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Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics
Diversity and Super-Diversity: Sociocultural Linguistic Perspectives
Georgetown University
March 13-15, 2015

GURT invites papers that explore the connections between diversity and linguistic/communicative practices from the perspectives described in the conference theme. The organizers are particularly (although not exclusively) interested in the following topics:

 The impact of diversity on sociocultural linguistic theory and research methodologies
 The relationships between diversity and hybridity in linguistic and semiotic practices
 Challenges and responses to linguistic and cultural diversity in different institutional domains such education, the workplace, community organizations and in non institutional domains such as the family
 Diversity and the construction/negotiation of identities
 The use of linguistic and other semiotic resources within new practices involving diverse communities
 Language policies and diversity issues in the public space
 Diversity of genres, practices and participation frameworks in mediated communication
 Diversity and time/space scales

Proposals will be blind reviewed for their originality, quality, and breadth of relevance. In addition, colloquium proposals will be evaluated for the coherence and complementarity of their individual presentations.

Deadline for submitting abstracts: October 15, 2014.

View the full call for papers at http://units.georgetown.edu/linguistics/gurt/2015/submission.html