract by March 30, 2020 for the following panels:

Panel 1:

“A (Socio)Historical Perspective” Papers should address how language attitudes and/or ideologies have persisted, evolved, and/or changed over time and its socio-political implications. 300-word abstracts to Roshawnda Derrick, roshawnda.derrick@pepperdine.…[Read more]

Hi colleagues,

The Language Change forum is currently looking for members who would be willing to be nominated as an alternate for the upcoming executive committee member election. If you are interested, please let me know by Wednesday, February 5th.

For more information about the MLA’s executive committee forums, please visit the following link…[Read more]

The Language Change forum’s executive committee would like to solicit ideas from its membership for potential session topics for the 2021 convention in Toronto. Topics related to the 2021 presidential theme, “Persistence,” are welcome but not required. If you would like to contribute your ideas, please respond to this post no later than Friday, January 24.

Please join us at the 2020 MLA Annual Convention:

297 – Exploring the Reaches of Translingual Approaches to Writing Studies

Friday, 10 January 2020 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM WSCC – Skagit 1  

When Translingual Theory Meets Language Policy

Katherine S. Flowers, Mississippi State University

Research on translingual writing and on language policy both…[Read more]

Unfortunately, two of our roundtable speakers were unable to attend the MLA convention this year, so we have canceled our Thursday afternoon session: 93 – Language Change Forum: New Directions. Apologies for any inconvenience. We hope to see you at our Saturday afternoon session: 545 – Being Human, Technology, and New Media.

Dear all,

I am the current chair of the Language Theory’s executive committee. At the encouragement of MLA, I am putting together a mentorship program. We are all witnessing a difficult time in the academy, and a support system for burgeoning scholars is so crucial. You can sign on as a mentee or volunteer as a mentor.

Here’s how the first step…[Read more]

51st Convention, NeMLA, Boston, March 5-8 2020

“The Old and the New: Communities of Practice and Shifting Borders in US Spanish”

The session seeks papers that examine Spanish in the United States (Mexican, Caribbean, Latin American) as it relates to old and new Hispanic community practices and border crossing (geographical, political, eth…[Read more]

DEADLINE EXTENDED: FRIDAY, MARCH 29

CFP: Being Human, Technology, and New Media

The Language Change Forum seeks papers that address aspects of language change, acquisition, or linguistic transactions related to the MLA 2020 presidential theme (Being Human), technology, and new media.

300-word abstracts to Taryn Hakala (taryn.hakala@gmail.com)…[Read more]

Dear LSL Global English members,

My name is Stefan Vogel. I am a PhD student in the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Program at the University of Arizona, and I would like to invite you to participate in my dissertation research. In my dissertation project, I focus on the professional development of L2 writing instructors in higher…[Read more]

Constructed Languages

This panel will include papers that study “conlangs” in their historical, auxiliary, and fantastic varieties. Submit 250-word abstracts by March 8, 2019 to Mary Hayes (hayes@olemiss.edu). Submission Deadline: Friday, March 8, 2019

Dear all,

With apologies for the delay, here (pasted below) are minutes from our Committee meeting in Chicago.

Two key things are:

• nominations for committee membership need to be sent to Anja and Martin by 8th February
• Rhona and I will draft two calls for papers by the 8th of February and we will agree and submit these by the 28th of…

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Dear all,

With apologies for the delay, here (pasted below) are minutes from our Committee meeting in Chicago.

Two key things are:

• nominations for committee membership need to be sent to Anja and Martin by 8th February
• Rhona and I will draft two calls for papers by the 8th of February and we will agree and submit these by the 28th of…

[Read more]

Dear all,

Happy new year from London!  I’m looking forward to seeing you all in Chicago!

Here is some info on our sessions and a new idea we have this year for an informal get-together for members of all forums/fora with an interest in language, linguistics or ‘lang-lit’ on Friday evening.

Theater as Communication and Where Do The Voices Com…[Read more]

Dear all,

We are looking forward to seeing (some of) you in Chicago.

Before emailing you about the convention, here is a call for papers which I meant to pass on earlier in the year.

Best wishes,

Billy

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Call for Papers | Women & LanguageEditor: Leland G. Spencer, PhD | Miami University

Women & Language, an international,…[Read more]

The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2019, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2019 convention in Chicago. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nom…[Read more]

The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2019, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2019 convention in Chicago. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nom…[Read more]