Conference Support: Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

国家科学基金会将支持第三次南方语言多样性研讨会：历史和当代观点（拉维斯III），将于2004年4月15日至17日在亚拉巴马大学举行。拉维斯III将提供一个论坛，就与南方语言有关的一些问题进行学术交流。历史重点将包括土著语言和贸易行话的作用，与加勒比地区的联系，以及欧洲语言混合的性质。当代重点将包括黑人和白色言论之间的复杂关系、当前的语言接触、感性方言学、话语分析和语用学、语言意识形态以及南方言论在媒体中的代表性。研讨会还将展示语言数据定量分析的最新应用以及其他新方法。拉维斯III将促进南方方言学新知识的发展。与研讨会相关的出版物和在线资源将使最新的研究成果广泛传播。研讨会还将通过与亚拉巴马大学教育学院和当地学区合作计划的特别会议来促进教学，为K-12教师提供专业发展。专题讨论会将扩大代表性不足的群体（特别是美洲原住民，非洲裔美国人和拉丁美洲人）的参与，通过面向他们关注的会议和通过外联吸引他们参加会议。更大的社会将以两种直接的方式受益。一个是来自社会语言学知识的传播，这将为公立学校K-12教师的实践提供信息，促进与语言多样化的学生更积极的接触。另一个更直接的影响是面向普通观众的公开讲座，通过普遍感兴趣的话题（例如，乔托语者）。

The National Science Foundation will support the third symposium on Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (LAVIS III), to be held at the University of Alabama, April 15-17, 2004. LAVIS III will provide a forum for scholarly exchange on a number of issues related to language in the South. Historical emphases will include the role of indigenous languages and trade jargons, links to the Caribbean, and the nature of the European linguistic mix. Contemporary emphases will include the complex relationship between black and white speech, current language contact, perceptual dialectology, discourse analysis and pragmatics, language ideology, and the representation of Southern speech in the media. The symposium will also showcase the latest applications in quantitative analyses of linguistic data, as well as other new methods.LAVIS III will stimulate the development of new knowledge of Southern dialectology. Published and on-line resources associated with the symposium will make the latest research widely accessible. The symposium will also promote teaching and learning through special sessions planned in collaboration with the University of Alabama's College of Education and local school districts to provide professional development for K-12 teachers. The symposium will broaden the participation of underrepresented groups (especially Native Americans, African-Americans, and Latinos) through sessions oriented to their concerns and through outreach to attract them to the conference. The larger society will benefit in two direct ways. One is from the transmission of sociolinguistic knowledge that will inform the practice of K-12 teachers in the public schools, facilitating a more positive engagement with linguistically diverse students. Another, more immediate, impact will be from public lectures oriented to a general audience to enhance public understanding of language issues through topics of general interest (e.g., Choctaw code talkers).