Regional Varieties, language shift and linguistic identities
Programme
Wednesday, 12th September
4.00– 5.30pm: Registration
5.30 – 6.00: Welcome by the conference organizers
6 .00 – 7.00: Yaron Matras (University of Manchester) The afterlife of a language: The journey of English Romani from community language to a discourse register
7 pm: Reception
Thursday, 13th September
8.30 – 9.30: Registration
9.30 – 10.00: Welcome by the Executive Dean
10.00 – 11.00: Joan Beal (University of Sheffield) Inc: the commodification of languages in the ‘new economy’
11.00 – 11.30: COFFEE
11.30 – 13.00 Papers
Eline Zenner, Dirk Speelman & Carmen Maria Faggion Natalie Braber (Nottingham Trent Dirk Geeraerts (FWO Flanders, (Universidade de Caxias do Sul) University) Diane Davies University of Leuven) Regional Regional varieties in southern (University of Leicester) Charting variation in the use of English as an Brazil: first names modified language change and identity in the identity-marker in two varieties of through contact between an Italian East Midlands. Dutch. dialect and Portuguese. Maya Zara (Edge Hill University) Márcia Cristina do Carmo Lyndon Higgs (University of The role of the retroflex in identity (Universidade Estadual Paulista) Strasbourg) The Black Country construction – a purposeful The variable phonological dialect: solidarity, respect and feature? behaviour of the pretonic mid- disrespect expressed through a dual vowels in Paulista Portuguese. pronoun system. Stefania Marzo (KU Leuven) Evy Virginia Zavala & Roberto Urszula Clark & Team (Aston Ceuleers (University College Brañez (Pontificia Universidad University) “Tings a gwan”: Ghent/Ghent Univerty) The hybrid Católica del Perú) Language Linguistic superdiversity in indexical meaning of multilingual alternation in an affinity space: contemporary minority ethnic varieties: a perceptual approach. identity constructions and cultural artistic performances’ racism in Perú.
13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH
14.00 – 15.30 Papers
Paul Cooper (University of Michelle Harrison (University of Nikos Vergis & Marina Sheffield) Historical Liverpool) The future of Alsatian Terkourafi (University of Illinois enregisterment: using the present to in Alsace: can a local language at Urbana-Champaign) inform the past variety survive when a form of the Constructing gender by avoidance: regional language is also an rhoticization in a rural community internationally dominant standard of Crete. language? Barbara Loester (University of Mark Waltermire (New Mexico Eleni Mariou (University of Winchester) The North-East of State University) Language use and Edinburgh) Standard vs. non- Scotland: Doric and the attitudes as stimuli for standard language varieties and the construction of a regional identity. phonological change in border construction of a ‘bilingual’ Uruguayan Spanish. identity. Mercedes Durham (University of Marjoleine Sloos (University of Yoshiyuki Asahi (National Aberdeen) Shifting attitudes and Groningen) Orthographic influence Institute for Japanese Language dialect shift: Shetland from 1984 to on the German <ä>-
15.30 – 15.45 COFFEE
15.45 – 17.15 Papers
Kathryn Campbell-Kibler & James Hawkey (Sorbonne – Paris Guyanne Wilson (University of Mary Bauer (Ohio State III) From the hunter to the hunted? Münster) Neither British nor University) The view from the Catalan linguistic normalisation Trinidadian: referee design and north: Perceptual dialectology in and non normative varieties of stylisation in choral singing in Ohio. Spanish. Trinidad.
