mercoledì 26 ottobre 2016

Call for papers: "A língua companheira do império? Espaços formais e informais da língua portuguesa (sécs. XVI a XX)"



We would like to invite the submission of abstracts for efilp-2017.
A língua companheira do império? Espaços formais e informais da língua portuguesa (sécs. XVI a XX) (efilp-2017) will take place at the University of Tuscia, Italy, on February 2nd -3rd 2017. We request that abstracts for individual papers are submitted before November 21st, 2016.
We would welcome any historical, anthropological, literal and linguistic research concerning the dynamics of the expansion of the Portuguese language and culture around the world from the Modern Era to the 20th century.
Aiming to document the effects and the impacts of Portuguese culture and language on the world defined by the formal and informal spaces of the empire, the congress intends to examine the knowledge of the world from the Modern Age up until the 20th century, both in textual (reports, dictionaries, grammars, etc.) and non-textual (variety of languages of oral transmission) forms. By studying and analysing the dissemination of Portuguese, both from a synchronic and a diachronic perspective, as well as the historical reconstruction of the trajectories of the expansion of the language, the congress also intends to debate on the way the study of the past may help to better interpret the present, characterized by the new dynamics of the circulation of individuals and groups.
Considering the multidisciplinarity of this meeting, we encourage the submission of abstracts concerning the historical, social, cultural and linguistic effects derived from the interaction between Portuguese and the rest of the world starting from the Modern Era onwards.
Possible topics include but are not limited to the following:
Anthropological studies;
Anthropological Linguistics;
Corpus and quantitative linguistic studies;
Descriptive studies of the expansion of the Portuguese language;
Historical studies;
Historical linguistics and language change;
Language contact;
Language learning, acquisition, and teaching;
Language policies;
Lexicography;
Missionary Linguistics;
Philology;
Sociolinguistics;
Translation studies.
Paper presentations must consist of a 20 minute talk followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion. Paper abstracts should be no longer than 500 words, excluding reference lists, to be written in English (recommended) or in Portuguese. Abstracts should be anonymous and should be submitted by November 21st, 2016. Acceptance of abstracts will be notified no later than December 5th, 2016.
Abstracts must be submitted through the online platform EasyAbs.
To submit, click here and upload your abstract in either .doc, .pdf, or .txt format.
Any questions may be addressed to the organisers by email to: 


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