AFLS Conference 2006
Variations, variétés
Clifton Hill House, Bristol.
Tuesday 5 - Thursday 7 September
Call for papers. Deadline 31st. January 2006.
Submit your abstract to Kate.Beeching@uwe.ac.uk, who will transmit it to the comité scientifique.
Proposals are welcomed for papers on synchronic or diachronic variation, whether diatopic, diastratic or diaphasic. A particular focus of the conference will be on the impact of social factors on language change.
Studies of phonological, morphological, lexical or pragmatic features may be complemented by papers which deal with questions relating to variationist methods.
Papers are also welcome in the area of interlanguage and learner variation and on varieties of teaching method, including the use of new technologies.
Papers will be 20 minutes long, with 10 minutes for questions.
Abstracts should not exceed 300 words.