Jack Grieve (Aston University ) Xavier Martin-Rubio (University Teodor Florin Zanoaga Using Web searches for regional of Lleida) Language identity and (Sorbonne – Paris IV) Words dialectology: an analysis of lexical national discourses in Catalonia connected to music in the French variation in American English. and Euskadi. variety of the Lesser Antilles
Will Barras & Erik Schleef Oihana Lujanbio Begiristain Rose Stamp, Kearsy Cormier, (University of Manchester) (EHU, University of the Basque Bronwen Evans & Adam Perceptual evidence for the role of Country) Language variation in Schembri (University College the social type in the evaluation of Goizueta Basque. London) British Sign Language linguistic locality and (BSL) dialects in contact: supralocality. Investigating the patterns of accommodation and language change
Friday, 14th September
9.00 – 10.00: Registration
10.00 – 11.00: Barbara Johnstone (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh) The History of Yinz: from areal distribution to regional identity
11.00 – 11.30: COFFEE
11.30 – 13.00 Papers
Kathryn Campbell-Kibler & Alex Baratta (University of Hugh Escott (University of Amber Torelli (Ohio State Manchester) Them’s Fightin’ Sheffield) Dialect writing as multi- University) Tracking Words: The Use of Conversion in modal: Non-standard orthography, enregisterment through online Older Communities to Signal legitimation and ideology in the social media. Threat works of Tom Hague and Arthur Eaglestone. Elin Fredsted ( University of Marie Jensen (Northumbria Krassimir Stoyanov (University Flensburg) Adolescents’ use of University) The repercussions of of Sofia) Linguistic interactions in code-switching and classic dialect (sociolinguistic) meaning: times of social transition – the on social network sites. defining what Tyneside English interface between dialects and the means to its speakers. journalistic vernacular of the Bulgarian press (1944-1952 and 1989-2000). Karina Lammert (University of Thomas Devlin (University of Ruth Kircher ( University of Paderborn) Varieties in discourse – York) Sociophonetic variation and Birmingham) Montrealers, forms and functions of the insertion topic in County Durham Quebecers, Canadians, citizens of a of Low German in daily globalised world: Who we are and conversations in South Westphalia. what it means for our languages.
13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH
14.00 – 15.30 Papers
Amanda Rigby (University of Anne Violin-Wigent (Michigan Essex) Dialect levelling in the sun: Aditi Ghosh (Calcutta University) State University) Approaching evidence from adolescents in a Linguistic identity in a multilingual leveling from different angles: school in Spain where north meets setting: a case study. Comparing mid vowels and south multiple object pronouns in Briançon French. Emma Moore (University of Bhim Lal Gautam (Tribhuvan Jonathan Kasstan (University of Sheffield) “It’s not like anywhere University Nepal) Contact Nepali Kent) Emerging néo-speakers: else”: Language and distinctiveness in Kathmandu Valley: A Linguistic implications for regional varieties on the Isles of Scilly. result of Migration. and language shift.
Rosa Leandra Badalamenti Emmanuelle Labeau (Aston (University of Palermo) Kenneth Ngure (Kenyatta University) Time, Tense and Interactions in a bilingual family University, Nairobi) The Weather: Variation of temps in diminishing vitality of Rendille: a Francophone weather bulletins. consequence of intercultural contact between Rendille and Samburu.
15.30 – 15.45 COFFEE
15.45 – 17.15 Papers
Nils Langer, Tim Shortis, Julie Brook Hefright (University of Blake, Sini Liponen (University of Maryland) How “local” became Bristol) Perceptions of Bristolian: “ethnic” among the Bai of an explanation and critique of two Southwest China. studies focused on a south west city based on community- engagement and folk-linguistic method
Rod Hermeston (University of Jean Paul Gaindjoung Leeds) Indexing Geordies (and (University of Yaounde) Regional Mackems): the Geordie dialect and varieties as affirmation of identity: the role of football in local pop the case of Cameroonian English. songs of Newcastle.
7.00 Conference Dinner
While the delegates are dining: music by East West Fusion.
The evening entertainment includes:
John Edgar: Storyteller
Fizzog : A Black Country Theatre Group.
Dave Reeves: Musician, poet and storyteller.
Billy and Lozz: Performers of original Black Country Dialect Folk Songs.
Poster presentations:
María-Isabel González Cruz (University of Las Palmas) Towards lexical loss in Canarian Spanish ?
Kate Burland (University of Sheffield) Where the Black Country meets ‘Black Barnsley’: Dialect variation and identity in an ex-mining community of Barnsley.
Sandra Weber (Université de Liège) Linguistic identity, language attitudes and language perception in the German-speaking Community of Belgium. A comparative survey across the Belgian-German border.
Saturday, 15th September
EXCURSION: Black Country Museum (For details, please visit the conference website http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/research/centres-institutes/interland/regional-varieties/)