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SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN LINGUISTICS, MARRAKECH

The War of Languages: Illusion or Reality?

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Marrakech, 1-2 October, 2022

The legacy that history has bequeathed to the peoples is various and obvious in many areas. Their traces are evident in the ethnic, folkloric, architectural, musical, culinary, clothing diversity, namely the linguistic diversity that often causes complex situations. Such complexity may have the roots in the coexistence of different linguistic varieties sharing the same geographical area, as it may also rise from the interactions occurring between the existing varieties and the power distribution among different language users.

To describe the instance of contact between the language (s) which the speakers believe they possess and the language (s) governing these speakers, scientists have advanced various appellations such as "competition, conflict, compromise and assimilation" (Park and Burgerss, 2001: 108), "the linguistic market" (Bourdieu, 1977:24), "the war of languages" (Calvet, 2005), diglossia (Psichari, 1928, Ferguson, 1959 and Fishman, 1971) or multilingualism and plurilingualism. Such terms require constant elucidation, due mainly to the direct or indirect impacts of the persistent changes at the national and international levels.

In Morocco, the linguistic situation known for its diversity (Boukous, 1995) is referred to as multilingualism, diglossia or even triglossia, particularly in (EL Gherbi 1993), (Youssi, 2013) and (Messaoudi, 2013). However, on every occasion a debate rises around the status and nature of languages (Besse, 1987). Some languages are considered vehicular, others vernacular; some are official, high and acquired prestige, others low or minority, referring to dominant or dominated social classes. Some speak of uneasiness and tendency towards hierarchy; others describe the situation as being mosaic or a melting pot, and there are even those who call this situation a divide, a conflict in position, a tragedy and even a clash.

Such relentless polemics and ceaseless disputes over the positions that languages should occupy in societies demonstrate the importance they enjoy in the political positioning of the groups that defend them. To be sure, it is the culture rather than the language which is the repository and the instrument of dissemination. It is therefore the thought system of social or religious concepts and, in short, the ideology associated with the language and the role its speakers hold.

The present call for papers aims to incite the interest of the university community to the issue of languages in cohabitation, coexistence or belligerence. Several questions are raised: are the national languages doing well? What relationship (s) do they have among themselves? What is the way forward to a linguistic coexistence? How can tensions be eased between the different speakers in a given geographical area? What solution to suggest for the linguistic divide (Messaoudi, 2013), glottophobia (Blanchet) and linguistic insecurity? How can we implement a policy to guarantee linguistic justice (Van Parjis, 2011), (Azouzi and Khayn , 2014) and (Fassi Fihri, 2015)? What didactic approaches would ensure the balance between languages? What translation procedures promote the authenticity of the source statements?

The second edition of Marrakech international symposium in linguistics is sequential to the first one organized under the theme “Linguistics at the Crossroads of Sciences”. This latter focused on the value linguistics has among other scientific disciplines and the way they interact together. Through multidisciplinary approaches, the present conference aims to shed lights on the different interactions between languages in a given geographical area and their implications. The organizing committee intends to bring into dialogue scientific reflections based on multidimensional approaches, namely sociolinguistic, psychic, social, didactic, cultural and political.

Topics and Themes:

• The hidden roles of languages in conflicts
• Representations and prejudices of languages
• Language policy and planning
• Linguistic divide, glottophobia and linguistic insecurity
• Facts of interactions and motivations
• Linguistic diversity and its manifestations: monolingualism, diglossia and bilingualism
• Languages and territories
• Linguistic conflicts and didactics of languages
• Language conflicts and work environment

Selected Bibliography:

Boukous, Ahmed. Société, langues et cultures au Maroc: enjeux symboliques. Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines-Rabat, 1995.

Bourdieu, Pierre. Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge University Press, 1977.

Calvet, Louis-Jean. La sociolinguistique. 5. éd., mise À jour, Presses Univ. de France, 2005.

Chapoulie, Jean-Michel. « La tradition de Chicago et l’étude des relations entre les races ». Revue européenne des migrations internationales, vol. 18, n^o 3, 3, décembre 2002, p. 9‑24. journals.openedition.org, https://doi.org/10.4000/remi.1600.

Ferguson, Charles A. « Diglossia ». word, vol. 15, n^o 2, 1959, p. 325‑40. Google Scholar, https://doi.org/10.1080/00437956.1959.11659702.

Fishman, Joshua A. Sociolinguistique. Labor, 1971.

Gherbi, El Mostafa El. Aménagement linguistique et enseignement du français au Maroc: enjeux culturels, linguistiques et didactiques. Société d’impression la voix de Meknès, 1993.

Laroui, Fouad. Le Drame linguistique marocain. 1er édition, Zellige, 2011.

Messaoudi, Leila. Langage et société, n° 143/mars 2013: Dynamique langagière au Maroc. Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme, Paris, 2013.

Mirambel, André. « Jean Psichari. Quelques Travaux de Linguistique, de Philologie et de Littérature helléniques ». Journal des Savants, vol. 10, n^o 1, 1931, p. 468‑70.

