Annual Conference of the Association of French Language Studies

The conference will be an opportunity to explore the language in relation to all aspects of its variation(s), and also to consider discourses around the language, whether by specialists or other. 

Abstracts for presentation of papers are invited in the following areas, among others: 

- variation in French (geographical, diaphasic, diastratic, diamesic);

- relations between language, discourse and society;

- representations of language and linguistic practices;

- discourses on the norm;

- French as a first language, second language, language of instruction, etc.;

- French in social networks; 

- French in language contact situations;

- French in the francophone space; 

- language policy surrounding French;

- etc.

A special panel will be devoted to the theme of variation in the expression of the future in French. Proposals are welcome for other panels. 

The languages of the conference are both French and English, with proposals to be written in the language intended for the presentation. Presentations will be 30 minutes (20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for questions).

A new call for abstracts (400 words maximum, title and references included) will take place, deadline to be announced at a later date. The proposals already accepted in 2020 nwill remain valid for the 2021 conference. 

Abstracts should be anonymous, and should indicate the subject area(s) (e.g. from the above list above). 

Invited speakers

- Dalila Ayoun (University of Arizona)

- Carole Etienne (Laboratoire ICAR, CNRS)

- Jean-Marie Klinkenberg (Université de Liège)

- Marie-Louise Moreau (Université de Mons)

Organising committee

Anne Dister, Martine Willems, Aline Andrianne, Fanny Caspi (Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles), Philippe Hambye (UClouvain)

Scientific committee

Virginie André , Dalila Ayoun, Mireille Bilger, Mylène Blasco, Hélène Blondeau, Cristelle Cavalla, Aidan Coveney, Juliette Delahaie, Anne Dister, Amanda Eedmonds, Julien Eychenne, Damien Gaucher, Yan Greub, Marie-Noëlle Guillot, Emmanuelle Guerin, Damien Hall, Philippe Hambye, David Hornsby, Martin Howard, Mari Jones, Jonathan Kasstan, Emmanuelle Labeau, Pierre Larrivée, Jean-Marc Mangiante, Daniel McAuley, Kevin McManus, PennState University, Dominique Lagorgette, Damien Mooney, University of Bristol, Francoise Mougeon, Grace Obaigbona, Sabrea Oughton, Elissa Pustka, Isabelle Racine, Inès Saddour, Javier Suso Lopez Jeffrey Steele, Jeff Tennant, Olga Théophanous, Henry Tyne, Olivia Walsh