Workshop Sociolinguistics: Language, place and belonging
To celebrate Lotte Thissen’s thesis’ defence "Talking in and out of place. Ethnographic reflections on language, place, and (un)belonging in Limburg, the Netherlands" at Maastricht University, the chair Languageculture in Limburg organises a workshop.
Programme
| 10.00-10.25 | Welcome with tea and coffee |
| 10.30 | Opening by Leonie Cornips (UM/Meertens Institute) |
| 10.35-10.50 |
The Copenhagen Language and Place Project: New Insights |
| 10.50-11.00 | Surprise |
| 11.00-11.10 |
“Hi Honey”: address terms in a nursing home and belonging |
| 11.10-11.20 |
Mixed language practices in a former mining district: The case of Eisden- Cité |
| 11.20-11.30 |
Regional identity in Limburgian songs: some patterns |
| Break | |
| 11.50-12.00 |
Local identity construction on social media |
| 12.00-12.10 | Social categorization and linguistic identification among vocational school pupils in Venlo by Pomme van de Weerd (UM) |
| 12.10-12.25 |
How I Got Interested in Language and Place |
| 12.25-12.45 |
Discussion I: PhD research |
|
12.45-12.55 |
Discussion II: Language, place and belonging Lotte Thissen (UM |
|
Lunch (own budget) |
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