“New Horizons in Hispanic Linguistics”
October 17-19, 2024
Omaha, Nebraska
The 2024 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium will be hosted by the University of Nebraska at Kearney, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha and take place at the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus.
We are pleased to welcome submissions for presentations, roundtable discussions, academic panels, and posters. This year’s theme, “New Horizons in Hispanic Linguistics” is a broad and dynamic theme that encompasses a wide range of research topics and approaches within the field of Hispanic Linguistics.
This theme reflects the exploration of novel and innovative areas of study in the Spanish and Portuguese languages and their varieties, as well as the evolving sociocultural context in which they are spoken.
We encourage both practical and theoretical approaches to research in areas such as:
- Applied linguistics
- Bilingualism and multilingualism
- Contact linguistics
- Language and gender
- Language and migration
- Language contact
- Language policy and planning
- Language variation and change
- Language variation in digital spaces
- Linguistic anthropology
- Linguistic human rights
- Multimodality
- Philosophy of language
- Pidgin & Creole languages
- Pragmatics and discourse analysis
- Psycholinguistics
- Second language acquisition
- Sociolinguistics
- Spanish in the US
- Synchronic and diachronic approaches
- Variation and change
- Theoretical linguistics
Presentations
Formal presentations are single authored or co-authored research that contributes to original knowledge to linguistics and its subfields. These are 20-minute presentations followed by a 10-minute question and answer session.
Round Discussions
Roundtable sessions encourage open discussion and dialogue among a group of experts on a specific topic. The session begins with an introduction and welcome from a moderator followed by brief opening statements by the discussants. The core of the roundtable is an open discussion among the participants. Round tables are scheduled for 60 minutes.
Panels
A panel discussion is a structured conversation of up to five participants and one moderator. These bring together multiple experts to present their insights, research findings, or perspective on a specific topic. The individual presentations are followed by a discussion session. Panels are 60-90 minutes.
Posters
Poster presentations offer a platform for researchers, scholars, and professionals to share their work, gather feedback, and engage in discussions with a diverse audience.