Call for Papers

The conference aims to bring together scholars working across linguistics and related disciplines to explore the relationship between social structure, linguistic variation, grammatical systems, and language contact in the Bharatiya (Indian) linguistic area.

Find us on the Sociolinguistic Events Calendar: https://baal.org.uk/slxevents/

SUBMISSION IS OPEN NOW!

Themes
Submissions on any of the following (but not limited to) themes are welcome: 

• Social grammar in South Asia

• Sociolinguistic and anthropological frameworks

• Formal linguistic frameworks examining how social meaning is integrated into grammar

• Computational, Experimental, and Corpus-based approaches to detect and analyze patterns of Bharatiya socio-syntactic variation

• Bharat as a sociosyntactic area

• Aggregation of linguistic features in a contact zone 

• Porous linguistic and social boundaries between ‘languages’, ‘dialects’, and ‘registers’ in a socio-grammatical framework

Abstract guidelines

• Abstract should not be more than 350 words (one page) including keywords 

• Text should have Times New Roman font, 12 size, 1 line spacing (APA 7th style)

• Submissions should clearly indicate the title, subtitle (if any), name of the author(s), affiliation and email address

• Submissions should clearly indicate presentation format: Presentation/ Poster/ Lightning talks (5 mins talk)