ISLE 6: Evolving English and the Digital Era
ISLE 6 will be proudly hosted by the University of Eastern Finland in early June 2020.
The conference is organized by the English section of the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu on June 3–6, 2020.
The conference theme will be Evolving English and the Digital Era.
We will send the first circular in October, and the conference website with information of the plenary speakers will be open around the same time.
Welcome to Joensuu to enjoy our vibrant university town and cool white Nordic nights of North Karelia!
Mikko Laitinen and Markku Filppula
Chairs of the organizing committee
Plenaries
Kate Burridge (Monash University): Truthiness and the English language — popular perception and fall-out
Bruno Gonçalves (ISI Foundation): A spatio-temporal approach to linguistic studies through social media
Jack Grieve (University of Birmingham): Lexical change in Modern English
Terttu Nevalainen (University of Helsinki): 1066 and all that – a meta-analytic approach to Middle English
Workshops
English linguistics in everyday life: Tips and tricks for achieving societal impact (convenor: Karen Corrigan)
Imparting knowledge: Workshop on the teaching of English linguistics (Kristin Bech)
Lesser-known varieties of English on social media (Jakob Leimgruber, Sven Leuckert, Sofia Rüdiger)
The march of data: English linguistics across disciplinary borders (Jukka Tyrkkö, Steven Coats, Veronika Laippala)
Studying children and adolescents in World Englishes: Rethinking paradigms and approaches (Thorsten Brato, Sarah Buschfeld, Mirjam Schmalz)
Rethinking English modal constructions: From feature-based paradigms to usage-based probabilistic representations (Ilse Depraetere, Bert Cappelle, Martin Hilpert)
Abstract deadline for presentations and posters: October 2019
Acceptance notifications for presentations and posters: December 2019
Conference dates: 3–6 June 2020
Please also visit the conference website for further information: http://www.uef.fi/isle6
Photo credits: 1&2: VisitKarelia.fi, 3: Helka Riionheimo
Previous ISLE conferences
ISLE 5
ISLE 5 took place in London, England from 17 to 20 July 2018.
ISLE 4
ISLE 4 took place in Poznan, Poland from 18 to 21 September 2016.
ISLE 3
ISLE 3 took place in Zurich, Switzerland from 24 to 27 August 2014.
ISLE 2
ISLE 2 took place in Boston, Massachusetts, USA from 17 to 21 June 2011.
ISLE Inaugural Conference
The inaugural conference of ISLE took place in Freiburg, Germany from 8 to 11 October 2008.