Sociolinguistic Perspectives on
AGE
November 12 - 13, 2004
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Conference Location:
Friday: Silverstein Lounge/Jurow Lecture
Hall, Silver Center;
Saturday: Room 714, Silver Center
Recent advances in the study of the impact of speaker's age on language raise new questions. It's time to take stock.
- How does a speaker's age affect her grammar?
- Is adolescents' language really that different from the language of other people?
- How important is age grading in sociolinguistic explanation?
- When do speakers stop acquiring their vernacular?
- What is the impact of aging on a speaker's grammar?
These are some of the kinds of questions this conference will address. Ten speakers have been invited whose work covers the youngest speakers, the oldest speakers, and cohorts in between.
Speakers:
- Mary Bucholtz, UCSB
- Cece Cutler, Stony Brook
- Sylvie Dubois, LSU
- Lisa Green, UT Austin
- Gregory Guy, NYU
- Heidi Hamilton, Georgetown
- Julie Roberts, Vermont
- Gillian Sankoff, Penn
- Bambi Schieffelin, NYU
- John Victor Singler, NYU
Registration: Students $15, Faculty $30
The dinner will be held at the NYU Torch Club. The cost for dinner is $25. There will be a cash bar.
For more information, contact Maryam Bakht-Rofheart at maryam@nyu.edu.
Sponsored by NYU's Department of Linguistics with support from the Africana Studies Center and the Working Group in Urban Sociolinguistics.
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