Heritage Languages and Variation

HELV

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There are no fees for this conference! 

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*** DEADLINE EXTENSION: June 15 ***

Submit your abstract here: https://easychair.org/cfp/HELV2022

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).

We also acknowledge the contribution of the Cyprus University of Technology to the organization of this conference. 

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, and linguistic 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.

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The conference will take place in Limassol, Cyprus.

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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)

Important Dates

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Call deadline: May 31, 2022

Notification for acceptance: June 15, 2022

Conference dates: September 23-25, 2022

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There are no conference fees for this conference! 

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