Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA)

Language in Society: Culture, Space, and Identity

Fri, April 20, 2018 | Julius Glickman Conference Center

8:30 AM

The Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA) is an annual symposium promoting the study of language and its intersection with society. Originally created through the joint efforts of students from the Linguistics, Anthropology, and Communication Studies Departments at The University of Texas, SALSA has developed into an interdisciplinary conference with contributions from various fields, including foreign language education, educational psychology, media studies, and language departments, including French & Italian, Spanish & Portuguese, German, and English. Our conference annual proceedings appear in special editions of Texas Linguistic Forum.

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Jacqueline Urla (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Dr. Richard Bourhis (Université du Québec à Montréal), Dr. James Slotta (University of Texas at Austin), and Dr. Robert Matej Bednar (Southwestern University).

For the more information and to register for the event: http://salsa.ling.utexas.edu/

Sponsored by: CoLA; Depts of Linguistics, Anthropology, French & Italian, and English; NAIS; College of Communication; Center for Women's & Gender Studies; Middle Eastern Studies; Center for European Studies; TLC