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SECOL LXIII- 73rd Meeting of the South Eastern
Conference on Linguistics, April 27-April 29, 2006
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Professional Development for Area Educators: Research in ESL & other
Language Issues, April 29, 2006
The Hotel at Auburn University & the Dixon Conference Center, Auburn
University, Alabama |
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SCHEDULE |
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THURSDAY, APRIL 27
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12:00-7:00 p.m. |
Registration & information tables
open |
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2:00-4:30 p.m. |
Pre-conference Workshop: JMPIN for
Windows
Haley
Center 2333 (Auburn Campus) |
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6:00-7:00 p.m. |
Welcoming Reception:
Ballroom A
(Left), Conference Center & Hotel. Cash bar |
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7:00-8:30 p.m. |
Plenary Address for SECOL &
Community
TBA
Cynthia Bernstein, U. of Memphis
Jewish Languages in the Southern United States
Welcome & Introduction: Professor George Crandell, Head, Auburn U.
Department of English |
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FRIDAY, APRIL 28 |
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8:00-3:30 |
Registration & information tables
open |
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8:30-10:10 a.m. |
Session 1: Dialects & Identity:
An International Perspective
Meeting Room D
Chair: Terry Irons (Morehead State U.) |
Session 2: South Atlantic
American Dialect Society (SAADS) Panel, African American English & Identity
Meeting Room G
Organizer and Chair: Garrison Bickerstaff (U. of Georgia) |
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8:30 |
Keith Kennetz (U. of Georgia):
Schmutziges Deutsch, Sauberes Deutsch: An Investigation into Public Uses of
Dialect in Germany |
Sasha Johnson (U. of Georgia):
"…You Just Too Black": The Manifestation of Identity & Agency Through
Language
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8:55 |
Valentina B. Iepuri (U. of
Mississippi/Moldova State U.) and Don L. Dyer (U. of Mississippi):
Romanian or Moldovan?: On Language & Identity in Post-Soviet Moldova
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Mary B. Zeigler (Georgia State
U.):
Creole Genesis & Grammaticalization in the African American Variety
of "fixin to"
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9:20 |
Robert M. Hammond (Purdue U.):
Withdrawn |
Janay Crabtree (U. of Georgia):
"Losing Their Flavor" & "It Wasn’t Much": Conversation Analysis in an
African-American Church
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9:45 |
Iulia Pittman (U. of Georgia):
Americans' Perception of the Romanian Accent in English: Romance, Slavic, or
Unknown?
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Open |
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10:10-10:30 |
BREAK |
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10:30-12:10 |
Session 3: Dialects & Identity:
A Regional Perspective
Seminar Room 1
Chair: Don Dyer (U. of Mississippi) |
Session 4: Lexicology &
Lexicography
Meeting Room D
Chair: Allison Burkette (U. of Mississippi) |
Session 5: Genres & Linguistics
Meeting Room G
Chair: Jeffrey Reaser (North Carolina State U.) |
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10:30 |
Angus W. Bowers ( Jr., North
Carolina State U.) :
The Ethnolinguistic Implications of Phonemic Shifts
in Bertie County, North Carolina
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Solomon Sara, S.J. (Georgetown U.)
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Ibn Duraid on Arabic Phonetics
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Abigail Konopasky (U. of New
Orleans):
Jack-Drinkin’, Chain-Smokin’, Harley-Ridin’, Retired Badge &
Carry Permit Holdin’, Mouth-Breathin’, Knuckle-Draggin’ Gun-Toter: An
Exploration of Handgun Media & Masculine Identity
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10:55 |
Terry Lynn Irons (Morehead State
U.):
Negative Social Evaluation as a Factor in the Low Back Vowel Merger: An Experimental Study
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Nan Jiang (Georgia State U.) and
Yingsheng Shao (Nanjing Normal U./Georgia State U.):
Withdrawn |
Mohammed Albakry (Middle Tennessee
State U.):
Newspaper Language & Stylistic Identity
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11:20 |
James Daniel Hasty (Auburn U.):
What Do Y’all Think?: A Study of Language Attitudes in the South
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Sarah Hilliard (Duke U.):
Principles of Vernacular Orthography in Folk Dictionaries
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James Sellers (North Carolina
State U.):
The Genettean Model for Text Time: Differences Across Media
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11:45 |
Open |
Douglas J. Lightfoot (U. of
Alabama-Tuscaloosa):
On the Semantic Development of –weise ‘-wise’ in
German
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Louvincey Dewitt Brown (Georgia
Perimeter College):
The Gullah Sermon: An Ethnographic Discourse Unit
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12:10-1:25 p.m. |
LUNCH [Meeting of SECOL Executive
Board] |
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1:25-3:05. |
Session 6: : Diachronic
Phonology
Seminar Room 1
Chair: Mary Zeigler (Georgia State U.) |
Session 7: Focus on
Cajun/Creole
Meeting Room G
Chair: John Joseph (U. of Edinburgh) |
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1:25 |
Rachael Allbritten (Georgetown
U.):
Urban Orientation & the Southern Shift in an Alabama Community
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Carole Salmon (Louisiana State
U.): "
C’est comme ça on parle français": A Diachronic Study of the
Variable /ɔ/ In
Front of MM & NN in Cajun French
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1:50 |
Guy Bailey (U. of Missouri -
Kansas City), Jan Tillery (U. of Texas - San Antonio), & Claire Andres (U.
