Communications

 

Proposals should be sent to the Steering Committee before May 15, 2013.
Each author is requested to provide an abstract (2000-4000 characters) containing an explicit title and no more than 5 keywords and 5 references.
The proposal can be written in the following languages: French – Occitan – Catalan – Spanish – English, sous réserve d’un support visuel en français..
Notification of acceptance by the Scientific Committee: June 15, 2013.
The authors whose papers are selected will receive instructions for editorial assistance on the basis of two possible formats of communication:
– Proposal for a Plenary session (45 minutes), within a maximum of 7 proposals.
– Proposal for a communication axis of the conference (30 minutes), within a maximum of 16 proposals.

Axis1 = The context of linguistics, sociolinguistics, and language representations at the time of Jules Ronjat;  the relations maintained between Ronjat and French and French-speaking linguistics ; Ronjat’s personality and his work, and the relationship between Ronjat and the “félibrige”; the linguistic ideology and dialects (patois) , bilingualism, polyglossie from Ronjat’s times to the present day . (Epistemology and sociolinguistics axis ).
Axis 2= An essay on the Syntax of Modern Provencal Dialects in question:  Ronjat’s modernity and specific linguistic representation. To what extent is language first  of all syntax? What role do variants play in language? The definition of dialect and language. The concept  of intercomprehension. The  pragmatics of intercomprehension, within a language, within a family of languages . ( Syntax, Occitan language, and language variety axis).

Axis 3 =  The Development of Language Observed in a Bilingual Child in question. The concepts of gender and precocity Bilingualism, diglossia and interlanguage. The concept of linguistic storage. comprehension and production activities. Are languages impermeable? Symmetry in language  learning. The importance of social and emotional factors in language learning. The dual signified / signifier relationship in bilingual children. Cognitive, metalinguistic and  behavioral benefits in early bilingualism. (Bilingualism, precocity , symmetry, language skills,  and behavior).
axis 4 = Early bilingualism in French-Regional languages in French schools; Academic , inter-regional, national, European policies for language learning. Plural terms (language variations, early language learning, intercomprehension and multilanguage skills. The issue of open and regulated  language policies. (Institution, language policies, plural learning strategies axis).
All papers will be published .
Papers  should be sent in their digital version to the organizers :
– Pierre ESCUDÉ, IUFM-University of Toulouse II -le Mirail (bilingual-IC)
pierre.escude @ univ-tlse2.fr
– Patrick SAUZET, University of Toulouse II -le Mirail (syntax)
patrick.sauzet @ univ-tlse2.fr
will will  send them to the Steering Committee for advice and selection. The papers will be evaluated anonymously by the committee.