Conference: Language Variety in the South

第五届南方语言多样性会议（LAVIS V）每十年举行一次，建立并扩展了前四届lais会议的学术基础，前四届lais会议汇集了美国著名的语言学家和研究人员，举办了一个专题研讨会，探讨美国南方语言变异和变化的问题。过去的LAVIS会议聚焦于非裔美国人英语的角色，以及语言变异和社会语言学方法论的核心问题，分析，描述，以及在美国南部地区背景下社会语言学数据的应用。最近，特别是在LAVIS V中，考虑了更多不同的种族群体。本次会议延续并扩展了这一传统，探索“变化中的南方”的语言，这一地区在过去的半个世纪里经历了戏剧性的人口、社会和文化变化。这次会议及其出版物提高了（学术界内外）对南方语言和文化多样性的认识，有助于消除误解和陈规定型观念。南方语言多样性（LAVIS V）会议包括四项全体活动，其中包括三场全体会议和一个由三代人发言的非裔美国人英语小组。会议的平衡提供了语言学家和其他感兴趣的学者关于南方语言和语言变化相关主题的论文。LAVIS V与东南语言学会议的年度会议同时举行，从而扩大了其受众和范围。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The fifth meeting of Language Variety in the South (LAVIS V), held once per decade, builds on and extends the academic foundation of the previous four LAVIS meetings, which have brought together prominent linguists and researchers in the United States for a thematic symposium to examine issues of language variation and change in the US South. Past LAVIS conferences have focused on the role of African American English, and on language variation and central questions about sociolinguistic methodologies, analysis, description, and application of sociolinguistic data in the regional context of the American South. More recently, and especially in LAVIS V, a greater variety of ethnic groups is considered. This meeting continues and expands upon this tradition by exploring language in the "Changing South," a region that has undergone dramatic demographic, social, and cultural change in the past half-century. This conference and the resultant publication raise awareness (both inside and outside academia) of linguistic and cultural diversity in the South, helping to dispel misconceptions and stereotypes.The Language Variety in the South (LAVIS V) conference features four plenary events including three plenary talks and a panel on African American English that features speakers from three different generations. The balance of the conference offers papers contributed by linguists and other interested scholars about topics relevant to the languages and language variation of the South. LAVIS V is held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics, thereby expanding its audience and reach.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.