Sociolinguist Essex Conference (SLX22)

The annual SociolinguistEssex Conference brings together Master and PhD students from the University of Essex and beyond to discuss current trends, methodologies and challenges in sociolinguistics (and related fields).

We welcome projects, both with final results and in progress, that tackle language in society, including: language variation, multilingualism, language shift/ maintenance, language rights, discourse analysis, etc.

The conference is organised by current postgraduate students frm the Department of Language and Linguistics. It provides a friendly platform for sharing ideas and receiving constructive feedback, with no fees required.

Submission deadline

• Submit your abstract by Friday 4 May 2018.

Chosen abstracts will be allotted 20 minutes for presentation, plus time for questions and discussion.