Calls for Papers

The Graduate School of Empirical and Applied Linguistics at WWU Münster will be hosting an international conference, geared towards early career researchers while also incorporating experienced academics, on the topic of “Pluricentricity vs. Pluriareality – Models, Varieties, Approaches”. Linguistic variation in standard forms often focuses on the discourse of two central but opposing approaches: pluricentricity and pluriareality, with the former approach being commonly adopted in English linguistics and other philologies, specifically in the World Englishes paradigm, and the latter generally being used as the norm in German linguistics. The conference aims to consolidate these ideas, with an eye towards deepening this discourse through engagement with new models, varieties, and approaches within these fields. The extended deadline for abstract submissions is December 31st, 2018.