of Georgia):
Some Alternative Hypotheses for the Emergence of
Monophthongal /ai/
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Sibylle Noetzel & Sylvie Dubois
(Louisiana State U.):
Variable Prepositional Usage with Countries, States
& Cities in Cajun French
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2:15 |
Shaligram Shukla (Georgetown U.):
Sound Change & the Notion of Secondary Sounds
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Michael D. Picone (U. of
Alabama-Tuscaloosa):
Linguistic Leveling in Louisiana: qui / quoi / qu’est-ce
que
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2:40 |
James Sellers (North Carolina
State U.):
A Diachronic Regional analysis of /o/ in North Carolina
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Connie Eble (U. of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill):
Louisiana Creole Identity & the French Language in
19th Century Louisiana
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3:05-3:25 |
BREAK |
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3:25- 5:05 |
Session 8: Loyalty, Codes, Code
Features, & Code Switching
Seminar Room 1
Chair: Mary Diamond (Auburn U.) |
Session 9: Stylistics &
Registers
Meeting Room D
Chair: TBA |
Session 10:
SECOL in the 21st
Century
Meeting Room G
Chair:
Michael Picone (U. of
Alabama-Tuscaloosa) |
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3:25 |
Susan Olmstead-Wang (U. of
Alabama-Huntsville):
How Code-Switching in Mandarin & English Contributes
to a Situated Definition of Ethnicity & Race
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David Marlow (U. of South
Carolina-Upstate):
Genre Analysis: Moves, Intentionalities, &
Interactions in Technical Trouble Ticket Discourse
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TBA
Membership & recruitment |
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3:50 |
Alicia Cipria (U. of
Alabama-Tuscaloosa):
250 Years after First Migration: Language Loyalty &
Self-esteem
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Xiaozhao Huang (U. of North
Dakota):
Yah, Your Job Application was Rejected, but Did They Bother to
Tell You Why?
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TBA
Institutional relations |
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4:15 |
Jan Tillery (U. of Texas-San
Antonio) and Guy Bailey (U. of Missouri-Kansas City):
The Emergence of
Southern Identity and the Evolution of Southern American English
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Sage L. Graham (U. of Memphis ):
"We Need More Drivel!": Humor as a Collaborative Strategy in a
Cyber-Community
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TBA
The Southern Journal of Linguistics |
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4:40 |
Rachel E. Shuttlesworth (U. of
Alabama-Tuscaloosa):
Withdrawn |
Patricia Rockwell (U. of
Louisiana-Lafayette):
Self-Reports of Encoded & Decoded Sarcasm Cues
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TBA
SECOL’s upcoming 40th Birthday |
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5:05-6:45 |
DINNER |
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6:45-8:30 |
Plenary Address for SECOL &
Community
Auditorium
John Joseph, U. of Edinburgh
Swearing, National Identity & Language Politics
Welcome: Tom Nunnally, Department of English, Auburn U.
Introduction: Mark Miller Graham, Interim Associate Dean, Auburn U. College
of Liberal Arts |
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SATURDAY, APRIL 29, SECOL &
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR AREA EDUCATORS (PDAE) |
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8:00-12:30 |
Registration & information tables
open |
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8:00-8:25 a.m. |
SECOL BUSINESS MEETING |
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8:30-9:00 |
BREAKFAST BUFFET ($10) |
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9:00-10:20 |
Plenary Address for SECOL & PDAE
Pilar Blitvich (U. of North Carolina-Charlotte)
Teaching & Acquiring Pragmatic Competence: E-mail as Evidence
Governor's Room
Welcome & Introduction: Robin Sabino, Center for Diversity and Race
Relations & Department of English, Auburn U. |
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10:20-10:30 |
BREAK |
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10:30-12:10 |
Session 11: Language Variation
Seminar Room 1
Chair: Aleka Blackwell (Middle Tennessee State U.) |
Session 12: Gender
Meeting Room D
Chair: TBA |
Session 13: ESL in Context
Meeting Room G
Chair: Dan Raffalovich (Auburn U.) |
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10:30 |
Tyler Kendall ( Duke U./NC State
U.):
A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Pause in North Carolina
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Nicholas Duran & Erin Lightman (U.
