Linguapax
International Symposium on Bilingualism 8
Date: 15-Jun-2011 - 18-Jun-2011
Location: Oslo, Norway
Contact: Elizabeth Lanza
Meeting URL: http://www.hf.uio.no/isb8
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics
Meeting Description:
The International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB) is widely regarded as the leading international forum for the discussion and dissemination of research results on bilingualism/ multilingualism.
The International Symposium on Bilingualism ISB8 will take place in Oslo, Norway, on June 15 - 18, 2011.
Registration for ISB8 is open. The program has been posted on the conference website: www.hf.uio.no/isb8
Invited keynote speakers at ISB8:
-Jannis Androutsopoulos (Universität Hamburg)
-Kees de Bot (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
-Annick De Houwer (Universität Erfurt)
-Ceil Lucas (Gallaudet University)
-Sari Pietikäinen (Jyväskylän Yliopisto)
There will also be an invited panel:
Multilingualism in Late-modern Africa: Identity, Mobility and Multivocality. Convenor: Charlyn Dyers (University of the Western Cape)
Poster prizes will be awarded by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.
For further details, see the conference website:
www.hf.uio.no/isb8