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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
The workshop explores the notion of the tyranny of writing, and the possibilities of going beyond, by discussing the uses and ideologies of standard and vernacular writing from contemporary and historical perspectives, investigating both, forms and functions of written language and the social conditions of its use.
The first evening of the conference will be dedicated to an opening lecture with Prof. Dr. Florian Coulmas (Tokyo) which introduces the notion “tyranny of writing” and presents what this concept meant for the study of language when Saussure first used this term a century ago, and what it means today. In his abstract he highlights that writing is one of the most powerful tools in our society: “It enables scientific insights to be given permanence, separating message from messenger, text from author, judgement from judge, sentence from speaker. And it allows us to critically assess, take issue with, and build on the knowledge of our forebears.”
What does the “tyranny of writing” means in the Luxembourg context? After the opening lecture, Prof. Dr. Jean-Jacques Weber (Luxembourg) will elaborate the tension between spoken and written Luxembourgish in Luxembourgish policy of education.
The launch event of the workshop, Monday 26 May from 5pm is open for the general public and takes place at Campus Walferdange, building II, room Vygotsky.
For further information, please contact Dr. Constanze Weth, associate professor at the Institute for Research on Multilingualism, constanze.weth@uni.lu
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
05/26/2014 17:00 - 05/28/2014 16:00
Registration deadline:
05/24/2014
Event venue:
University of Luxembourg
Campus Walferdange
route de Diekirch
Walferdange
building II, room Vygotsky
7220 Walferdange
Luxembourg
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, Students
Email address:
Relevance:
regional
Subject areas:
Cultural sciences, Language / literature, Media and communication sciences
Types of events:
Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
05/19/2014
Sender/author:
Britta Schlüter
Department:
Campus Limpertsberg
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
German
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event47337
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