The full programme of the workshop, including abstracts of all talks can be found here. If you would like to attend the workshop please note that registration is free but you will be charged a notional and subsidised fee (most likely £15, payable upon registration in Sheffield) to cover the cost of the lunches and coffees. If you would like to attend can you please send an e-mail to preconceito_linguistico@sheffield.ac.uk in advance of the workshop so we have an idea of numbers.
Workshop Venue – Jessop West, 1 Upper Hanover Street (S3 7RA)
Jessop West is just over the road from the University tram stop and is in walking distance of the centre. If walking from the centre it is best to follow the tram lines directly to Jessop West. From the railway station you can catch a tram in the direction of Malin Bridge (blue) or Middlewood (yellow)
PROGRAMME
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9th July |
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9h15-9h45 |
Registration and coffee |
| 9h45-10h30 |
What is Linguistic prejudice? What are its effects? How can it be theorised? Paul O’Neill |
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10h30-11h30 |
Linguistic change, identity, prejudice and movements of linguistic unification in Brazil
Gladis Massini-Cagliari |
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11h30-12h |
Formation of normative beliefs via creation of linguistic ingroups and outgroups in media
Marina Spadoni |
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12h-12h30 |
Translating prejudice? What happens to racialised and stereotyped characters in dubbing Dr Laia Darder |
| 12h30-13h |
The Accentism Project Dr. Erin Carrie |
| 13h-14h |
LUNCH PROVIDED |
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14h-15h |
Language Prejudice and historical linguistics: the reduction of morphological complexity in ‘popular’ Brazilian
Paul O’Neill |
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15h-15h30 |
The role of historical linguistics in demystifying language prejudice Ana Maria Martins |
| 15h30-16h |
Deities, speech and self: the sociolinguistic construction of gender and sexuality by followers of an Afro-Brazilian religion Pedro Eduardo De Lima |
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16h30 – 17h |
COFFEE |
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17h-18h |
How to combat linguistic Prejudice: the situation in Brazil Luiz Carlos Cagliari |
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18h-19h |
FREE TIME |
| 19h |
WORKSHOP MEAL: Venue TBC |
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10th July |
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9h-10h |
Accent Preference in British Teacher Training
Alexander Baratta |
| 10h-10h30 |
Fighting linguistic prejudice for minority language speakers in France: the case of associative schools Aurélie Joubert |
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10h30-11h |
Discussing language policy in Algeria during and after the French colonisation and the status of foreign languages through the educational policy
Khaled Belarbi |
| 11h-11h30 |
COFFEE |
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11h30-12h |
Mehri, Jibbali, Omani Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic or English?: A case study of linguistic prejudice in Oman
Amer Ahmed & Iryna Lenchuk |
| 12h-12h30 |
Sociolinguistic Study on the Racist Ideologies in Lima, Peru Ysabel Fiorella Balbuena Valles de Lambert |
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12h30-13h |
On forensic linguistics and linguistic prejudices: lexical aspects of modern and old lexical items in Arabic Galilee Bedouin dialects
Judith Rosenhouse, Haifa |
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13h-14h30 |
LUNCH PROVIDED |
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14h30-15h30 |
Group discussion focussing on the main research question of the project: How can academics engage with policy makers and non-academic partners to disseminate their research and have a lasting impact on matters of linguistic prejudice, especially within education? Discussion of possible avenues of future collaborations/funding ventures |