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Perspectives on Language Variation and Attitudes   

PLaVA

University of Cyprus

Department of English Studies

After careful consideration, we’ve decided to postpone PLaVA to a later date. This is in line with what many conference organizing committees have done around the world, a way to avoid last-minute cancellations and, above all, our way to keep everyone safe and well. 

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Invited Speakers

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Adrian Leemann

University of Bern

Unn Røyneland

University of Oslo

Roberta D’Alessandro

Utrecht University

Elena Theodorou

Cyprus University of Technology

Natalia Pavlou 

University of Cyprus

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Call for Papers

As stated almost a century ago, “[e]veryone knows that language is variable” (Sapir 1921, p. 147). Since then the study of language variation has witnessed significant development in a variety of linguistic fields. The central theme of this conference is language variation and attitudes, and its aim is to attract research from the fields of sociolinguistics, linguistic theory, and dialectal variation. Our goal is to create a forum where scholars working on language variation and attitudes from different perspectives, and using different and innovative methodological tools, can exchange ideas and engage in a fruitful discussion.

Scholars are invited to submit their proposals on any relevant aspect of variation in language use and/or the linguistic system. We particularly welcome papers on the following topics:

  • variation and change in understudied, underdocumented speech communities

  • acquisition of sociolinguistic variation in multilingual, bi(dia)lectal, and diglossic communities

  • language attitudes and ideologies, and their role in explaining language variation

  • variation in typical and atypical or impaired language development

The topics listed are not exhaustive and any submission on the conference’s central theme is welcome.

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Guidelines for abstract submission

Abstracts for papers and posters can be up to 500 words (excluding references).
They must be written in English and should be anonymous.
Authors may submit one single-authored and one joint-authored abstract, or two joint-authored abstracts.
Presentations will last 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Authors should indicate whether they prefer an oral or a poster presentation.

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Organizing Committee

Kleanthes K. Grohmann (University of Cyprus)

Constantina Fotiou (University of Cyprus)

Charis Stefanou (University of Cyprus)

 If you have questions,

 contact Constantina Fotiou at plava_conference@hotmail.com

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