HELV2022: Heritage Languages and Variation Limassol, Cyprus, September 23-25, 2022 |
| Conference website | https://helv2022.wixsite.com/website |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=helv2022 |
| Abstract registration deadline | June 15, 2022 |
| Submission deadline | June 15, 2022 |
| Notification of Acceptance | June 30, 2022 |
This conference is organized and funded by the Department of English Studies of the University of Cyprus and by the University of Cyprus internal grant “The Gradience of Lingualities (GoL): Language Acquisition in Minority Contexts, Incomplete Linguistic Competence and Theoretical Modeling in Heritage Speakers, and Vernacular Varieties” (PI: Kleanthes K. Grohmann, main researcher: Natalia Pavlou). It also connects to the DIDAKTOR research project funded by the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation, “Language Variation and Attitudes (LaVA): A Sociolinguistic Analysis of the Linguistic Performance and Attitudes of Greek Cypriots in Nicosia, Cyprus” (PI: Kleanthes K. Grohmann, young researcher: Constantina Fotiou).
The central theme of this conference is heritage languages and linguistic variation, and its aim is to attract research from the fields of language acquisition, language variation, sociolinguistics, clinical linguistics, andlinguistic theory. The purpose of the conference is to bring together scholars working on these areas from different perspectives and with different populations, using different and innovative methodological tools, in order to exchange ideas and engage in a fruitful discussion.
A description of the conference topic is given below:
The study of language variation and heritage languages has attracted the interest of those working on multilingualism, bilingualism, language acquisition, and sociolinguistics as well as language policy makers. Some of the common questions raised in this research are the exposure and influence on a particular population by a dominant language, the age of exposure to input from the dominant language, the grammar properties affected by it, and the overall competence of the heritage language population when compared to baseline speakers as well as the sociolinguistic conditions affecting language variation, change, and acquisition. In addition, theoretical and empirical explanations of language variation in typical and atypical populations can also inform the field of language acquisition, including the study of heritage languages. For this, data from these speakers are important since they involve grammars that provide useful insights for variationist theories and language acquisition of sociolinguistic variation in multilingual, bidialectal, and diglossic communities. The need for identifying the linguistic properties that characterize heritage language speakers in multilingual societies explains the focus that is placed on heritage languages, their recognition, and preservation for the advancement of linguistic theory.
We welcome abstract submissions on any of the following questions or related topics:
- What is the role of input and intake in heritage language acquisition?
- How does language contact affect heritage language development?
- What are the research methods that best apply in the study of language variation, especially in heritage languages?
- How do we approach the study of language variation in typical and atypical or impaired language development?
- How is sociolinguistic variation acquired in multilingual, bi(dia)lectal, and diglossic communities?
The topics listed are not exhaustive and any submission on the conference’s central theme is welcome.
Keynote Speakers
Maria Kambanaros, Technological University of Cyprus
Svetlana Karpava, University of Cyprus
Maria Polinsky, University of Maryland
Unn Røyneland, University of Oslo
Elena Theodorou, Technological University of Cyprus
Organizing Committee
Natalia Pavlou (University of Cyprus)
Constantina Fotiou (University of Cyprus)
Kleanthes K. Grohmann (University of Cyprus)
Abstracts for presentations will be accepted until (new deadline) June 15, 2022. Abstracts for papers can be up to 500 words (excluding references); you may also add figures if you want to. They must be written in English and should be anonymous. Authors may submit one single-authored and one joint- authored abstract, or two joint-authored abstracts. Presentations will last 20 minutes and will be followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Please submit your abstracts here: https://easychair.org/cfp/HELV2022.
Call deadline: June 15, 2022
Notification for acceptance: June 30, 2022
Conference dates: September 23-25, 2022
Email: helv2022@gmail.com