[Histling-l] Fwd: RUEG conference - Dynamics of Language Contact - 21-23-Feb-2021

[Claire Bowern]

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From: Annika Labrenz <annika.labrenz at hu-berlin.de>
Date: Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 4:33 AM
Subject: RUEG conference - Dynamics of Language Contact - 21-23-Feb-2021
To: <VAR-L at jiscmail.ac.uk>


Hello,

we would be pleased if you could send the conference announcement below to
the list. If you need any further information, please don't hesitate to
contact me.

Kind regards,

Annika Labrenz


*RUEG Conference - Dynamics of Language Contact*

Date: *21-Feb-2021 - 23-Feb-2021*

Location: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - *ONLINE* (Zoom, Gather.Town),
Germany

Contact Email: coordination-rueg at hu-berlin.de

Meeting URL: https://www.linguistik.hu-berlin.de/en/rueg/conference2021


Linguistic Field(s): Language contact, Multilingualism, Heritage Languages,
Linguistic theory, General linguistics



Meeting Description:

In linguistics, language contact was often regarded as exceptional, and
multilingualism was seen as a potential problem. According to this
deficit-oriented view, linguistic practices and competences of multilingual
speakers tended to be investigated from the point of view of deviations
from a prescriptive monolingual norm. Recently, this perspective has
changed in favor of acknowledging linguistic diversity as a normal
characteristic of human languages, now regarding bilinguals as regular
native speakers (e.g. Grosjean 2008, Bayram 2013, Rothman & Treffers-Daller
2014, Scontras et al. 2015, Guijarro-Fuentes & Schmitz 2015, Kupisch &
Rothman 2016, Schroeder 2016, Bak 2017).

The Research Unit “Emerging grammars in language contact situations: A
comparative approach” (RUEG; https://www.linguistik.hu-berlin.de/en/rueg)
has picked up on this change in perspective, pursuing an integrated,
large-scale investigation driven by a positive, multilingual perspective on
heritage speakers’ linguistic behaviour. Accordingly, we think of dynamics,
rather than vulnerability, of differences in the development of linguistic
domains, rather than incomplete acquisition, and of innovation, rather than
attrition and loss in heritage speaker varieties.

This international conference marks the completion of RUEG’s first 3-year
period. It aims to bring together researchers from different fields who
study the dynamics of language contact from a positive, multilingual
perspective.

Our conference will have three thematic sessions dedicated to different
aspects of heritage speakers’ language production and comprehension
(“Attrition vs. Innovation”, “Transfer vs. Internal Dynamics”, and “Methods
in research on patterns outside standard language”), and a poster session.
The three thematic sessions will take place on Feb 22, 2021, and Feb 23,
2021, and will include talks of invited speakers.

Invited speakers:

- *Ad Backus (Tilburg University)*

- *Tanja Kupisch (Universität Konstanz)*

- *Maria M. Piñango (Yale University)*

- *Anatol Stefanowitsch (Freie Universität Berlin)*

On the first day, Feb 21, 2021, the conference will connect with the
“International Mother Language Day”, focusing on educational implications
for multilingual settings. This opening session will include a live talk by
another invited speaker,* Janet Fuller (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)*,
followed by a discussion.

The full program of the workshop is available on our website at
https://www.linguistik.hu-berlin.de/en/rueg/conference2021.

If you want to attend the conference as a guest (free of charge), please
register by e-mail until Feb 18, 2021. Contact for registration:
annika.labrenz at hu-berlin.de.


-- 
Annika Labrenz
Research Fellow RUEG Pd
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
[Besucheradresse: Möhrenstr. 40/41, R.122]
Tel. 030-2093 70677


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