Call for Papers: “The social life of names and naming practices in migration contexts” (Paris, 20-21 November 2025)

From the organizers:

Names, whether they refer to people, places, businesses, languages etc., are not mere labels disconnected from a social fabric, they are “a repository of accumulated meanings, practices, and beliefs, a powerful linguistic means of asserting identity (or defining someone else) and inhabiting a social world” (Rymes 1999: 165).… Read More