LAGB2020: Linguistics Association of Great Britain annual meeting 2020 Ulster University Belfast, UK, September 7-10, 2020 |
Conference website | http://www.lagb.org.uk/lagb2020 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lagb2020 |
Abstract registration deadline | April 13, 2020 |
Submission deadline | April 13, 2020 |
The 2020 Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain will be held at Ulster University, from 7-10 September 2020. Confirmed plenary speakers are Maria Polinsky (University of Maryland) and Brian Joseph (Ohio State University).
Submission Guidelines: Individual Papers
The LAGB welcomes submissions on any topic in the field of linguistics. We particularly welcome papers from areas of linguistics that have not been well represented in previous meetings in order to capture the diversity of linguistics research in the UK and beyond.
All abstracts will be blind-peer-reviewed by an international committee of reviewers. Both members and non-members are invited to offer papers for the meeting, with the limit that each author may submit up to two total abstracts. Abstracts must be submitted anonymously and should include no indication of the author’s identity. The length for papers delivered at the LAGB 2020 meeting is 20 minutes (plus 10 minutes' discussion).
Formatting
- Maximum length: two A4 pages, margins 2.5cm on all sides
- Font size and spacing: 12 point, single spaced, times New Roman font.
- If the formatting instructions are not followed the abstract may not be considered.
- All abstracts should be submitted in PDF format. Any phonetic characters should either be embedded in the PDF file, or be in the Doulos SIL font, which can be downloaded for free from this site: http://scripts.sil.org/DoulosSIL_download.
See below for information on abstract submissions to themed sessions.
Submission Guidelines: Themed sessions on Multilingualism
All formatting guidelines for this special session are identical to the general session. Please see above.
Multilingualism is a global phenomenon, with over half the world’s population estimated to fall within this linguistic category (Grosjean, 2010; Bhatia and Ritchie, 2013). Definitions vary wildly, especially on the level of proficiency of the various languages and the mode of acquisition, but more recent definitions shift the focus from ability to use of more than one language in the individual’s everyday environment (Grosjean, 2010). Research also emphasises the importance of framing the definition of multilingualism in terms of sociocultural factors, which aim to capture the influence of the environment on the individual’s development, thereby depicting a more holistic perspective of the linguistic situation (Paradis, 1986; Skutnabb-Kangas, 1991). The study of multilingual acquisition focuses on different learners such as simultaneous and sequential multilinguals and phenomena such as early second language learning but also more mature learners, L3 acquisition but also attrition.
Multilingualism research seeks to address a number of questions:
- What is the impact of age of onset on the acquisition of a second language?
- Are all areas of language affected equally by the age of onset, cf. vocabulary vs. syntax?
- What is the role of input in the acquisition of more than one language, in terms of frequency, quality and quantity of input?
- What is the impact of the different typological/morphological features of the two (or more) languages, in terms of transfer of linguistic features from one language to the other during the process of acquisition?
In addition to these topics, multilingualism can also give rise to questions around language contact as change in progress but also language identity. In this workshop, we invite submissions that address any of the above or other related questions. In addition to talks we also aim to organise a roundtable discussion on the multifaceted impact of research on multilingualism.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to the LAGB meetings secretary Robyn Orfitelli (r.orfitelli@sheffield.ac.uk)