Organizers see linguistic phenomena as equivalently impacted by such recent cultural transformations. New configurations of physical and symbolic borders are also translated into new configurations of communication systems. Using this framework as a point of departure, they intend to explore and discuss, from a variety of subdisciplines, formal analysis of linguistic systems, linguistic change and variation, the effects of contact between languages and dialects, as well as the formation of pidgins and creoles. It is the purpose of this encounter to debate these issues from the perspectives of each participant's research agenda. Possible Areas: Latin American Studies Caribbean Studies Andean Studies Peninsular Studies Colonial Studies Post Colonial Studies Trans Atlantic Studies Black Atlantic Studies Cultural Studies Feminist Studies Gender and Sexuality Studies Queer Studies Sociolinguistics Pragmatics Syntax Semantics Psycholinguistics Phonetics and Phonology Historical Linguistics Romance Linguistics First and Second Language Acquisition
