The Department of Language Studies presents
ITA392H5S Guest Speaker: Dr. Maurizio Scontrino
March 20, 2024 from 10-11am EST; via Zoom
Everyone is invited to attend a special talk by Dr. Maurizio Scontrino (The University of Arizona) on "Le fate ignoranti (His Secret Life): Overview and Analysis."
The talk will take place on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 10am on Zoom.
Please email Dr. Tatiana Selepiuc (tatiana.selepiuc@utoronto.ca) for the Zoom link and if you have any questions.
The Department of Language Studies presents
Can Language Policies Affect Language Vitality? A study of Sámi language use in Norway and Sweden
March 20, 2024 from 12-2pm EST; MN 3230 (CDRS) and via Zoom
Faculty, students, and any other community members interested in reflecting on minority languages and the effects of language policy are invited to join Prof. Tanja Kupisch (University of Konstanz) for the 8th event of the JHI Annual Seminar on Multilingualism: Reflecting on a Global Reality through Time, Space, Mind and Text. Prof. Kupisch will draw on a study of language use and competence in the Indigenous Sámi populations of Norway and Sweden, comparing educational, linguistic, and budgetary policies in each country.
This is a hybrid event. All attendees are welcome!
WHEN: Wednesday, March 20, 2024; 12pm - 2pm
WHERE: MN 3230 (CDRS) / Zoom.
A light lunch will be served from 1pm - 2pm.
Please register to join via Zoom: https://uoft.me/ai5
A light lunch will be served from 1pm - 2pm.
Last-minute arrivals are always welcome, but if you know in advance that you will attend, please email the organizers at michelle.troberg@utoronto.ca.
Language policies target language behaviour, sometimes with the aim of revitalising languages which might be in danger because of assimilatory policies in the past. However, it is notoriously difficult to assess their effects. This talk discusses language use and competence in the Indigenous Sámi populations of Norway and Sweden, comparing educational, linguistic, and budgetary policies in each country. Sámi language use and proficiency are somewhat higher in Norway, which seems to reflect the more favourable policies adopted there.
Tanja Kupisch is Professor of Linguistics and Member of the Excellence Cluster "The Politics of Inequality” at the University of Konstanz. Her research is concerned with bilingualism from different perspectives, including child language acquisition, adult heritage speakers, trilingualism and bilectalism, focussing on syntax and phonology. Another research focus is the link between language vitality and language policy in multilingual minorities. She is co-editor of the journal Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism.
The Department of Language Studies presents
Multilingualism: Reflecting on a Global Reality through Time, Space, Mind and Text
Students and faculty are invited to attend a series of events throughout the fall and winter sessions at UTM addressing topics on multilingualism that range from the effect of multilingualism on literary texts and one’s sociocultural identity to the issue of language teaching and learning, to language acquisition and language change.
Detailed information about the events can be found on the multilingualism website.
This series of events is funded by the Jackman Humanities Institute Annual Seminar grant.
Please note that the talk originally scheduled for February 14 has been rescheduled for March 6.