Language and Prejudice: Report from a Sociolinguistic Conference (Örebro, Sweden, 13–15 November 2019)

• Authors: Sunderland Daniel

Title variants

PL

Język i uprzedzenie. Sprawozdanie z konferencji socjolingwistycznej (Örebro, Szwecja, 13–15 listopada 2019 roku)

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This detailed report concerns a conference on language and prejudice, held at the Örebro University in No vember 2019. Summaries of the keynote lectures and talks given by participants from Europe and beyond have been complemented by excerpts from their works to provide a better understanding of some recent accomplishments in the field.

PL

Sprawozdanie dotyczy konferencji o języku i uprzedzeniach, zorganizowanej przez Uniwersytet w Örebro w listopadzie 2019 roku. Streszczenia wykładów przewodnich oraz referatów wygłoszonych przez uczestniczki i uczestników z Europy i świata dopełnione zostały omówieniami ich prac, by lepiej uchwycić charakter najnowszych osiągnięć w subdyscyplinie.

Keywords

EN

sociolinguistics; language prejudice; discrimination; stereotyping; gender

PL

socjolingwistyka; uprzedzenia językowe; dyskryminacja; stereotypizacja; płeć społeczno-kulturowa

• Publisher: Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Socjolingwistyka
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 34
• Pages: 339-343

Dates

published

2020-12-31

Contributors

author

Sunderland Daniel

• Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences

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Identifiers

DOI

10.17651/SOCJOLING.34.22