7th Young Linguists’ Meeting in Poznan (YLMP 2021) will take place on
23-25 April 2021. The conference will be organized by the Faculty of
English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan. The leitmotif of YLMP2021
is: “Rethinking language and identity in the multilingual world”
We welcome submissions in the following areas:
•psycholinguistics
•neurolinguistics
•clinical linguistics
•cognitive linguistics
•sociolinguistics and discourse studies
•language teaching methodology
•translation studies
•experimental pragmatics
•experimental syntax
•phonology and phonetics
*PLENARY SPEAKERS:*
•Wouter Duyck (Ghent University): “Bilingual disadvantages (reading)
and advantages (cognitive control)”
•Katarzyna Jankowiak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan):
“Rethinking the role of the native and non-native language in the
bilingual brain”
•Julien Perrez (University of Liège): “Metaphor studies as a bridge
between linguistics and political science: Theoretical implications
and methodological challenges”
•Helen Sauntson (York St John University): “Rethinking gender and
sexuality in the classroom: A corpus-based discourse analysis of
classroom interaction”
*WORKSHOPS:*
•Robert Lew (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan): “Gentle
introduction to R for language analysis”
•Julien Perrez (University of Liège): “Introduction to Corpus
Linguistics: Theoretical and methodological basics”
•Helen Sauntson (York St John University): “Language and sexuality
in schools: A practice-oriented workshop”
•Cassandra Smith-Christmas (National University of Ireland, Galway):
“The negotiated nature of language and identity”
*INDIVIDUAL MENTORING SESSIONS:* Intended for undergraduate and graduate
students who wish to consult their project with an expert in their field.
Deadline for a one-page description of the project: January 15th, 2021.
YLMP2021 MENTORS:
•Raphael Berthele (University of Fribourg)
•Julien Perrez (University of Liège)
•Helen Sauntson (York St John University)
•Cassandra Smith-Christmas (National University of Ireland, Galway)
*INVITED THEMATIC SESSIONS:*
•Multilingualism Matters (Convenors: Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk &
Magdalena Wrembel; Bilingualism Matters@Poznań, Adam Mickiewicz
University, Poznan). *Invited Speaker:* Raphael Berthele (University
of Fribourg): “Language Learning Aptitude and Social Differences in
Multilingual Language Learning”
•Gender(ed) identities: Diversity and attitudes (Convenors: Tomasz
Dyrmo, Jagoda Nosal, Patrycja Kakuba, Mikołaj Buczak, and Agnieszka
Kiełkiewicz-Janowiak; Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan)
•The psychology of translation and interpreting (Convenors:
Katharina Oster, Johannes Gutenberg University of Main; Pawel Korpal
and Olha Lehka-Paul, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan)
*IMPORTANT DATES:*
Main submission deadline for all abstracts: 13th November 2020
Notification of acceptance for papers and posters: 11th January 2021
Registration deadline: 28th February 2021
YLMP 2021: 23-25 April 2021
For more information, please visit our website:
www.ylmp2021.amu.edu.pl <http://www.ylmp2021.amu.edu.pl>
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