Indiana University
Workshop Schedule
Sociolinguisticsfest
Indiana University Department of Linguistics
Cynthia Clopper - The Ohio State University


INVITED TALK: Effects of phonological dialect variation on lexical processing
9:00-10:00


BREAK - 10:00 - 10:20



Cara Williams - University of Melbourne


Folk linguistics and indexicalities of /æ/~/a/ in Melbourne, Australia
10:20 - 10:50


Stephen DiDomenico - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


Declaring Sexual Narrative: A Narrative Analysis of Student "Coming Out" Stories
10:50 - 11:20


Mark Wicklund and Amy Sheldon - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities


The Role of Narrative in Sociolinguistic Differentiation
11:20 - 12:50


LUNCH - 11:50 - 1:30



Robin Queen - University of Michigan


INVITED TALK: What language variation reveals about social essentialism
1:30 - 2:30


BREAK - 2:30 - 2:45



Janet Fuller - Southern Illinois University Carbondale


The ideology of normative monolingualism in the shaping of bilingual identities: Spanish/English bilingual pre-teens in southern Illinois
2:45 - 3:15


Irene Theodoropoulou - King's College London


Indexicality, style and conversation
3:15 - 3:45


Chris Tremlett - Michigan State University


Constructing Sexual Identity in Weblogs
3:45 - 4:15


BREAK - 4:15 - 4:30



Amy Sheldon - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities


"Dis is Schubert, tough guy:" linguistic construction of masculinities in a Microsoft ad
4:30 - 5:00


Jennifer Bloomquist and James Peterson - Gettysburg College


Country Grammar: Hearing Dominance and the Conventional Impact of Southern Styled Hip Hop Linguistics on AAE
5:00 - 5:30


Traci Nagle - Indiana University


Influences on Women's Attitudes toward Sexist Language Reform
5:30 - 6:00