{"id":675,"date":"2017-06-19T13:33:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T13:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/?page_id=675"},"modified":"2017-11-06T10:06:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T10:06:58","slug":"linguistic-dominance-and-inequality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/research\/linguistic-dominance-and-inequality\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Linguistic dominance and inequality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>15<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 16<sup>th<\/sup> November, 2017<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Malm\u00f6, Sweden<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/files\/2017\/06\/IMG_3989.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-728\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/files\/2017\/06\/IMG_3989-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/files\/2017\/06\/IMG_3989-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/files\/2017\/06\/IMG_3989-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/files\/2017\/06\/IMG_3989-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a>Welcome<\/strong> to the <em>Linguistic dominance and inequality <\/em>conference, which will be hosted by the Department of Language and Linguistics at Malm\u00f6 University, November 15 \u2013 16, 2017. With this conference, we aim to contribute to the sharing and spreading of research on issues relating to linguistic dominance and inequality\u00a0in an effort to better understand and counteract existing\u00a0negative effects.<\/p>\n<p>We invite workshop presentations on the following interrelated subthemes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multilingual urban settings<\/li>\n<li>The role of language in widening participation to higher education<\/li>\n<li>Academic and professional language and the status of English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Multilingual urban settings<br \/>\n<\/em>Many societies today are increasingly multilingual and more knowledge about multilingual urban areas is needed to contribute to sustainable societal development, counteract exclusion and alienation, and encourage democratic engagement.<\/p>\n<p><em>The role of language in widening participation to higher education<br \/>\n<\/em>Widening participation is necessary to make higher education institutions reflect the population at large and create quality in higher education through diversity, and issues of how linguistic dominance and inequality may affect access to and achievement in higher education are therefore highly relevant.<\/p>\n<p><em>Academic and professional language and the status of English<br \/>\n<\/em>In a globalized world, local languages are \u2018competing\u2019 with English in both academic and corporate contexts, and this situation can affect communicative quality and equality and may influence the future development of local languages.<\/p>\n<p>The conference theme\u00a0Linguistic dominance and inequality\u00a0is for several reasons topical in Sweden today and in the city of Malm\u00f6. It is a truly multilingual city, where more than 40% of the population is born abroad or has parents born abroad. Malm\u00f6 University has a strong commitment towards widening participation in higher education. English in Sweden is taking on a role as a second rather than foreign language, which poses additional language learning challenges for those immigrants who have limited prior exposure to English.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Invited speakers<\/strong><br \/>\nProf. Lena Ekberg, Lund University<br \/>\nProf. Gisela H\u00e5kansson, Lund University\/\u00d8stfold University College<br \/>\nDr. Stefania Marzo, KU Leuven<br \/>\nProf. Bj\u00f6rn Melander, Uppsala University<br \/>\nProf. Robert Phillipson,\u00a0Copenhagen Business School<br \/>\nDr. Pia Quist, University of Copenhagen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important dates<br \/>\n<\/strong>Deadline for abstract submissions: September 11 2017<br \/>\nOutcome of decision process by: September 15 2017<br \/>\nRegistration opens: August 15<br \/>\nDeadline for registration: October 30<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;color: #505050\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/research\/linguistic-dominance-and-inequality\/call-for-papers\/\">Call for papers<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/research\/linguistic-dominance-and-inequality\/programme\/\">Programme<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/research\/linguistic-dominance-and-inequality\/organizing-committee\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/research\/linguistic-dominance-and-inequality\/registration\/ \u200e\">Registration<\/a>\u00a0(closed)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/research\/linguistic-dominance-and-inequality\/travel-and-accommodation\/\">Travel and accommodation<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/research\/linguistic-dominance-and-inequality\/organizing-committee\/\">Organisers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15th \u2013 16th November, 2017 Malm\u00f6, Sweden Welcome to the Linguistic dominance and inequality conference, which will be hosted by the Department of Language and Linguistics at Malm\u00f6 University, November 15 \u2013 16, 2017. With this conference, we aim to contribute to the sharing and spreading of research on issues \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/research\/linguistic-dominance-and-inequality\/\"> Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"parent":31,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-675","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":830,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/675\/revisions\/830"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}