The Society for Caribbean Linguistics (SCL) will meet in Trinidad & Tobago from 3 to 9 August 2020 (including travel days) for its 23rd Biennial Conference. The Conference will be hosted by The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, under the theme “Caribbean Linguistic Heritage and Digital Initiatives.”
Abstracts on all types of Caribbean languages are invited. Caribbean languages include spoken and signed languages, Amerindian languages, Creole languages, standardised, official and non-standardised language varieties, immigrant languages, heritage languages, endangered languages, and religious and ritual languages.
The conference organisers are especially encouraging abstracts pertaining to any of the following panel themes (other panel themes on Caribbean Languages and Linguistics may be proposed):
- Indigenous Languages of the Insular annd Greater Caribbean
-
Digitisation of Heritage Caribbean Languages
- Virtual Language Museums
- Caribbean Languages and Reparations
- Languages in Contact in the Caribbean<
- Geolinguistics in the Caribbean
- Language and Communication in the Cariibbean
- Translation and Interpreting in the Caaribbean
- Language Endangerment and Language Deeath in the Caribbean
- Language Policies in Multilingual Cariibbean Societies
- Language and Identity in the Caribbeann
- Speech-Language Pathology in the Caribbbean
- Language and Music in the Caribbean
- Linguistics Connections between the Isslands (insular Caribbean) and Rimlands (continental Caribbean)
Conference Dates
Online Abstract Submission is through EasyAbs
http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/SCLTT2020
“Early Bird” Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 30 October 2019
Early Notification of Acceptance: 20 December 2019
Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 15 February 2020
Notification of acceptance: 15 April 2020
Deadline for submission of full papers: 12 August 2020
» Registration and conference fees
» Society and Conference Rules
Details on Keynote Speaker coming soon.
Submission of full papers: 12 August 2020
Early Bird Registration:
Notification of acceptance of paper: 15 April 2020
Deadline for Abstracts: 15 February 2020 (Extended to 15 March 2020)
Early Notification of acceptance: 20 December 2019
Early Bird Abstracts: 30 October 2019
Venue
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. The UWI St. Augustine campus is situated 15km from the bustling capital of one of the Caribbean’s most rapidly developing island states, Trinidad and Tobago. Read more»
Trinidad and Tobago is a dual-island nation in the southern Caribbean, located a mere 7 miles off the coast of Venezuela. Life in Trinidad is much more fast-paced than in Tobago, which is more laidback and serene. Trinidad is where the action is—festivals, shopping, nightlife and business. Read more»