Psichari, Jean (1854-1929) Auteur du texte. Quelques travaux de linguistique, de philologie et de littérature hellénique : 1884-1928 / Jean Psichari. 1930. gallica.bnf.fr, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6527575k.

Van Parijs, Philippe. Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World. Oxford University Press, 2011. University Press Scholarship, https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199208876.001.0001.

Youssi, Abderrahim. « Linguistic Imperatives, Sociocultural Inertia ». Langage et societe, vol. 143, n^o 1, mars 2013, p. 27‑40.

Ziamari, Karima, et Jan Jaap De Ruiter. « Les langues au Maroc : réalités, changements et évolutions linguistiques ». Le Maroc au présent : D’une époque à l’autre, une société en mutation, édité par Assia Boutaleb et al., Centre Jacques-Berque, 2016, p. 441‑62. OpenEdition Books, http://books.openedition.org/cjb/1068.

ʿAdnān, Yāsīn, et al. Maroc: la guerre des langues? Editions en toutes lettres, 2018.

عبد القادر, فاسي الفهري. العدالة اللغوية والنظافة والتخطيط. كنوز المعرفة،, 2019.

عزوز, أحمد, et محمد خاين. العدالة اللغوية في المجتمع المغاربي: بين شرعية المطلب ومخاوف التوظيف السياسوي. المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات, 2014.

Submission Guidelines:

Abstracts of proposals can be submitted in French, Arabic, English or Spanish to https://cilm2.sciencesconf.org by 10 September 2022. Submitted abstracts should not exceed 500 words.

PhD students may participate with scientific posters. Terms and conditions of the presentations will be provided after acceptance of their abstracts.

Proposal Submission Timeline:

Abstract Submission Deadline : 10 September, 2022

Notification on the acceptance of abstracts: 5 November, 2022

Date of the conference: 21 & 22 December, 2022

            Deadline for submission of full-accepted papers: 12 March, 2023

            Proceedings Publication: June/July 2023

Conference fees:

Full fees: 50 euros

Subsided fees for PhD students: 30 euros

Venue: Faculty of Arabic Language, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech

Scientific Committee:

Anouchka KEROUAS, Institut français du Maroc

Abdelaziz BOUDAD, Université Cadi Ayyad, FLAM, Marrakech, Maroc

Abdirabo ALNASSAN, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (CEL), France

Ahmed BOUKOUS, IRKAM, Maroc

Ali OUASSOU, Université Ibn TOFAIL, Kénitra, Maroc

Antonio HERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ, (UJA), Université de Jaén, Espagne.

Dávid SZABO, (ELTE), Université Loránd Eötvös, Budapest, Hongrie

Elisabeth VAUTHIER, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (IETT), France

Fatima Ez-Zahra BENKHALLOUQ, Université Cadi Ayyad, FLAM, Marrakech, Maroc

Fatima OUKHADJOU, Université Cadi Ayyad, FLAM, Marrakech, Maroc

Fatima SELLAMI, Université Cadi Ayyad, FLAM, Marrakech, Maroc

Fatima Zahra IFLAHEN, Université Cadi Ayyad, FLSHM, Marrakech, Maroc

Halima ADDI, Université Cadi Ayyad, FLAM, Marrakech, Maroc

Laila KHATEF, Université Cadi Ayyad, FLSHM, Marrakech, Maroc

Leila MESSAOUDI, Université Ibn TOFAIL, Kénitra, Maroc

Louis-Jean CALVET, Université Paris-Descartes / Université de Provence Aix-Marseille, France

Malika BAHMAD, Université Ibn TOFAIL, Kénitra, Maroc

Máté KOVACS, (ELTE), Université Loránd Eötvös, Budapest, Hongrie

Mehdi HAIDAR, (FSE) Université Mohamed V, RABAT, Maroc

Miloud GHARRAFI, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (IETT), France

Mohamed JAAFARI, Université Cadi Ayyad, FLAM, Marrakech, Maroc

Moulay Abdelaziz SABTI, Université Cadi Ayyad, FLAM, Marrakech, Maroc

Noureddine SAMLAK, Université Cadi Ayyad, FLAM, Marrakech, Maroc

Ouidiane El AREF, Université Cadi Ayyad, FLAM, Marrakech, Maroc

Oussama Ait TIJAN, Université Cadi Ayyad, FLAM, Marrakech, Maroc

Souad DAHOURI, Université Cadi Ayyad, FLAM, Marrakech, Maroc

Souad OUSSIKOUM, Université Cadi Ayyad, FLSHM, Marrakech, Maroc

Tivadar PALAGYI, (ELTE), Université Loránd Eötvös, Budapest, Hongrie

Volmos BARDOSI, (ELTE), Université Loránd Eötvös, Budapest, Hongrie

Wahiba MOUBCHIR, Université Cadi Ayyad, ENS, Marrakech, Maroc