We’re organising a linguistic session at the 16th International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Literature and Language at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, 27-31 July 2020. The leading theme this year is Crossing Boundaries.
Special Session: Crossing linguistic boundaries within and outwith
For this special session we invite presentations which explore boundaries from a linguistic angle and place the language of an author, a text, a community, a period, etc. in the centre of the investigation. The topics may include:
- Defining / exploring / problematising boundaries between linguistic levels (e.g. sound vs spelling, lexicon vs grammar)
- Defining / exploring / problematising boundaries between different languages (e.g. English vs Scots, Scots vs Latin)
- Defining / exploring / problematising differences between authors and their language use
- Reconciling approaches to historical texts across disciplinary boundaries (e.g. literature, linguistics, digital humanities, textual editing, manuscript studies, historiography, etc.)
- Linguistic aspects of periodisation and any other conceptualisation imposed on textual material.
To encourage early career scholars to participate, the FRLSU will sponsor a £200 award for the best early career presentation, selected by the organising committee and the audience attending the special session.
Submission Guidelines:
- Papers should not be more than 20 minutes.
- Please follow this link to submit a 300‐word abstract: https://universityofalabama.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bdxh2PhJ0R1Ob9r.
- Deadline for submission of abstracts is January 31, 2020.
- Please write to Dr. Tricia McElroy with any questions: tmcelroy@ua.edu.
Please note: To submit a proposal for this special session, please use the submission link under “Submission Guidelines” above and note in your abstract that you are submitting to participate in the special FRLSU session.
frlsu 