Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA):
January 19-20, 2024
The University of Texas at Austin
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Tulio Bermúdez Mejía (University of Chicago)
The Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA) is an annual conference that brings together scholars from around the world who investigate language as it is used in social life. We are now accepting submissions for SALSA XXVIII, which will take place in January 19-20, 2024. The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2023.One panel at this year’s conference will be devoted to the theme: Speech play and verbal art. For the other panels, 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
- Verbal art and speech play
- Old and new media
- Language policy and planning
- Language documentation and revitalization
- Raciolinguistics
- Multilingualism and language contact
- Political communication
- Language and posthumanism
If you are specifically interested in submitting your paper for consideration on the thematic panel, please indicate so on your proposal. If your proposal is not accepted to the panel, you will still be considered for the conference as a whole.
Submission Guidelines
The deadline for abstract submission is November 13, 2023 (extended from Nov. 1).
Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words as an attachment to salsa.austin.tx@gmail.com
Subject: SALSA XXVIII 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)
- Consideration for thematic panel?: Yes ___ No ___
- 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
Co-Chairs
Conference presented by the SALSA Graduate Student Organization at UT-Austin:
Carolina Rodriguez Alzza (Co-Chair)
Alma Ixchel Flores-Pérez (Co-Chair)
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