of Memphis Institute for Intelligent Systems):
An Empirical Study of
Cohesion as a Predictor of Gender Differences between Venusians and Martians
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J. Fernando Palacios (U. of
Alabama-Birmingham):
Foreign Accent & the Critical Period Hypothesis
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10:55 |
Kristy D’Andrea (North Carolina
State U.):
Family Language Variation
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Abby Whigham (Auburn U.):
HELP
WANTED: Sex Coding in Employment Ads
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Susan Piper (Auburn U. & Auburn
City Schools):
Language Attrition: A Real Problem
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11:20 |
Allison P. Burkette (U. of
Mississippi):
Using the Community Voice: Identity, Narration, & Southern
Grammatical Features
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Annalee Kodman (East Tennessee
State U.):
Gendered Speech: Talk Show Hosts & Their Guests
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Robin Sabino, Anna Oggs, Lauren
Boone, Min Hu, & Mary Diamond (Auburn U.):
Noun Plural Variability in
ESL: Theoretical & Pedagogical Implications
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11:45 |
Lisa Abney (Northwestern State
U.):
"Back in the woods, over there. . .": Deixis & Other Discourse
Markers in Close Call & Danger Stories among Louisiana Loggers & Timber
Workers
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Theresa McGarry (East Tennessee
State U.):
Evidence, Justification, & Interlocutor Gender
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Robin Sabino (Auburn U.):
Operationalizing Word Frequency
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12:10-1:25 p.m. |
LUNCH |
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1:25-3:05. |
Session 14: ESL: Practice,
Problems, & Solutions, Part 1
Meeting Room D
Chair: Seon Jeon (Columbus State U.) |
Session 15: Linguistic Theory
Meeting Room G
Chair: Megan Melancon (Georgia College & State U.) |
Session 16: Panel: Language &
Identity in Narrative 1: Family Interactions
Seminar Room 1
Organizer & Chair: Catherine Davies (U. of Alabama-Tuscaloosa) |
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1:25 |
Chi Chi Lovett (Auburn U.):
Bi lingualism and Experiential Learning I: Art as a cultural facilitator
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Ralf Thiede (U. of North
Carolina-Charlotte):
Cognitive Linguistics: Towards a Unified Theory of
Language Growth
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Mark Johnson (U. of
Alabama-Tuscaloosa):
Theory-building & Construction of Identity by a
Couple
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1:50 |
Lauren
Boone (Auburn U.):
Addressing Multiple Learning Styles and
Disciplines with Thematic Units
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Gert Guthenberg (U. of Georgia ):
Sound, Meaning, Context, & Representation: Evidence from Swedish
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Alissa Nutting (U. of
Alabama-Tuscaloosa):
Spouses' Narrative Goals & the Transformation of
Roles Part II: Cross-(Sub-)Cultural Interactions
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2:15 |
Susan Piper
(Auburn City Schools):
Overcoming Myths and Misconceptions about Second Language Learners
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Aleka A. Blackwell (Middle
Tennessee State U.):
The Role of Context in the Interpretation of ADJ+N
Combinations
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Ashley Donaldson (U. of
Alabama-Tuscaloosa):
"What Did She Mean by That?": Sisters' Situated
Identities
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2:40 |
Chi Chi Lovett (Auburn U.):
Bi lingualism and experiential learning II: Weaving |
Benjamin Torbert (Mississippi
State U.):
The Sociolinguistic Variable as an Anchor for Salience
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Catherine Dockery (U. of
Alabama-Tuscaloosa):
The Narrator as Family Comedian
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3:05-3:25 |
BREAK |
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3:25 – 5:05 |
Session 17: ESL: Practice,
Problems, & Solutions, Part 2
Meeting Room D
Chair: Patricia Jones (Opelika City Schools) |
Session 18: Pedagogical
Challenges in Reading, Dialect Diversity, & ESL
Meeting Room G
Chair: Alicia Cipria (U. of Alabama-Tuscaloosa) |
Session 19: Panel: Language &
Identity in Narrative 2: Cross- (sub-) Cultural Interactions
Seminar Room 1
Organizer &
Chair: Catherine Davies (U. of Alabama-Tuscaloosa) |
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3:25 |
Susan Piper (Auburn City Schools):
Strategies for Mainstream and ESL/ELL Classrooms, Part I
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Robert L. Trammell (Florida
Atlantic U.):
Pitfalls for the ESL Student in Two Talking Dictionaries
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Lijuan Ye (U. of
Alabama-Tuscaloosa):
Situated Identities in a Cross-cultural
Misunderstanding
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3:50 |
Susan Piper (Auburn City Schools):
Strategies for Mainstream and ESL/ELL Classrooms, Part II
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Jeffrey Reaser (NC State U.):
Changing Language Attitudes of Middle Schoolers: Data from a Pilot Dialect
Awareness Curriculum in North Carolina
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Amanda Harvie (U. of Alabama-Tuscaloosa):
Language Politics & the Co-construction of Identities
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4:15 |
Chi Chi Lovett (Auburn U.):
Bi lingualism and experiential learning III Advanced weaving techniques, peer research and writing
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Rosalind R. Gann (East Tennessee
State U.):
We’re Teaching Reading, but in Whose Language?
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John E. Dews (U. of
Alabama-Tuscaloosa):
The "‘Coming-out’ Story" as a Performative Speech
Act
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4:40 |
Lauren Boone (Auburn U.):
Pre to Post Reading: Integrating the Four Skills
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Open |
Discussion of Panel Presentations
Catherine Davies, Moderator |
