Session Details

Saturday, 30 December

629. Multilingualism and Identity inside and outside the Academy

8:30–9:45 a.m., 310, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the Division on Language and Society

Presiding: James V. Catano, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge

1. “The Challenge of Transnationalism to Monolingual Language Policy,” Marianne Pita, Bronx Community Coll., City Univ. of New York; Sharon Lee Utakis, Bronx Community Coll., City Univ. of New York

2. “‘Speak German or Sweep the Schoolyard’: The Debate over Linguistic Human Rights in Germany,” Lucinda Martin, Hamburg, Germany

3. “Thank You for Nothing: Russian and American Thanking Routines, a Contrastive View,” Yelena I. Belyaeva-Standen, Saint Louis Univ.

4. “Multilingualism and Literary and Cultural Studies in the Context of Social Change,” Christopher Larkosh, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs

For copies of abstracts, write to cjan@tamu.edu.

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