![]() What are the origins of this disciplinary organization and what consequences has it had on researchers’ modes of approach? the academic organization of research: linguistic anthropologists most often work in anthropology departments or research groups rather than linguistics departments, where on the other hand sociolinguists are to be found. national or continental particularities, schools of thought the traditions and theoretical sources of ethnolinguists and linguistic anthropologists, in linguistics, anthropology, or other disciplines what leads ethnologists to be attracted or attentive to linguistic questions, or linguists to be interested in ethnological questions? what does it mean to do ethnolinguistics or linguistic anthropology nowadays? These are some of the questions which the conference proposes to discuss (the list is not exhaustive): by seeking to open up new avenues of research. ![]() by providing an overview of the variety of current approaches in this field, from the point of view of their objects, research questions, methods, conceptual apparatuses, and interdisciplinary complicities by re-examining the questionings and theoretical foundations on the basis of which the different traditions of ethnolinguistics and linguistic anthropology were built during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including specifically French contributions The present conference will attempt to bring together the historical, reflexive, and prospective dimensions of research in linguistic anthropology, If the works of Dell Hymes, Michael Silverstein, or Alessandro Duranti unquestionably play a foundational role in the history and definition of the discipline, they were nonetheless written in an essentially North American theoretical, sociological and political context, and often do not take into account the ways in which the discipline has been enriched by the complexity of theoretical traditions and the variety of fieldwork characteristic of non-anglophone contexts, with the risk that these will be forgotten.Īs the study of language in its particular social and cultural contexts, the domain of linguistic anthropology appears immense, both in terms of its objects and its fundamentally interdisciplinary approach, which often extends far beyond its two founding disciplines. Even so, these overviews are not without their blind spots and biases indeed, they often focus on anglophone publications (with the exception of Bornand and Leguy 2013). ![]() These works have acquired canonical status, providing researchers with the means to think about their own procedures while making it possible to train students in the discipline without neglecting its history. 2014), as well as articles defining the discipline and its history have been produced. Hymes 1983 Duranti 1997 Foley 1997 Enfield et al. Jourdan & Lefebvre 1999) surveys of research covering multiple approaches (e.g. There have been several attempts to provide an overview of recent work in the field (e.g. This growing or renewed interest in ethnolinguistics and linguistic anthropology calls for new consideration. At present, at least five research seminars in ethnolinguistics or linguistic anthropology are active in Paris, a sign of the continuing vitality of this field of study. The field of ethnolinguistics witnessed important developments in France during the 1970s and 1980s, leading to the founding and federating of research groups and journals. In France, where the discipline was first called “ethnolinguistics”, works such as those of Geneviève Calame-Griaule or Bernard Pottier, the cross-fertilizations between linguistics and anthropology effected by Émile Benveniste, Roman Jakobson, and Claude Lévi-Strauss, as well as the influence of the British and American traditions, have given rise to a tradition made both specific and complex by the multiple approaches it has interwoven. As a result, the work of linguistic anthropologists has been diffused in conferences and journals devoted to general anthropological study as well as in specialized conferences and in journals such as Anthropological Linguistics (founded in 1959), Language in Society (1972), or The Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (1990). Linguistic anthropology is one of four research fields belonging to anthropology in the North American tradition, along with archeology, physical anthropology, and socio-cultural anthropology this organization is commonly recognized as originating with Franz Boas, though the historical situation is in fact somewhat more complex (Hicks 2013). Please send abstracts for contributions by 21 July 2023 to should be around 250 words long and include a bibliography. Organized by Chloé Laplantine (HTL), Cécile Leguy (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – LACITO), Valentina Vapnarsky (LESC & EPHE) Ethnolinguistics – Linguistic anthropology: history and current trends ![]()
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