Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA):
January 17-18, 2025
The University of Texas at Austin
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Erin Debenport (University of California, Los Angeles)
The Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA) is an annual conference that brings
together scholars from around the world who study the social life of language. We are now accepting
submissions for SALSA XXIX, which will take place January 17-18, 2025. The deadline for submissions
is November 5, 2024.
We welcome papers on any topic concerning the use of language in social life. Potential topics include,
but are not limited to:
- Language and social interaction
- Gesture and embodiment
- Language ideologies
- Semiotics
- New media and AI
- Language policy and planning
- Language documentation and revitalization
- Raciolinguistics
- Multilingualism and language contact
- Political communication
- Speech play and verbal art
Submission Guidelines
The deadline for abstract submission is November 5, 2024.
Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words as an attachment to salsa.austin.tx@gmail.com
Subject: SALSA XXIX Abstract
Please include the following in your email message but NOT in the abstract (with the exception of title, which should appear in both):
- Paper Title
- Author’s name (if more than one author, list primary author first followed by subsequent authors)
- Author(s) affiliation
- E-mail address at which author prefers to be contacted
- Font: Times New Roman, size 12; 1.5 inter-line spacing
- Equipment required for presentation
For more information, see https://sites.utexas.edu/salsa/
Questions can be sent to salsa.austin.tx@gmail.com
Conference Organizers
Conference presented by the SALSA Graduate Student Organization at UT-Austin, chaired by Will Norton (willdnorton@gmail.com)
SALSA
University of Texas at Austin
Department of Anthropology
William C. Powers (WCP) 4.1144
Phone: (512) 471-4206
Email: salsa.austin.tx@gmail.com