The ways of writing Finnish forenames in 18th and 19th century and how this influenced the formation of personal identities.
The aim of this conference is 'to investigate the perspective and potential offered by super-diversity to language study – to, for example, linguistics, sociolinguistics, sociology of language, linguistic anthropology, applied linguistics, discourse studies, new literacy studies, pragmatics, ethnography and multi-modality'. The abstract book online.
The conference is organized by the Department of Languages and the Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, and the International Consortium on Language and Super-diversity.
Inspiring lectures & presentations, and great discussions with wonderful people, for example professor Jan Blommaert!