7th Young Linguists’ Meeting in Poznan (YLMP 2021) will take place on
23-25 April 2021 in Poznan, Poland. 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 TALKS:
Wouter Duyck (Ghent University, Belgium): “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”
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