The Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning (PPIB), Universiti Malaysia Sabah is proud to announce the hosting of the 3rd International Conference on Languages, Linguistics and Society (ICLALIS 2021) under the theme ‘Empowering and Engaging Society in Diverse Language and Linguistics Research’. The Conference will be conducted virtually on 14 and 15 September 2021 at Universiti Malaysia Sabah in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
The focus of the Conference is anchored on the fields of language, linguistics and society. Abstracts are invited for the following sub-themes:
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Applied linguistics
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Corpus linguistics
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Discourse analysis
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Heritage language
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Indigenous language preservation, documentation and revitalisation
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ICT and language/digital language
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Language acquisition, shift and loss
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Language assessment
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Language and communication
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Language and culture
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Language and ideology
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Language and law/politics/economics
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Language and literature
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Language and religion
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Language and technology
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Language curriculum
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Language for specific purposes
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Language for academic purposes
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Language in the media
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Language materials development
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Language teaching and learning
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Language teacher training and education
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Language policy and planning
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Language varieties
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Lexicography and lexicology
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Linguistics and cultural identity
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Mother tongue-based and multilingual education
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Sociolinguistics
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Translation and interpretation
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World Englishes
(and any other related language and linguistics research)
Language of the Conference
The abstract, presentation and paper are accepted either in English or Malay.
Publication
This Conference expects to publish one e-abstract, one e-proceeding (with E-ISBN), and one MANU Journal Special Edition (E-ISSN 2590-4086).