The 4th Workshop of the Linguistic Colloquium: Language, Region, Identity (LRI 4) will be held from the 7th to the 8th of June 2018 in Merano, Italy. The purpose of this colloquium is to foster scientific exchanges within the Alpine region of Italy, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. The specific areas of linguistic research to be covered in the workshop include Applied Linguistics, Language Documentation, and Sociolinguistics. The theme of the workshop is “Language Policy – Language Use – Language Standard”. New researchers (PhD students and post-docs) are especially encouraged to submit an abstract for possible presentation. The deadline for submission is February 15, 2018. You can find the official Call for Papers here, and more information at the LRI website.
