S196 | Word Of The Year Initiatives: Language As A Mirror Of Dynamics In Culture

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S196 | Word of the Year initiatives: language as a mirror of dynamics in culture

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August 16, 2021 08:30 AM - August 16, 2022 12:00 Noon(Europe/Amsterdam)

20210816T0830 20210816T1200 Europe/Amsterdam S196 | Word of the Year initiatives: language as a mirror of dynamics in culture Word of the year initiatives can increase society's awareness of the role language plays in everyday life. By reflecting on the public discourse of the previous twelve months, words of the year can shed light on what issues have moved people the most and what makes a society tick. For Applied Linguists, the phenomenon is of twofold interest: First, empirically grounded selection processes of socially predominant words require sophisticated analytical tools from discourse and corpus analysis. Second, media coverage of every word of the year is an opportunity to raise both language awareness and the visibility of Applied Linguistics in society at large. The contributions in this panel define key concepts of word of the year initiatives; explain the evaluation processes for words of the year in specific-mostly national- contexts; analyze the interplay of stakeholders such as academic and non-academic institutions (e.g., publishers and media), communities (e.g., subscribed followers of initiatives), resources (e.g., linguistic databases), and processes (e.g., corpus-based evaluation methods) involved. We conclude the panel presentations by discussing the advantages and difficulties of transgressing disciplinary boundaries and combining (folk) linguistic epistemes in and beyond academia with popular word of the year initiatives. Room 1 AILA 2021 aila2021@gcb.nl

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Word of the year initiatives can increase society's awareness of the role language plays in everyday life. By reflecting on the public discourse of the previous twelve months, words of the year can shed light on what issues have moved people the most and what makes a society tick. For Applied Linguists, the phenomenon is of twofold interest: First, empirically grounded selection processes of socially predominant words require sophisticated analytical tools from discourse and corpus analysis. Second, media coverage of every word of the year is an opportunity to raise both language awareness and the visibility of Applied Linguistics in society at large. The contributions in this panel define key concepts of word of the year initiatives; explain the evaluation processes for words of the year in specific-mostly national- contexts; analyze the interplay of stakeholders such as academic and non-academic institutions (e.g., publishers and media), communities (e.g., subscribed followers of initiatives), resources (e.g., linguistic databases), and processes (e.g., corpus-based evaluation methods) involved. We conclude the panel presentations by discussing the advantages and difficulties of transgressing disciplinary boundaries and combining (folk) linguistic epistemes in and beyond academia with popular word of the year initiatives.

Folk pragmatics. Combining Applied Linguistics and Word of the Year initiativesView Abstract

StandardAILA Symposium 08:30 AM - 12:00 Noon (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 06:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 10:00:00 UTC

Word of the year initiatives can increase society-at-large’s awareness of Applied Linguistics. In this presentation, we discuss empirically based measures to raise the value that twinning word of the year initiatives and Applied Linguistics can add to both theory and practice of folk linguistics.

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Word of the Year in SwitzerlandView Abstract Watch Recording 0

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Word of the year initiatives can increase society-at-large's awareness of Applied Linguistics. By reflecting the public discourse of the past twelve months, words of the year can literally show what moved people most and how a society ticks.

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Beseda leta – Slovene Word of the YearView Abstract Watch Recording 0

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In Slovenia, the Word of the year poll is carried out since 2016 by the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts and media. A shortlist of ten words is released, chosen from a list of words, submitted by the general public at the organizers’ appeal. The word of the year is elected through a public vote.

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Winning Names and Naming Winners: The American Name Society’s Word-of-the-Year Academic Initiative and its Relationship to US American Popular CultureView Abstract

StandardAILA Symposium 08:30 AM - 12:00 Noon (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 06:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 10:00:00 UTC

Since its inception in 1951, the American Name Society has promoted the scholarly investigation of names. With this goal, the Society holds an annual word-of-the-year contest. The linguistic winners not only reflect, but may also affect national developments. The (dis)advantages of combining folk epistemes to this academic initiative are discussed.

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Form and function of attributes in light verb constructions in the german sociopolitical press.View Abstract

StandardAILA Symposium 08:30 AM - 12:00 Noon (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 06:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 10:00:00 UTC

A break of grammar rules or language development? This speech deals with the attribution of nouns in light verb constructions in the german press. Forms of the attribution and their possible influences on the reception of the text are described on the basis of the 50 articles from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Die Welt.

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