April 15-17 Language rules? Languages, standards and linguistic inequality: multilingualism and variation in education, law and citizenship

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Language rules? Languages, standards and linguistic inequality: multilingualism and variation in education, law and citizenship
University of Nottingham, April 15-17, 2019
As part of the AHRC-funded project Multilingualism – Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies (www.meits.org), Language Rules will bring together practitioners – teachers, speech therapists, examiners, dictionary-makers, lobbyists, policy-makers, and others – with academics to examine how assumptions about correct, acceptable or standard languages impact on everyday life in a multilingual world, and how to tackle potential inequalities.
The conference includes a public Leverhulme Lecture by the Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor at the University of Nottingham, Professor Doug Kibbee:
• Professor Doug Kibbee – Language, Law and Linguistic Inequality in the USA and Europe
Other confirmed keynote speakers:
• Brian North – Language standard, plurilingual repertoires and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
• Prof. Bettina Migge (University College Dublin) – (In)visible Languages and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Prof. Astrid Adler (Institut Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim) – European Language Policies
Confirmed panels include:
• Language standard, standard languages, and speech therapy
• Multilingualism, language standards, and the law
• Language examinations and language standards
• Learning from history – understanding the multilingual past to inform the present
• Languages and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Translating Research Into Policy
The Nottingham launch of We are Multilingual will also take place as part of the event.
For queries, please contact Nicola.mclelland@nottingham.ac.uk

Prof. Nicola McLelland
Professor of German and History of Linguistics
Head of School

School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies
University of Nottingham
Room B6a, Trent Building
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

+44 (0) 115 95 15822 | nicola.mclelland@nottingham.ac.uk .ac.uk
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/people/nicola.mclelland

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